The importance of self-awareness

A skill that particularly spoke to me in this guide is self-awareness. I feel like sometimes we get caught up in accomplishing goals and just improving ourselves without never stopping, taking a step back and reflecting on who we are, who we want to become, what our strengths and weaknesses are... All while being honest with ourselves in the process. 

I think this is a very important skill because without self-awareness, it is quite hard to make any meaningful change in our life, since we might not know in which areas we need to put more effort, and we cannot learn from the mistakes we may be making along the way. I think it's vital to know why we are acting certain ways rather than blindly trying to parch our mistakes without any thinking on what made us err. 

One thing that helped me a lot is journaling and taking a more outsider perspective on my own life by looking at it written in a piece of paper. This has allowed me to see patterns in myself I wasn't even aware off and instead of judging them or looking at them with criticism, I've tried to be more kind towards myself and be compassionate and honest. 

The prompts for discussion I'd like to share are: 1. What recent experience have you learnt from by being aware of how you acted and why you did so? 2. Do you think at some point we can be too aware of ourselves?