Do you believe there’s more to life than what you’ve experienced up to now but you don’t know how to access it? Do you envy those happy and successful people, asking yourself how you can get there, too? Or do you sometimes feel like your life is just happening without your control? – Then it’s time for you to start your personal growth journey.
I am so glad I found my way to personal growth – it gave new meaning to my life. I’m here to inspire you to start your personal growth journey, too, because I am convinced it will upgrade your life experience beyond your imagination.
Why you should start your personal growth journey
Your personal growth journey will make you discover what’s been buried inside of you – your true, unique potential for your best self and your best life. You’ll also finally understand and unravel all of the struggles you’re facing – and develop the will to end them once and for all.
Each step along the way, you’ll find more beauty and a deeper meaning in life. You’ll develop trust in life that gives you all the power you need to take responsibility for your life and happiness.
The path of personal growth is the path of a seeker.
If you seek a happy and meaningful life that you can feel proud of at the end, then this definitely is for you.
Personal growth nowadays
Personal growth and personal development are popular these days. This is great news, as it means more and more people gather the courage to go on a quest to a more meaningful, intentional life.
My goal is to help this movement grow with my insights.
Today I’m going to share with you my personal story – to inspire you to start your own personal growth journey.
Since I’ve started, my entire view of life has changed, and I’ve found a complete new meaning of life. In joyful surprise over what I now live, I can say: I want you to experience this, too.
My story
I was a lucky, talented kid growing up in a household with a decent and steady income in a safe environment. I was well-behaved and had good grades and a lot of creative hobbies. Except for some bullies in 5th and 6th grade, there was nothing to worry about in my life.
One of my hobbies was playing the clarinet. It wasn’t long before my clarinet teacher recognized my talent and decided I should pursue it and turn it into a career. I followed his advice. I became a musician, and my other hobbies had to make room for music. In high school, I spent more time making music (classes, concerts, practice, …) than studying.
My first self-doubts…
It was during that time that my self-doubts started to appear. I started to become more and more insecure about my playing, thinking it was bad. Still, my path was clear: after high school, I was going to Music College to pursue a career as a clarinet player.
But trouble was already brewing; I had a doubt that maybe this was not going to be what I really wanted from life. But I didn’t listen to that instinct and I went for it, because I was afraid of admitting my doubt.
Swallowing the fear…
Not long after staring my degree, I ran into serious troubles.
I lost all joy in playing, I was depressed all the time, to the point that my physical health decreased; my concentration faded, and I turned into a pessimistic wreck.
I ended up hating what I was doing.
Eventually, I dropped out.
And this is where my personal growth journey began.
I picked myself up from the rock bottom and took my first step in my personal growth journey
Often in life, we need something bad happening or a challenge to overcome to realize that we’re the masters of our lives.
For me, it felt like I was born again when I admitted that the thing I’d poured all my energy into for my entire life ended up not being the right thing for me.
I’d been on the wrong life path, and to get off that path was a free fall into the unknown, but still the best decision that I possibly could have done, because I landed on the path of personal growth.
The fears I had to overcome
There were a lot of fears within me, trying to hold me back from breaking out of my situation:
- This is my talent – what if I don’t have any other?
- What are my parents going to think?
- I’ve been doing this all my life, I can’t do anything else!
- I’m not passionate about anything
- What if I find nothing else?
- What if I regret stopping my degree?
Those fears kept me hesitating for a really long time, until I eventually decided that the struggles I was experiencing were proof enough that I had to end the doubt, stand up for myself and brace myself for the jump: dropping out of College.
And then the world opened up
Once I dropped out of College, the world and life opened up with its endless possibilities. Now I can tell it was necessary to end that one thing in order to see anything new.
I was now finally ready to explore more of this world and dare to become the new version of me.
I felt immense relief.
Suddenly, new ideas started to appear. I began meditating, did a Yoga teacher training and started writing this blog. And I got into personal development.
The key to kicking off your personal growth
Self-awareness
I’d started to ask myself questions and observe the way I was feeling: I became aware of what was going on in my head and realized that my thoughts were what formed my outer reality. I became self-aware.
And that’s the real reason why I got onto the path of personal growth.
If I hadn’t learned to be self-aware and observe my feelings, I would maybe just have gone on without asking for more fulfillment in life. But I asked myself the questions: Is this how life will feel like forever? Is this all I get?
You’ll find an answer, if you dare to ask.
The insights after starting the journey
- I am the master of my destiny.
- It is my responsibility to make this life the life I want to live.
- I write the story of a life that I can be proud of.
- Nobody is holding me back except myself.
These are only a few of the things I learned when I stepped onto the path of personal growth – I’m going to dedicate an entire post to this. If you’re interested to get notified when that post goes online, subscribe to my newsletter.
How you can start your own personal growth journey
Ask yourself questions!
The key to starting your personal growth journey is to become self-aware. And you become self-aware by asking yourself questions and start looking for answers. Here are some questions for you to get you started.
- Is there more to life than this?
- Why am I feeling the way I do?
- What can I do to change the way I’m feeling?
- What’s wrong in my life?
- How are my thoughts influencing my life?
- What can I do to live a happier life?
Check out this amazing post from Melina, in which she talks about amazing ways to become more self-aware: Why self-awareness is the key to personal growth
To wrap up, I started my personal growth journey the moment I decided to conquer my fears and drop out of College without knowing what was to come. And this was only possible because I asked myself the question if life really had to feel the way it did.
So my advice to start your personal growth journey is to ask yourself questions.
For further help on your journey, browse my other posts about personal growth. Check them out here!
What do you think? How did you start your journey? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!
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