How do you find yourself, when you have been lost for a long time?!
Question: I feel I have let certain aspects of my life over the past couple of years consume who I once was. I now feel lost, and although I try to reflect and take time to find me I am still very lost. What are some good tips to find myself and discover my worth and find where I belong?
Answers: I feel I have let certain aspects of my life over the past couple of years consume who I once was. I now feel lost, and although I try to reflect and take time to find me I am still very lost. What are some good tips to find myself and discover my worth and find where I belong?
I think you need to get to know yourself.
Think about things that you like to do, don't like to do.
Think about what makes you smile, what makes you angry.
Think about what your opinion is on any given topic.
Begin to think about what you want your life to consist of.
Look in the mirror and see your physical self.
Think about your values. What is important to you. You can usually find yourself among your values.
It's about sorting other people's wants from your own so that you're not feeling "I SHOULD care about this or that" and instead you're determining for yourself what is important.
What do you just love to do? What are you passionate about? What are you doing when time flies? These can give you some good indications.
You may also want to go out to The Enneagram Institute to learn more about your personality type. They have quizes you can take and you can learn more about you!
If you are a teen, just know that you are right on track. Most teens go through this between ages 16 - 21. You will get through this.
hey im going through alot of what you are and Panda is right, thanks for asking that question and thanks for the answer Panda
I've experienced this confusion before. I learned that the thing is.. you are ever changing, experiences cause change in your perception of reality.
You have memory of your past "personality" and for some reason your current personality favors the style of your old personality, those certain aspects. It's just like being reinterested in something you used to do in the past.
The secret is that you are who you want to be, when you know of how you want to be, be it. It may be tough at first, but just will it. This is a practice of manipulating your subconscious. Just try to think as if you were how you used to be, think like you remember thinking, because it is only what you can remember, know, and understand that you are able to desire.
I dont think any stranger can tell you that...
I find myself in the same situation, so clearly your problem.
My way to deal with it is to see what is stopping me be who I was/want to be, then change it.
Sadly, in my case, my partner is what dragged me down, and despite the love, it is best to live apart. (see my question; "Love or mental sanity? which one should be priority?" 3 of them in different category).
Your situation might be different, but the technique is the same, get rid of the problem:jobs, place you live..., even if it's your love ones.