Self-Knowledge Challenge

Yesterday I challenged everyone to write down ten challenges that may stand between them and their goals in effort to achieve greater self-knowledge.  I took this challenge one step further and worked on how to overcome these things.  The diseases and their antigens. I am going to share this list with you, ignoring the fact that this is going to highlight in bold my main weaknesses.  This will hopefully inspire some (or maybe most) of you that decided you would be a passive reader and not participate in this challenge.  

Mentality Diseases:

1. Belief that I "deserve" to take the day off, or encouragement of indulgences.
2. Low Self-Image.
3. Negativity.
4. Selfishness.
5. Focus on the Past.
6. The "Fair" Mentality.
7. Emotional Highs and Lows.
8. Introverted and Comfortable in my home.
9. People Pleaser.
10. Perfectionistic.

Note: About half of these I have written about in past blogs.  For the ones I haven't, I will explain in the next few days.

Mentality Antigens:

1. Set up a reward system based on goal achievements.
2. Say 10 good things about myself in the mirror.
3. Search out a dose of perspective when negativity arises.
4. Intentionally focus on my husband's selfless behavior.
5. Pick up my son and give him a hug, right here, right now.  Focus on now.
6. Build healthy habits solely on my own motivation.
7. Never allow myself to make decisions when in a high or low.  Only steady.
8. Get out daily.  Daily.
9. Increase my own standards.
10. Embrace my weakness and don't fear displaying it in the open.

If this is difficult for you, I recommend getting to know yourself a little deeper.  One of the things I did was take the personality test featured in The Personality Tree.  I highly recommend this book to all those who haven't read it.  It makes you feel empowered when dealing with people.  Regardless of whether or not you read this book, you may need to figure out a way to delve deep into who you really are.  And this can be painful.  But honesty is required in the process of self-growth.  The other piece of this is you can't be afraid to look bad when creating this list.  Understanding that we all have weakness is the first step to truly embracing who we are.  I am taking the steps I need to take to fulfill my goals.  Are you?

"My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.  "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the Law of your God, I also will ignore your children." -Hosea 4:6