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Personal growth or the road to self discovery, call it what you want. Writing this made me remember alot of things. Looking back 5 to 7 years ago, I'd say I've come a long way. I have not only grown physically, I've grown mentally, spiritually and a whole lot more, you name it.
I like to believe that my growth as a person had been shaped by the people around me, my family, my friends and sometimes, strangers I have only spoken to once. You'd be surprised how much you can learn from a totally strange and quite frankly, they're easier to talk to because we don't fear judgement from them, we don't know them but that's just story for another day.
I was a kid back then, young, naive, silly, I wasn't making any money then, my parents did all the whole work so it didn't bother me but with time came societal pressure and the need to succeed and so I decided to move up financially, my income shouldn't be totally dependent on my parents. I started dabbling into a lot of things, it's worked out pretty great so far but my personal growth journey isn't over, meaning there's still a whole lot of work to be done.
Growing is easy, growing right isn't. If you surround yourself with the wrong crowd or listen to the wrong things, the growth you need might not be the growth you get. I do not speak to alot of people I know. I found that it helps to find like minded people such as yourself, they can help you grow and vice versa.
Most of the time I picture myself talking to my younger self, asking me if I had grown into something he would be proud of. It almost always sets be back on the right track because I want to be something this kid would be proud of.
I wrote in hive learners a couple of weeks back that I was going on a one month discipline journey and it's working out great so far. The first step to moving forward is awareness, accepting you want to growth, to be a better person. Only then can you understand what it means to grow.
This was me in 2016, care free and careless. Wanting to please everybody, wanting to be liked my everybody.
This is me 5 years apart, carefree, closer to God, not trying to please everybody, accepting I'm not perfect.
Of course I cannot to about my personal growth if I do not talk about me growing musically, my God I've come a long way. I hit keys I wasn't able to hit before. I have better breath control. I sing way less off now. I had a lot of practicing to do. Time gave me that gift. I'm glad I'm better now.
At the end, it doesn't matter where you are currently, even if it's just a step you take today, it's something. One step in the right direction will always be better than standing still. Thank you hive learners for this prompt. It really helped me reflect.