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Everyone’s personal development journey is different because we are all different people. But there are things that everyone experiences during this journey. No matter what stage you are at in your journey, here are a few things that no one talks about or tells you during this magnificent, life-changing experience:
It’s a forever thing.
Your journey has no destination. It’s perpetual. It is a never-ending experience. You are not going to wake up one day and be like “ I completed my journey.” It is not something that you check off your to-do list. In this physical realm, your journey only ends when you are dead. In the spiritual realm, there is no end because your soul and energy live on forever. Once you accept this fact, you will stop trying to rush your process. Stop worrying about not being where you want to be and realize you are exactly where you are supposed to be. This is your journey; don’t follow the general population’s standards on how fast you need to go.
Shit gets ugly.
This journey is not all butterflies and rainbows. It gets really ugly. The long, sleepless nights researching, the tears, and pain from trying to work through childhood traumas, having your energy drained from all the necessary changes. It is not easy. Your personal development journey is all about shedding the negative aspects of yourself while strengthening the positives. I like to compare it to a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. The beginning stages of my journey was really dark and depressing. I was so angry; with myself for the most part. I wanted to remain ignorant because I thought life was simple before I knew the truth about everything. After that angry stage, I realized that knowing the truth sets me free and that dealing with my past is what is going to help me heal.
You aren’t crazy!
At some point (maybe all points) of your journey, you will feel bat shit crazy. Like, having full-blown conversations with yourself, crazy. YOU ARE NOT CRAZY. Read that again. You might feel like no one understands you and that you are alone, I’m here to bring the comforting news that you aren’t. You aren’t seeing spirit numbers for no reason, your manifestations are coming true due to dumb luck. Trust the process, trust yourself. trust the universe.
Trust your instincts
Trusting yourself is a huge part of your personal development journey. No one knows you more than you. You’ve been living with yourself all your life, why wouldn’t you trust your gut? Remember a time where you had a strong feeling about something and you didn’t go with that feeling; I can bet you 10 dollars that you regretted not following your guts afterward or vice versa, you had the feeling and went with it and it turned out to be for the better. Trusting in yourself is key to making it through this journey. Would you get in the car with someone you did not trust to get drive you to where you are going? No right. You are the driver. Put on your seat belt and enjoy the ride.
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