If you have made it one of your goals this year to work on improving yourself, you understand what a big – and exciting – job that is. It takes dedication, commitment, and perseverance to give yourself the tools to become a ‘new’ you. Personal development doesn’t have to be boring and agonizing, though. It can also be fun and exciting. Here are some things to keep in mind when it comes to making personal improvement more exciting.
It’s all about your mindset.
If you think your personal development is going to be hard, then it will be. If you look at it from a perspective of excitement – being excited that you have the opportunity to build a better you – then it will be exciting. Personal improvement is truly a process of discovering more things about yourself, too. So, have fun with the process – experiment with tools and tactics that work. As you work to improve yourself, you will begin to see a change, and that’s exciting.
Forget about the outcome.
Putting pressure on yourself only makes the personal improvement process more stressful and intense. So, make a goal, work to meet that goal, and try to make steps toward it. But try to get that visual out of your head of what the perfect you is. You’re human and you won’t ever be perfect, and that’s okay. Acknowledging that you will do your best to achieve the outcome you have set before you is good. But holding so tightly that there is not room for flexibility takes the fun and excitement out of the process.
Make it a team effort.
Your personal improvement is exactly that: personal. However, if there is someone you love or trust that would help encourage you in your personal growth, ask them to check in with you to see how you’re doing. Ask them to be your support person. Or, perhaps see if they have similar self-improvement goals and ask if they want to work on a plan together.
Reward yourself.
If there are tangible things on your personal-improvement goal list and you reach those milestones, reward yourself when you meet them. This makes the process exciting and gives you something to look forward to.
Making a personal development plan that is effective and exciting is possible. What ways will you work to improve yourself throughout the rest of 2022?