When in a situation do you consciously think about your initial feelings to the circumstance? This is one of the questions that is focused on in the article “How to Simplify Your Life” by Melissa Escaro. In her article, Melissa discussing strategies to help people grow in their personal growth. She discusses a few circumstances she has been in and provides good advice for helping to simplify your life.
Simplifying your life is very important in personal growth. It allows you to determine how you feel about a situation, what is most important, what will help you reach your goals. In the beginning of Melissa’s article, she places an emphasis on the process of elimination and what it can do in someone’s life. The process of elimination is such a highly important factor in an individual’s personal growth, because it allows them to get rid of the things tying them down. This is …show more content…
Ask yourself how do you feel about the situation? This is important because it allows us to evaluate our feelings then determine its value to us. For example, Melissa dropped a job when it was just not working for her, because it was hindering her overall goal. Finding jobs that do not hinder one's overall goal is very important to develop one’s personal growth as Melissa has done. I was going to school in a small town. I was an advanced in most of my classes. By my sophomore year in high school I had taken all the classes that were offered there. My mom insisted on my staying in that school because I had gone there my whole life and it was close to home. I realized that by staying there, I was keeping myself from reaching my full potential. At the end of my Sophomore year, I transferred to a new school. I moved to a School that was almost a half hour away, but they offered so many more classes and presented many more opportunities for