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Five Reasons You Should Include Introspection In Your Daily Routine
(Note: This is an exercise to cut a post in half the original post is here.)
Life is crazy and time waits for no man. The sun is going to continue to make its way through the sky with no thought of how much you have to complete today. Today’s society is fixated on this fast pace. I am too. I’m a go-getter. I find something that needs to be done and I’m going to have it finished before tomorrow, even if I have to stay up all night working on it. But, with this hyper pace, we often ignore taking care of ourselves.
Introspection is the first step to well being.
According to Google, introspection is the observation of one’s own mental processes. So basically, you’re thinking about how you think. After reading several blog posts on it, I decided that every single day for a month I was going to sit down for a good 10–15 minutes in silence and really seriously think.
Here’s 5 things I realized and 5 reasons why you should try introspection too.
- Impact of the people around you
When you sit down quietly to observe your life, you begin to realize that you allow a lot of different things to influence you. You’ll be able to block out the negative influences that are bringing you down.
