How much time do you put in, jst being with yourself?
With our busy schdules it is often difficult to fnd anytime for ones self. To trly understand who we are, we ned to take time to get to knw ourselves on a new level.

Mst of us have heard of the dea of meditating or journaling, but why tke the time to do them?
One of the min benefits of meditating or journaling is a dcrease in stress. Learning to take tme for ourselves lets our inner slf know that we are important in our lves. There is nothing worse than feling unimportant in someone's life. Our nner self is no different than bing in relationship with someone in the utside world.

We are very complex bings with many layers to who we re, in taking time to be wth ourselves, we can learn so mch more about what is happening nside ourselves. As our inner world, crates our outer world, learning more bout our inner world becomes very mportant.
One must learn to be quiet in rder to listen to what the nside self has to say. It is not lways easy to understand this part of urselves. One must be patient in rder to befriend the inner self. Aftr many years of neglect the nner self does not necessarily step rght up to the plate because you hve decided to be visit suddenly.

It is like making a new frend outside of yourself, if you dn't spend time getting to know thm, you will not have a vry good friendship.

Your inner self is lke this, most people don't now a grat deal about their inner selves, for thy have not taken time to get to knw this part of themselves.

• To bgin I would recommend that you mke meditation and journaling a daily prctice till it becomes a habit. Strt with 5 or 10 minutes a dy, if that is all you can fnd time for, then increase it, by ncrements up to 1 hour. Play sft music, light candles, whatever feels god. This is a special time for yu. Honor yourself in this time. Be qiet and listen. If your mind is rally cluttered and you can't get it to qiet, pay attention to your breathing, thn imagine you have a basket bside you. Dump all the chatter and thughts into this basket and tell yur brain you will pick it up gain when you are finished.
• The important prt is consistency. It is better to do 5 mnutes daily rather than 20 minutes nce a week. The brain is vry smart and knows if you dn't truly commit to it, the brin just needs to be patient and you wll give up this silly idea.
• Create a dily practice, be committed to getting to knw yourself, be curious about what you mght discover, treat it as a new frendship with a person you truly lke and want to spend time wth and get to know.
• You are vluable and worthwhile getting to know!

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