Being under quarantined. Means you need to stay home. You may think of it as a bad experience because you can never go out with your family nor hang out with your friends like you used to nor go somewhere you want to and were forced to adapt to the new way of living. From just scrolling social media until you get bored to go along with the social media trend and from just spending yourself more alone to doing unnecessary things during your leisure time. This became the sequence of our new way of living as an adolescent amidst quarantine. Without realizing that during those times we’ll be able to know ourselves more than we already have and realize something we haven't realized in our life before since things are not as like before because now, we have been given time to be with ourselves for a long time and were allowed to explore more with ourselves alone without the help of the other if you know what I mean. Aside from doing our responsibility as a student, daughter/son, or peers, employer, or a member of some community. Before this quarantine, our minds and selves were busy seeking constant distraction and thinking of doing something fun outside or hanging out with our friends that we end up forgetting about what it feels like to be alone (means not being with your friends). Though being alone (except being with family) gave a great impact especially on those extrovert individuals. As an individual who prefers an outdoor activity and being with my friends more just like others. I can say being alone especially during quarantine is not that bad, because it has been a way for me to understand myself more and get insight into my emotions better. If you are someone who values self-development this blog might be able to help you to guide for the journey of your self.
Though there might be some other proportion of feelings we have felt during the time of quarantine (e.g., stress, sadness, loneliness, etc.) but it is also best to be able to correct ourselves during those times.
Self-realization is a fulfillment of one’s personality/character or understanding oneself and can fully achieved if you put so much thought into yourself. Here are some stages I went through during quarantine that might also be able to help you on learning to trust what you see, to be able to balance your thought, etc.;
SELF AWARENESS
Being self-aware means becoming aware of the different aspects of yourself be it your emotions, habits, thoughts, what you like or dislike, etc. It is also being able to know how other people see you. It is said being in this stage is the painful part because you get an honest look of yourself. Especially when they came from others, we end up knowing or hearing what we don’t like about ourselves. But it only helps you become more understanding and will stop being in denial of your flaws
SELF-EXPLORATION
Exploring oneself is a process of investigating within you. The moment you question who you are, what you like and dislike, the meaning of everything you do even your existence and goals is the process of self-realization begins. If you want to find out what's under you and discover the real you and feel your way through life. The quarantine will be the right time to do so. Discovering oneself will also be the way to love and respect oneself.
SELF-REALIZATION
At last, we come to a realization. In this stage, you will be satisfied with everything you had with yourself. Be it things or feelings because you know what you deserve and you know how and what to make yourself happy. You can be free from those unhelpful habits. Yourself was being enlightened from freeing the consciousness and the subtler inner of yourself. That way you can maintain your emotions better than you have before through trial and error and become more discipline to yourself.
Many can’t stand spending time alone or being by themselves. Finding oneself is not just experiencing and learning about life from others. Just being alone can help too by putting so much effort into thinking about yourself and giving time to discover yourself. Especially this quarantine when you can have time to completely focus and immerse yourself in your goal and passion.
PS: I Do not own the images I used in this blog. Credit to the rightful owner.
This might also help to learn more about the Self-Realization:
https://lonerwolf.com/self-realization/#
https://www.lifehack.org/682908/how-to-attain-self-realization-a-guide-to-become-a-better-you
https://themindfool.com/self-realization/
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