Improving Self – When Is It Ever Done?

I have been thinking a lot about the idea of improving self. It is a thought that is always in my mind but not always tackled in a way that brings about that improvement in an effective manner. I think that we all seek and think about improving in life, we aim to be better than we were before. Perhaps I should amend that blanket statement with this…those who want to succeed have to focus on improving.

I want to be better today than I was yesterday. I want to learn something today that I didn’t know yesterday. I want to improve! Now if I can face this in a positive light and feel as if I am always growing and learning then I believe it is so, however, if I reflect back and feel I didn’t do enough improving self, then I have a negative internal dialog and I am not growing/improving like I could be due to my mind’s negative association with my own growth.

So this is the question I feel at the brim of my consciousness…If I am always growing, always improving how is it that I can still feel I’m not doing enough and is that feeling limiting my growth?

Perhaps I need to erase this questioning from my mind and just trust that I am always moving forward and stop judging myself based on a certain bar. I can look to the bar as where I want to be but never look back and only realize that I am always getting closer and closer to the bar because of the simple fact that that is where I’m going. So it really doesn’t matter how long it takes or if one day I moved closer than the other…I have a goal and I am moving toward that goal.

Hmmm…I feel better just having typed that. This might be of help to you as well, and if so, then I am very glad.

Tags: growing, improving, judgement, mental dialog, personal growth, power of thoughts, self-actualization