The Influence Of Self Reflection On My Life

The freedom to choose is not something that is talked about all the time. Whether we realize it or not, everything that goes on in our lives is based on the choices we make. We all have decisions that we make on a daily basis and somehow it does impact the life that we live. The choices that are made not only does it affect our personal lives, but it also affects the way we feel and how we interact with people. According to (Fischer, 2012), “too much choice can produce a paralyzing uncertainty, depression, and selfishness. Researchers have shown that offering Americans more options increases the chances that they make poor choices, choices they later regret, or no choice at all, whether the choices involve buying jam or saving for retirement”.

As humans, we tend to let our emotions get the best of us sometimes. We are not always aware of the things that are happening in our lives, and it tends to affect us emotionally. The biggest concept is observing how we interact with everyone around us including ourselves. How we are raised in my opinion brings, about how aware we are personally. Self-awareness is the conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feeling, motive, and desires. Looking at myself steps that be taken are self-reflection, being able to reflect on my life helps me to understand how I can become a better person each day. In a sense being better than the person I was yesterday is an understatement, but it leads back to reflecting over life and choices that we make. Being able to take control our emotions is a key fact for increasing awareness. Taking me, for instance, what I have noticed is that I tend to let my emotions get in the way of my everyday life. I never realized how unaware I am until now and being able to tap into myself

Now with this it is hard to show empathy for people. Personally this affects how people feel and being in touch with one’s feelings. Now I show little empathy for people on outside I appear tough but on the inside I do feel sorry for people. But I cannot help but think that maybe someone is saying to make someone feel sorry for another person. Sometimes it is good to listen some people need to vent, especially when they become frustrated. This type of listening is hard for me because I rather talk than listen. I am a no non-sense person and reading on this type of listening has made me realize that I have issues with listening. I never realized how out of touch I have become with listening to understand. The biggest benefit of empathic listening is building trust. This one reason most people like to share information it makes you feel good when you have someone that will listen to you wholeheartedly. The one person that will give you their undivided attention is a person to trust. Some risk for this type of listening is communication, this cannot be stressed enough. Failure to communicate leaves room for lack of