Happiness Secret # 2: Know Yourself

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Summary of Previous Blog Post

In our previous “Happy Life = Best Life” Series blog post, I revealed:

Secret #1: A Happy Life = Your Best Life

Key Takeaway: Only you can free yourself from an unhappy situation & make your life happy

Notable Quote: “Living happily is an intentional freedom from the unhappy situations within your control”

In this post, we reveal the next secret in the “Happy Life = Best Life” Series

Secret #2: Know Yourself

Now, it’s natural to be on a quest to re-discover your happiness once you realize you’re feeling stuck or after some sort of trauma.

• Take your time to grieve and acknowledge the emotions that you’re feeling,

  but to spin it positively,

• Remember this is also your time to pick yourself up and make YOU better so that you can avoid feeling this same hurt again.

• Take this opportunity to be in a healthy relationship with YOU FIRST before anyone else. It’s never too late!

  

What is “Knowing yourself”?

In its simplest form “Knowing Yourself” is understanding your

• Likes & Dislikes

• Strengths & Weaknesses and

• What’s important to you, but most importantly,

• Being honest with yourself in the process

So that you can make decisions that support your happiness

That’s it. This blog post is done...

LOL, I’m just kidding!

WRITE IT DOWN and let what you write down be your guide!

I love writing things down. It helps get “it” out of your head and keeps “it” in your

face so you can stay aware.

So, what are you writing on this blank sheet of paper staring at you?

EXERCISE: The 'Know Yourself' Chart

Make a chart. Put down the headings:

·        LIKES

·        DISLIKES

·        STRENGTHS

·        WEAKNESSES

·        WHAT’S IMPORTANT TO YOU

And list everything you feel below those headings

Example:

How can I take action on Knowing Myself?

Be intentional and stay aware,

-        Once you know your Likes, take action to achieve it or do more of it

-        Once you know your Dislikes, take action to avoid it, get rid of it or reduce “it”

-        Once you know your Strengths, take action to exercise it regularly and maintain it

-        Once you know your Weaknesses, take action to learn from it and improve

-        Once you know What’s important to you, take action and be intentional about making that a priority

The common denominator here is to TAKE ACTION!

You don’t have to apologize to anyone for putting your happiness first! Remember that!

Why is it important to Know Yourself?

-        You’ll make better decisions

-        You’ll have better self control

-        You’ll be happier

-        You’ll have less inner conflict

-        You’ll be able to resist peer pressure

-        You’ll be self-assured (won’t need the approval of others)

-        Some people, place and things that were in your life before may not make the cut for the happy chapter

But all’s well, your happiness will always be the light on a dark day.

Storytime

On my journey to happiness, I had to stop, look at myself in the mirror and be honest with myself about my role in a lot of situations I could have easily avoided if I just took the time to KNOW MYSELF. If I truly knew myself I could have avoided the situations that didn’t jive with who I am. Looking at myself in the mirror and being honest with myself was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do but it was the most necessary thing I ever did because in that moment, as broken as I was, I promised myself that I deserved to be happy and the intentional change for the happier begun with me.

I didn’t know then who I was but I’m grateful for every situation (the good and the bad) that helped me learn and shape who I am today and helped build this resilient me.

Key Takeaway

Knowing Yourself is an honest understanding of your Likes & Dislikes, Strengths & Weaknesses and what’s important to you so that you can make decisions that support your happiness

Final Remarks

You Matter and You deserve to be happy. You got this!

Throughout my posts, I’m going to tell you all my secrets on How to live your best life happily SO STAY TUNED and check out my next post for my next secret…

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Love Nelly

P.S. I purposely do not post my pictures with filters. It's beautiful actually being me and you're beautiful actually being you