Tuesday, March 7, 2017

reminders and growth as a 18 year old (2016)






Being an 18-year old was a pretty hectic year filled with many joys, growth, some dissappointments, realisations, more self-awareness and people-awareness. To me, the biggest learning points was learning to walk away from people who are of no good to me, accepting changes faster and the importance of mental health. As a grew older, I realise the importance of how to get through battles without the reliance on my emotions. To live without reasoning and be lead by the spirit. Being vulnerable lives a strong individual inside of oneself, and i love and respect people with great integrity and self-respect. It is a year when i really hear myself internally and really take action, "It is time to grow up, time to be very self-independent and put my priorities right all the time."

My main joys in life are my loved ones in my life like God, my family, friends and people whom i choose to surround with. I realise that keeping oneself in the best state is every important, because our loved ones are our strength, they keep us going. As humans with much empathy will all understand how important it is. We should be considering the fact that they want us well, we need to keep on keeping on and stay positive no matter how hard the situation might be. They are our source of support and advisers. I learnt to keep strong, to be positive because i hate to keep people worrying. Yes, it is easier said than done, some of you may be thinking ;) but when you try thinking of your loved ones more often, it does help to keep you going. If one of your main joys are things that are of material and temporal, you are definitely on the wrong track. It can only steal your joy, trust me.

My daily lifestyle was a repitition most of the time, with some changes from time to time. While i would read through my favourite books in the train on the way to school, I love to think about things i would like to achieve sometimes. But I have changed to "how should i work smart, what can i do to better my performance and maximise my time." Last time i was a dreamer, but now i believe in being grounded and realistic. I believe in actions, and do not do small talks and go around telling people like how many people do it these days. I had many quiet moments to myself, and try to calm my mind of things and fill myself with positivity before the day starts. To me true success in life means, firstly, keeping oneself whole and rested in the process of achieving. Secondly, not neglecting your family. Thirdly, enjoying even the simple pleasures of life with a content heart. Lastly, is to be street smart, having right focus and consistency.

As I grew older, i also realise the extreme importance of being flexible and teachable. I personally think that as teenagers, yes we have our own mindsets and all, but it is always good to keep our minds open. Most of the time, having the knowledge only is not enough. Applying it in life will then be of good use. With the pride of thinking oneself is always right, other people is always wrong is the greatest obstruction to one's personal growth. He or she will never learn even how knowlegeable they are. They think that hell is given to them, but they created it themselves. If one person were to continue to be non-driven or making rash decisions , they think " Oh, why am i going through all this shit? why do i deserve this?" Instead of accepting and seeing their problem, they blame it on their genes for their bad results or blame it on others for their mistakes.

One of the important things i do is to explore and do things i havent got the chance to do yet. This would tick of the list which has been in my mind xD  As a young person, it is good to learn as much about yourself before going into the adult world. With that we are able to better cope and not stay stagnant with what we have. I will be doing some stuff which i had in mind during this holiday, and also will update the blog once i am done with the things. ;)

Thanks for reading and I hope you guys actually love it and gain something through it :) xo



                                                    ups and downs but still conquering in life! ;)

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