Challenged For Change : Part 1 : 2 min read

 

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.” Winston Churchill

A few years back, I got diagnosed with general anxiety due to PTSD (post-trauma stress disorder). I was not only in the lowest pit of my health but well-being too.

One of the most critical reasons for feeling knocked down was my heart first approach. And, life, in general, was almost always led by emotions.

"That was how I had always been for forty years of my life. I can't be otherwise! That won't be me!"

I had two options. To accept the challenge and change my modus operandi OR retreat into my shell and continue to suffer.

Each time I tried to reason my established behaviour, I failed but held on. I was getting sucked into a whirlpool and falling deep into an abyss. When I decided to try and change, I was CHALLENGED. I accepted.

1. I confronted my "belief system"* to embrace a more balanced thought process.

2. Tweaked my approach from 'I cannot change' to ' I cannot change others'.

3. Let go of things beyond my control.

4. I invested in a circle of influences. Restarted old habits like reading and enrolled for a postgraduate degree. Embraced new-age resources like e-learning.

I am a work in progress. Today I can say with certainty that because the situation challenged me, I changed for good.

Stay tuned as I share my journey in the next segment😊

*- I say belief system as my ways were quite sacrosanct and inviolable to me.

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