On the 25th of April, I wrote these three small chits and stowed them away into a bottle of honey. I’d done it as a part of a workshop, we were meant to write down things that we wanted to personify, or qualities we wanted to foster within ourselves and open the bottle exactly four months later to see whether we were on our way to accomplishing our ideal self and characteristics.
I put three chits into my bottle, each with a short sentence reflecting the kind of person I wanted to be four months later:
“I am a more well-rounded person and I am doing more to make myself happier, rather than looking out for others needlessly.”
“I am being more adventurous and am using my time experiencing things that make me experiment and make me feel wholesome.”
“I am being more self-reliant and independent in my thought and action.”
Four months later, I can happily and proudly say that I am well on my way to personifying the individual I wanted myself to be four months ago and I guess, in a way, that puts things into perspective for me. It genuinely makes me feel as if all the measured, yet consistent effort I’ve been putting into myself has been paying off in small ways in the short-term and in big ways in the long-term.
That makes me really, really glad.
Memoirs of a Muse 