Personal growth is the intentional development of one’s personality or life course, focusing on mental, emotional, material, and spiritual aspects. It is essential for becoming mature, fulfilled, and successful. It involves improving communication skills and enhancing self-awareness, understanding strengths, weaknesses, and motivations, and improving relationships through better communication and empathy.
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Reflecting on your experiences from the age of 22 to 31 is crucial for personal growth and self-discovery. Keep track of your wins and build momentum to become your best self. This stage allows for self-reflection, exploring new avenues, and investing time in personal growth and development. 2024 is an opportunity for transformative self-discovery and personal growth, embracing mindfulness, setting meaningful goals, and cultivating resilience.
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📹 a year of personal growth… *opening up*
In today’s video I share with you a year of personal growth, and opening up about how I’ve felt about my zero waste journey, …
How do I write about my personal growth?
The author shares their process for writing about personal growth, which involves reflecting on personal history, conversations, writing, emotional triggers, documenting the process with value-added intention, skimming current headlines, and visualizing the future. They aim to help readers increase self-awareness, love themselves, and improve relationships. Writing about personal growth has helped the author grow over the past 3.
5 years, as they are what they consume and write about. The author finds that reflecting on their past, mindfully documenting their present, and visualizing their future is effective in generating ideas for writing.
How do you plan a year of personal growth?
A Personal Development Plan (PDP) is a tool that helps individuals focus on their goals, identify threats and opportunities, develop skills, and increase knowledge. It is an ongoing process that drives individuals to improve their knowledge, skills, and experience to achieve their goals. A PDP can be aimed at education, career, or personal goals, or a combination of both. It provides a clear sense of focus, helps map out a path towards goals, strategizes a plan to achieve them, records actionable steps, and sets a timeframe for completing them. A PDP helps maintain vision, keep track of targets, and reflect on progress. In essence, a PDP helps build a clear understanding of what one wants to achieve and how to achieve it.
What are the four areas of personal growth?
Personal growth can be categorized into four areas: social, emotional, intellectual, and career growth. By understanding these types, we can better identify which areas we want to focus on. Personal growth is a constant process that involves pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones, actively creating change, and overcoming the discomfort of being a beginner. By grouping personal growth into these categories, we can refine our focus, reassess our goals, and decide where to dedicate our energy. By understanding these categories and applying practical tips, we can create awareness of the type of growth we want to focus on and implement strategies to access each form.
How do you write a personal growth goal?
A personal development plan should include clearly defined, quantifiable objectives, a detailed account of the actions to be taken to achieve these objectives, and a comprehensive list of resources that can be utilized to obtain guidance and support throughout the process. These resources may include books, courses, or mentors, among other potential sources of assistance.
What can you say about your personal growth?
Personal growth is a process of understanding and pushing oneself to reach their highest potential. It involves developing new habits, hobbies, skills, and strategies to achieve goals. This development affects every aspect of one’s life, including practice and professional growth. To have a successful practice, one needs to be a great leader, communicate well with staff, be patient, have good listening skills, and have a sense of organization. These skills may not always come naturally, but improving and developing them is worth the effort.
Self-improvement and personal growth can help individuals improve their work environment, implement new protocols, adopt better habits, be more organized, and feel like they are not meeting their goals. Sometimes, making successful changes in one’s practice requires making changes in oneself. By focusing on self-improvement and personal growth, individuals can develop the skills and discipline necessary to achieve their goals and improve their overall well-being.
What are the 5 points of personal development?
Ryan Zofay’s Personal Development Blueprint offers a comprehensive approach to unlocking one’s full potential. It focuses on the five key areas of personal development: mental, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual. Each area is interconnected, influencing and supporting the others in a delicate balance that shapes overall well-being and success. The blueprint includes goals for professional success, such as improving time management, enhancing communication skills, fostering leadership qualities, and achieving work-life balance. With Zofay’s guidance, individuals can achieve personal growth and development goals that align with their aspirations, enhancing productivity, resilience, and creativity.
What is personal growth quotes?
The text provides 50 quotes from notable authors, scientists, artists, philosophers, politicians, activists, business professionals, and athletes to inspire personal growth. These quotes emphasize the importance of fostering a growth mindset, which is a crucial first step towards personal development. They encourage individuals to do their best until they know better, to be superior to their former self, to stay afraid, and to choose between going back toward safety or forward towards growth. These quotes are sure to resonate with those looking to kick off a new chapter of growth or jumpstart their next evolution.
How to identify personal growth?
Growth is a process that requires self-awareness and the willingness to break free from unproductive habits. It involves prioritizing growth over comfort and embracing discomfort until the action becomes ingrained in our routine. A successful habit requires no conscious thought, much like brushing teeth. For example, waking up earlier may be challenging, but through consistent practice, establishing a wind-down routine, and implementing supportive structures, it becomes automatic.
