Checking In With Yourself

You are great at asking other people how they are. Whether it's your friends, coworkers, neighbors, or family, you ask, "How are you," without a problem, but you never ask, "How are you doing," to the one person who needs it the most...yourself.

You go through your days, weeks, and months and never even think about asking yourself how you are doing. The same thing happens when you're taking care of everyone else and forget to take care of yourself. When you don't check in with yourself on a regular basis so much can go wrong.




What does checking in with yourself mean? Make sure you are okay. Mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually find out where you are. Is everything aligned? Are you off balance somewhere? Where are you out of sync? How do you feel about your life? Your work? Your future? Money? Time? Dating? Where do you see yourself in a year or in five years?




If you're not finding out how you are doing, it's very easy to be driven by emotions and not rationale. When you make emotional decisions, often times they are on a whim, not thought out, and not going to yield the best outcome for you or your family. When you're not finding out how you are doing, you might have a meltdown or breakdown and not even really know why. You're not alone, but it doesn't have to be like that.




It's imperative that you check in with yourself daily. Before you go to bed, sit down and ask yourself how you feel about the day. What happened? What didn't happen? Where are you in it? How do you feel and think about it? How will you act, react, or behave about it?

Aligning yourself daily allows you to know your next course of action. What needs to be done, accomplished, or achieved? Where do you stand relative to where you want to be? Who can help you? Being able to ask yourself where you are and where you stand allows you to insight into yourself so you can succeed, because you'll be in tune with who you are and what you want. It will provide amazing clarity into yourself, your career, your family, and your future.

If something is foggy, you will not only see it better, you will feel it. You will get the answers you seek, the knowledge to go further, and ability to serve others. You will be a better version of yourself. So before you ask someone else how she is, ask yourself how you are....every single day. Then watch the magic transpire, when you start realizing what you're capable of.