In our struggle to keep everyone else in our lives happy I realised how often we neglect the things we actually enjoy doing.
We have all heard the excuses from the lack of time, energy or even money.
We end up lying to ourselves, persuading ourselves that we are happy but in true reality we strive for so much more.
Not only do we strive for the needs of human survival, safety, love and acceptance, but we end up putting aside our highest need of self-esteem, self-respect and self-actualization, to truly experience what we are capable of becoming.
It is as if we first want to master our most basic needs before we feel worthy of taking time out for ourselves.
I have stepped out of that mind set and finally done something I wanted to since I could remember.
I signed up for a dance class at Dance Domain in Montague Gardens last week and despite the hectic workload of study and work I attended my first two instructor classes. This was something completely new to me and then the reality struck me, I was missing out on the best part of my life, doing what I love to do!
Dancing has always been a great part of my life, it brings me immense amount of happiness giving me a positive outlook on life and instantly improved my self-esteem. Other than that dancing is a great opportunity to socialize and build strong relationships with new people, it definitely increase self-confidence and help build social skills. As any other exercise it reduces stress and tension while ensuring for good health.
Finally I can add onto my hobby list on my CV and show the world that we can truly be happy if we only listen to our inner needs.
Very true. I also neglect my own interest to put others first!
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This is so true!
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