Your Self Ideal -- LiveWire Teen Forums

Everyone has a self ideal. What they would be if they had unlimited resources, the right attitude and the know how. I believe that it's important that we all realize our self ideals. Only when we're working towards our self ideals and true goals are we really happy. What your true goals are might be a later topic, but it's always best to get your momentum started with a bit of selfishness.
It is never wrong to do things to better ones self. It is considered wrong to become so in love with yourself that you forsake everyone around you.

When you realize your self ideals in entirety, you will unleash a energy that will have you subconsciously seeking them which can only be a good thing.

To realize your self ideal (write it down, my example below), you have to imagine a world where:

- You have anything you might ever need at hand to develop how you want.
- You have all the time you need to acomplish what you want.
- You are free from all current relationships and commitments. (job included)
-You are free from all your past actions and their repercussions.
- You have to let go of all your self limiting beliefs. (I'm too short to do it, I'm too ugly, I'm not smart enough, I've been born into a hole, ect.)
- You are motivated to bring about change.

Don't worry yourself with thoughts of how your self ideal is just generated from the doctrination of western society. It doesn't matter. When you start living it, you will become a happier person and motivated with life at which point your individuality can be most expressed.

You don't need to do this on livewire if you wish, but make a list of everything that is different about yourself from your self ideal.
Next make a list of what you CAN do to get yourself to your self ideal.
(There will always be things that can't change, say your height, but you can find ways to use them to your advantage. Many famous people use their obvious imperfections to make them quirky, full of character and individual compared to the rest of the Hollywood dolls.)

Now, the most important part. Just do it (cliche), make the changes, start exercising or whatever your self ideal might involve.
If you are anything like me, you'll find yourself more motivated with life and happier.

VERY IMPORTANT: Never let anyone ever discourage you from your goals in any way. You might turn a few heads if you go in all gusto with a change in living, don't let them distract you or sway you. They will eventually adapt to your new ways and as my parents were, somewhat proud a few years down the track.

A side note: Don't tell people your goals. That way if you don't succeed no one will be the wiser. They will only see you reap the benefits of life.

A good note: If you jump into it with a huge amount of gusto, then realize that many of the things you want to change about yourself will take years to do, you might very soon be discouraged. If anything, by doing this you're adopting a mentality that will get you places and make you happier. It's not a activity that will suddenly "fix" you, aside from the happy part.

Write down your self ideals here. You can build upon your own with other peoples ideas. It should be fun.

That's all.
(To all the high and mighty communist teenage hippies who believe that being self absorbed at all is evil, you can be self absorbed and still be a good thing for the world. Being self absorbed isn't what will create a perfect world, but we are not a perfect people and compromises need to be made. Compromises are not evil, they are made to make imperfect things work.)

Inspiration:
Tracy, B. "Goals! How to Get Everything You Want -- Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible".

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My self ideal:

-I want to have a nice body, fit as well. Being half asian my legs don't develop well, i want to make them grow.
(I now do about 80 pushups a day, running about twice a week and calf raises. My legs haven't grown much but I'm still working on it and determined.)
-I want to work on my motivation, doing things way before they are needed and being a busy bee.
(I'm working on dulling my mental inertia and just "doing" what i need to do. Probably the hardest thing i've ever done but it helps and i feel so happy after doing a lot of work)
-I want to work on my general learnedness.
(I've been working on learning were all the countries are and what their capitols are and languages. This is just a start. )
-I want to be less needy and more independent.
(I got a job and complain to certain people about how my life sucks, less :P )
-I want to develop a more sociable personality and be more fun to be with.
(I'm going out with people more often and making efforts to remember things to talk about and being nice.)
-I want a job that will help people, could be a job that makes a pile of money that i could use to help people, or becomeing a doctor and helping people in a more direct way. (I'm already at uni doing a course, which is a good start).

(Edited by Mooo at 9:28 am on Aug. 15, 2006)

(Edited by Mooo at 9:44 am on Aug. 15, 2006)

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