Self-Reflection — Retiring within yourself!

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external factors. Most of the time, we don’t have an option. A situation pops up where quick decisions are necessary.But many times, when we have to make big decisions we deflect ourselves from the external world but still, the influence of external thoughts on our own thought process contributes to our decision making. This can’t really be termed as self-reflection.<blockquote id="950c">Retiring within yourself is most effective at the start or end of a day, as during that time, other human interaction is almost nil, we are more self connected.</blockquote>During an early morning session of self-reflection, our mind is automatically mulling about our day’s agenda, how we should go about a certain task, present our points in a scheduled meeting, etc., but when we do not give ourselves that 10–15 minutes of reflection time, we basically start a 5K run without warm-up, risking a muscle injury at the least.<blockquote id="3ba4">Equally essential is sitting down after finishing a day brooding over our days activities. Our assessment of the day is probably the best thing we can do if we aim to grow as a person and a human.</blockquote>Without a personal scale of measure, we can not grow and improve which is the basic human desire. As stated by 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in his book ‘The Will to Power’ — “It can be shown that every living thing does everything it can, not to preserve itself but to become more.” Journaling and Self Reflecting is a very important and necessary tool for us to create that scale of measurement.Most of the greats of history had one process or the other when it came to self-reflection which h

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elped them make effective and important decisions. A prime example of this is Marcus Aurelius, last of the five good emperors of the Roman Empire and a prominent Stoic Philosopher.Today, the world reads and learns from his personal journal of self-reflection published as MEDITATIONS. In Meditations, we can learn how he used to reflect on his day to day activities, it was an overview of what his approach was towards a certain life situation. How he embossed a personal philosophical guideline to deal with the different dilemma(s) of his empire and personal life.Effective self-reflection is not about going to specifics of the day and writing what we did throughout the day but rather about understanding our own reactions and behavior towards certain situation(s). This educates us about our own self and helps us identify our inner structure, identify — what and why we are lacking in a certain part of life, and how we can improve for better results.Gaining knowledge of self pays higher dividends in the course of life than any other trait, skill, or training. Self Knowledge helps us realize our strengths & weaknesses that eventually help us strategize our decisions and setting personal goals.An uneducated personal goal for an individual is more disastrous than the biggest earthquake ever recorded of magnitude 9.5. They say Knowledge is power, then Self Knowledge is the maximum yet still increasing strength a man can ever possess.<blockquote id="b170">Self Knowledge is like the universe, constantly changing and evolving with age, impossible to gain complete command on. Even Einstein wasn’t able to decipher the God particle.</blockquote></article></body>

Why it’s important to look into oneself.

Be it a small activity, like deciding on gifts for the family, planning a birthday party for someone we wish to make happy, or deciding on taking a trip, we engage our thought process in reflecting on our current physical, geographical and financial state before landing on a conclusion.

Or be it about strategizing our career path, making life plans such as choosing a place to settle in or moving to another country, in order to make an educated and best of interest decision, we step back and explore our options.

Even to understand the need for the above mentioned actions, self-reflection is an essential tool for our day to day life.

Living in the current structure of human society, rumination on our self situation is essential for moving forward…to achieve a goal.

Most of the time we analyze a situation, being in the vicinity of many external factors. Most of the time, we don’t have an option. A situation pops up where quick decisions are necessary.

But many times, when we have to make big decisions we deflect ourselves from the external world but still, the influence of external thoughts on our own thought process contributes to our decision making. This can’t really be termed as self-reflection.

Retiring within yourself is most effective at the start or end of a day, as during that time, other human interaction is almost nil, we are more self connected.

During an early morning session of self-reflection, our mind is automatically mulling about our day’s agenda, how we should go about a certain task, present our points in a scheduled meeting, etc., but when we do not give ourselves that 10–15 minutes of reflection time, we basically start a 5K run without warm-up, risking a muscle injury at the least.

Equally essential is sitting down after finishing a day brooding over our days activities. Our assessment of the day is probably the best thing we can do if we aim to grow as a person and a human.

Without a personal scale of measure, we can not grow and improve which is the basic human desire. As stated by 19th-century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in his book ‘The Will to Power’ — “It can be shown that every living thing does everything it can, not to preserve itself but to become more.” Journaling and Self Reflecting is a very important and necessary tool for us to create that scale of measurement.

Most of the greats of history had one process or the other when it came to self-reflection which helped them make effective and important decisions. A prime example of this is Marcus Aurelius, last of the five good emperors of the Roman Empire and a prominent Stoic Philosopher.

Today, the world reads and learns from his personal journal of self-reflection published as MEDITATIONS. In Meditations, we can learn how he used to reflect on his day to day activities, it was an overview of what his approach was towards a certain life situation. How he embossed a personal philosophical guideline to deal with the different dilemma(s) of his empire and personal life.

Effective self-reflection is not about going to specifics of the day and writing what we did throughout the day but rather about understanding our own reactions and behavior towards certain situation(s). This educates us about our own self and helps us identify our inner structure, identify — what and why we are lacking in a certain part of life, and how we can improve for better results.

Gaining knowledge of self pays higher dividends in the course of life than any other trait, skill, or training. Self Knowledge helps us realize our strengths & weaknesses that eventually help us strategize our decisions and setting personal goals.

An uneducated personal goal for an individual is more disastrous than the biggest earthquake ever recorded of magnitude 9.5. They say Knowledge is power, then Self Knowledge is the maximum yet still increasing strength a man can ever possess.

Self Knowledge is like the universe, constantly changing and evolving with age, impossible to gain complete command on. Even Einstein wasn’t able to decipher the God particle.