What Writing Is Teaching Me About Making Peace With Slow Growth?
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Everything was going smoothly, but I was unable to see growth. Suddenly, one day, I started questioning my path. Am I going right? was the exact question I was asking myself. It was not self-doubt, but a self-talk to get clarity about the efforts I had put into writing. I was troubling myself and disturbing my mental peace in this situation. It was not a new thing for me to trouble myself and overthink a lot about mishappenings or anything that gives me stress.
Silence is the best tool to get answers to your questions. I used the same to get an answer to whether I was going right or not. The problem lay in comparison. I was troubling myself because I was comparing myself to others instead of my old self. I concluded that day to not compare myself with others, but with myself only. I decided that I would compare my growth with my former self.
When this mentality changed, my growth became visible to me. I noticed that I was not doing anything productive in the past, but now guess what? I had changed myself to do something valuable in my life. I had started writing blogs from the day I decided to change. I was completely changed from a lazy fellow who loved to enjoy doing nothing. I am learning new, out-of-the-box things every day that I express through blogs. Slow growth was there, which I was not seeing earlier.
Relief is the best feeling in the world. I felt it after thinking about my growth; a sudden happiness which brought peace to me. Now every question about growth feels invalid to me. The day I stopped comparing myself to others gave me peace and patience. Patience to wait for others to see my growth. I am committing mistakes, I am working upon them, and I am trying to improve in my next blogs.
I have learned in these days about the importance of consistency in life. The day I started writing blogs was the day I gave my small effort to do something productive. Expressing myself to you guys about my day-to-day learning continuously is the result of that consistency. This shows me growth as compared to my older versions. I know growth is not visible to us in the initial days, but consistent efforts make it visible to all.
Small things matter to me. For a plant to become a strong tree that stands tall, roots should be strong. Slow growth is making my roots strong through discipline, consistency, starting without hesitation, self-belief, confidence, and much more. All this is possible because of no chaos and complete peace. The mental clarity I got motivates me to continue writing.
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