Do you have the feeling of leading the life you want or does it seem that life is something that just happens? Achieving the life you aspire to requires control of your life. So, let us see the benefits of taking charge of your life.
Make yourself your priority
First of all, taking control of your life means becoming the most important person in your life. And that is not selfish. When you treat yourself as the most important aspect in your life, you lead yourself, take better care of yourself, work to be your best version and give your best. And that benefits the people you relate with.
More satisfaction
When you feel that you are not living like a candle in the wind but that you control your destiny, you will feel more satisfied. That is because you make decisions and take actions to live how you want. You set goals to move towards your best version and towards the life you aspire to.
Instead of difficulties and obstacles, you see opportunities to learn, develop, take action and overcome yourself. Taking charge of your life makes you feel empowered.
You dedicate time to what matters to you
Taking control of your life brings you more satisfaction because you dedicate time to what matters to you. You try to ensure that your actions and activities are aligned with your priorities.
Be it spending quality time with your family or friends, taking care of your well-being, feeling fulfilled in your work or taking time for personal and professional development and for your interests.
More clarity
You are also more clear about what you want and do not want. You know how you want to be, how you want to live and what steps to take to achieve it. Also, you know what things or relationships do not do you good; what activities, habits or relationships to give up in order to live the life you want.
More well-being
Taking the reins of your life and making yourself your priority has the consequence that you take more care of yourself, your well-being and health. You take more time to nurture yourself physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Less stress
Taking more care of yourself, being clear about your priorities and living according to them, results in a lower level of stress. When we take care of our well-being and do more of what we like, we stress less.
Greater self-awareness
Taking control of your life also means getting to know yourself better. It requires knowing your strengths and weaknesses and accepting them. It is about finding out what you are good at and what you are less good at. In this way you can enhance your strengths. You can also decide which of your weaknesses limit you and you want to work on or with which aspects to ask others for help.
Likewise, taking charge of your life also implies delving into your values and priorities. As I mentioned before, this allows you to decide how you spend your time in a way that aligns with what matters to you and contributes to what you want.
Greater self-confidence
Taking the reins of your life inevitably makes you feel more self-confident. Feeling that you know yourself well, that you decide for yourself and that you do what matters to you, increases your self-love, self-esteem, self-acceptance and self-confidence.
You stop comparing yourself badly
All of the above leads you to stop comparing yourself in a way that is detrimental to you. By that I mean that you lose interest in caring about what others think of you. You also stop comparing the public, apparently more perfect and happy image of others with your intimate version with its weaknesses and problems.
Instead you focus on comparing who you have been with who you are and who you want to be, and how to get there.
Better relationships
When you love and respect yourself, you look for relationships that give you the same. You relate with people who really appreciate you; people who enrich and inspire you and with whom you have fun.
The hard side
Finally, I warn you that not everything will be a bed of roses. Taking charge of your life means taking responsibility for your thoughts, emotions, actions and relationships.
Also keep in mind that there will be people around you who will not understand and will resist accepting your change. But that always happens when someone questions and changes the status quo. However, the people who really appreciate you will end up getting used to and valuing your new, empowered version. And as I mentioned before, you will meet new people who share your vision and lifestyle.
Ready to take control of your life?
Once you know everything that involves taking the reins of your life, do you dare to walk the path? What are the aspects that you would like to improve the most? Which aspects do you find most difficult and why?
