The worse thing that can happen to a person is getting to the finish line of growth and improvement and handing oneself the final trophy🤧.

“I have arrived” is often lived out, not uttered and most people who believe that they have reached their peak of perfection will never pronounce those words but rather show them to you. I lie?🙂

I remember one of my long term goals being to have attained exceptional character at eighteen🤣, I also recall reminding myself at fifteen or sixteen that I had 2-3years left on my perfection journey🤦‍♀️. But eighteen came quickly, it honestly felt like 2 days after my recall because even if I wasn’t where I used to be, I was still metres short of perfection🙃. I read and was ready to read more of the self-help books that are scattered around, hoping that my knowledge would be sufficient to tame my flaws🤣. Shortly after, I had to come to terms with the fact that self-improvement cannot be outgrown.

Self-improvement is an endless journey, not a one and done affair. For as long as man breathes, there’s always room for improvement😌, be it in character, new habits, new skills, creativity, etcetera.
When you meet new people and climb into new phases of life, a better version of yourself is frequently required to keep up the pace. The sequelae of an adamant attitude toward doing better is a life full of avoidable regrets🙃.

Self-improvement is not a very rosy journey, however, its dividends are worth more than gold🏆. As we may have heard, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” (chinese proverb), and that of self-improvement isn’t any different🚶‍♂️.

The first step is making a conscious decision to do better, to be better💪. As the saying goes, “a problem properly stated is half solved” (John Dewey).

The next thing to do is to meditate and spend time doing an “inreach”(self-inventory)✍to decide on what areas you’d like to improve on😌. Some areas include developing new habits, new skills, anger management, finance, business, etcetera.

Thirdly, decide on which one or ones you’d like to begin with🤔. It is important that I mention at this point that taking out time to point out areas you’d like to improve on doesn’t mean you have to work on all of them at once. It’s quite tempting because you may feel as though “na me bad pass”😶 but you have to resist that temptation because you’re going to end up frustrated with little or no progess if you take that course of action😖.

Next is to research🔍 on ways you can improve in your chosen area(s). Google is a great search engine to get resources such as books and articles📜, speak to people who have gone ahead of you🚣 for guidance; not doing so and trying to do it all on your own will only make you spend a year on something that you can actually achieve in three months with many failed attempts and frustration in-between😪.

Then you begin!💃 A step at a time, a day at a time. Don’t be hard on yourself and create room for mistakes, as long as you’re failing forward. Some days, you’ll be discouraged and angry with yourself, on other days, you’ll need encouragement. You may even end up losing people who may not be able to stick around for you to do better😔 but life happens you know. You have to keep forging ahead regardless😬.

Throughout your journey, try to be mindful of how you feel and attend to your emotions📌. If you need a booster from a friend or mentor, seek it and whenever you’re tired, remind yourself why you started. Eyes on the price!😉

It is also important that you create a means to measure your progress⏳. This will help you to be consistent and also encourage you on days you don’t feel like it. You can begin with doing something for a week, and on that seventh day, you access yourself then go for the next 7 days again💪. Minutes grow in hours, hours into days, days into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years🕔.

It’s also a great idea to reward🎁 yourself along the way, you ought to recognise and appreciate your progess, this will keep you going. An accountability partner cannot be overemphasized, this person could be a friend👭 or mentor👨‍👧. As you progress in your journey, you can add other areas to improve on👌.

Self improvement is fulfilling and indeed gratifying🥰, there’s no joy greater than that you derive from being at places you’ve only ever dreamed of.

Let’s talk in the comment section guys! I missed you🥰.