Clarity First: The Missing Step in Personal Growth

I was going about my morning routine when a thought crossed my mind and I couldn't wait to write it down on a jotter because it spoke a lot to me in just one word. It isn't a new word that I've never heard before but this morning, that known word taught me a new and less thought of fact.

One of the reasons I've started to see life in a more different way than I did just few months back is, I gained clarity over some aspect of my life. Even my dreams fought me to make it clear to me that I was living on autopilot; just living life as it comes with no clear purpose to follow by.

And one of the things people who advice others to be disciplined stress on is, clarity. It's a step anyone trying to be disciplined with their lives can not skip, it's a step that makes any habit or efforts easier to carry out because it reduces the reason to give up or regret taking the decisions.

I'm sure you can tell by now, what the word is that came to my mind this morning, it is "Clarity". I checked the meaning of the word and it gave some "too big words" to describe something that simple so I'll write here what I want Clarity to mean for you and I, it is "able to be understood".

Anything you understand, you get to take better actions with it. Now I get why I couldn't pass math tests until I settled down to understand its formulas and processes, I gained clarity first and it got easier. Its not that the math test gave easier problems to solve, I just understood better.

The same applies to every aspect of life. You want to be healthy, be clear on what you should do to be healthy like "I need to drink water more". You want to build wealth, be clear on how like "I need to save 10% of my income daily or weekly". You want to know God more, be clear on what to do like "I need to read a verse of my Bible daily".

Even in praying and asking from God and from man, be clear and I mean, be specific of what you need from God or what you need from man when asking. That way, you know what to expect and how to handle the outcome if that never comes or it comes too late. The main point is, you know exactly what you need or want at time of asking.

Clarity comes from knowing who you want to be, where you want to be and when you want to be. When you know these things about your life, you'll know what to improve on to get there no matter how long it will take because you've gained clarity on what should or shouldn't be.