MY 2022 LESSONS (Part II)
In this blog article, I bring to you 5 more lessons that I learned in the past year. I already made the first part of these lessons which you can check out here if you haven't already. They're not in any particular order, so feel free to click it after reading this one.For those who already saw part one, I really hope that you enjoyed it and you can also enjoy this one just as much, if not more. And without much to say, let's tap in.
QUICK DISCLAIMER: All the information provided down below is all based on my perspective and my experience and should not be considered psychological advice.
Enjoy your reading.
6. DISCIPLINE
Being disciplined has been a huge lesson for me because it taught me the core concept of doing something I had to do whenever the motivation wasn't there for me. It also taught me that motivation can be generated by the action.
When I started cultivating discipline, I stopped relying on my emotions, putting away the "I don't feel like it" excuse that most of the time would make me regret later on, that would make me ask why I didn't do it earlier when I had the time and the opportunity.
It also made me embrace pain, challenges, and adversity and granted me the satisfaction of fully experiencing delayed gratification and adding value to the sacrifices that I've done to fulfill my task, especially when I didn't feel like it.
With discipline I felt like I had more control over myself, I felt free, and when I started to see that things were moving my way, I actually started to search for more, it gave me the drive to do more hard stuff and better myself.
7. BALANCE
Immediately after learning about the benefits of discipline, I quickly learned about balance. Because although it is great to have hard things done and your mission fulfilled, I came to realize that I was losing myself.
Losing myself in the sense that all I cared was about work, and doing everything right and perfectly, and almost hating myself whenever I would slip up just a little bit.
That's when I discovered that having balance was a healthy habit, creating time and space to crave most of the things I've been sacrificing, of course, without having to overindulge in said things, as they could easily make me fall back into old habits.
I see it as a reward system or a cheat season, where you can relax before overheating, spend time with your loved ones, visit places where you enjoy, and read your favorite book. And as soon as you're done or as soon as you spot signs of overindulgence, you get back to work.
8. SIMPLICITY
After learning about balance to counter the hatred of being "overly disciplined", I got to learn that I have to keep things simple. Without simplicity, I wouldn't be able to realize that the solution to my problem with discipline was just to have balance, and that's just one of the examples.
In my Instagram post titled "CONFESSION LETTER: Part Two - Lessons", I wrote about simplicity before and made clear what most people tend to mistake: Simple does not mean easy!
Simplicity, to me, means accepting and understanding a situation despite its difficulty, and making the right decisions based on the awareness of the said situation.
And that approach to the concept of simplicity made my life more... simple. And with that, I now don't need to stress out about something, I'll just go through the layers of the problem until I reach the core, and care even less about the outcome.
9. LOVE
This may be the best and most important lesson out of all 10 of them. I had the blessing and the opportunity to learn that love is far from something superficial, something that you feel toward someone specific.
I learned that love is a form of energy, and that you should start cultivating toward yourself and your higher entity (whether is God, the Universe, your Infinite Intelligence, you name it), and building that love for yourself you're able to express to everyone else.
It also made me immune to any hatred that came to me. For the first time in my life, I was able to show love for everyone who at some point did me wrong. It doesn't mean that I fully forgive them and that I would carry on the relationship that we had previously, but I could the good within what they did to me because it put me in the position that I am in today, which I am proud and grateful for.
It also made me feel free, it detached me from that situation, and remind me that what happened belongs to the past, and what matters is the lessons that came from them.
The ability to being able to share that love in abundance is what separates self-love from selfishness or narcissism, just in case it wasn't that clear. And eventually, I can write a full article just talking about love, because there's a lot more to it.
10. RECOGNITION
Recognition for me is a lesson that can be seen more as a paradox. Because before, it was something that I always craved, for some reason. And yet, the more I chased, the less I would get.
However, when it became one of my last preoccupations, that's when I started to get more recognition for my actions.
And it became a lesson to me, because I now realize that what's more important is the energy and authenticity that you put into your deeds that often rise faster and age better, and in the process, you're able to constantly remember your "why?" and build up that confidence in your work.
Also, the development of patience that comes with it is just built different, and it's what currently motivates me to keep on writing my blogs, creating and editing my Instagram posts, otherwise, worrying about my recognition would've made me end this a long time ago, which it almost happened at some point.
And it's working as a paradox, just like I mentioned earlier, I could notice that more people are tapping in, and I am fully grateful for each and every one of you who chose to follow the path of the paw and learn from my journey.
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