To achieve growth, identify one habit that inhibits your growth and keep track of it in a journal. By embracing discomfort and embracing discomfort, we can break free from unproductive habits and achieve personal development.
What is meant by personal growth?
Personal development and growth is the process of an individual becoming aware of their self and taking steps to address their desired behaviors, attitudes, values, actions, and habits. This process starts with self-awareness, allowing individuals to see themselves honestly, and culminates in targeted changes that deliver positive outcomes to their life. Transcend Health is dedicated to becoming a supportive part of the personal growth journey.
Personal growth can be simple or complex, depending on the individual’s needs and wants. For some, it is a lifelong project, while others may focus on specific areas. Personal growth is often guided by a teacher, such as a counselor, physical therapist, dietician, doctor, work mentor, lecturer, personal trainer, parent, or friend. It can be made up of many focus areas and actions, making it a unique process for each person.
How to write a 1 year plan?
The six-step approach to creating an annual plan involves reviewing and confirming goals, brainstorming ideas, presenting them, prioritizing them, selecting and scheduling them, and reviewing/briefing/approving them. This method is effective for gathering diverse opinions and engaging all members in a plan. The Scout troop meets annually in August to create a plan for the coming year. To overcome the challenge of getting a large group to agree, it is crucial to be organized and work in small groups.
The annual plan should be a dedicated event, with a retreat to a woods cabin, and given the focused attention it deserves. This approach can be applied to other long-term planning projects. By following this six-step approach, organizations can effectively engage their diverse members and create a well-rounded plan for the upcoming year.
What is a good sentence for growth?
The text discusses various examples of growth, including a 16-year-old experiencing a growth spurt, a city experiencing explosive growth, and a man focusing on personal growth during his college years. It emphasizes the importance of pruning the bush every year to encourage new growth, and the tree’s annual growth of almost a foot. The text also discusses the growth of power centers, which currently account for about 1 of global electricity use, and the risk of falling behind price growth for savers who do not shop around.
Carlyn Staudt, who previously overseen the growth of Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature channel, travels to the APOS conference for the first time in her new role as the company’s EVP of global channels and streaming. The text also discusses the case of former President Trump, who believes economic growth and job creation would naturally support social security by boosting payroll tax revenues. The examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word “growth”.
📹 Become the best version of YOU (90 day challenge): self growth & discovery | Becoming Her Ep.1
Today we’re starting the first episode of my new series “becoming her” or finding me, i still haven’t decided hehe. i hope you all …
I’ve loved your recent voiceover articles. Something about them is so therapeutic and a refreshing contrast to a lot of social media. I also really appreciate your posture of humility while still sharing what you’ve learned. It’s obvious you truly want to see positive change in the world, not just grow your own personal following.
I truly doubt that anyone who fell in love with you and your content over the last year would leave because you move to London. We’re not here for the house or the garden, we’re here because you are an amazing person and your content gives something that we all need during these trying times. Honesty, self-reflection, and a will to keep moving forward
Why has this article made me so emotional? actually crying,, I’m finding it tough right now as we come out of lockdown and I watch other people recover and resume their lives while mine just stays the same. It’s really making me see the sad reality of my life. Your content is honest and open in a way most on this platform are not. Never apologise or doubt the worth of you and your website. It’s helped me and I’m sure others feel less alone. PS like 500 was me for Ralphie xx
A relaxed attitude lengthens a person’s life… the challenge is to get there… to arrive at, and to stay with that relaxed attitude. BUT… I have found it here with you and this community. Sharing in your content brings me peace, knowledge, inspiration, clarity of thought and self-awareness. I am not here to be “better than you” or anybody else… I am here to grow, to learn, to share, and to hangout with really cool like-minded people… and for this, I cannot thank-you enough!! I sometimes question whether one can express love and happiness online… but, after much thought… my answer is YES, and I want to say how much I appreciate and love you for this. PS – big Hello to Immy’s Mom & Dad… nice to see you, and you should be so very, very proud!! 🥰🌸💜🌿
I was very moved by this article. Your words were completely honest and heartfelt. I’m a Canadian RN working in these awful times of healthcare and only recently recognized I was completely burnt out from working in the Emergency room. So I took some advice from your website and learnt to slow down, regroup and realize I need to look after myself in order to continue to care for others. I took a different nursing position in surgery, where I a feel like myself again. So don’t ever think your not making a difference with this last year of article content, cause you are. Your inspiring, thoughtful and not afraid to show how you feel. It very much makes me feel like I’m not alone in my thoughts and feelings of world changes and lockdowns. Your a good human😘
This might sound cliché but, i believe, if you your content revolves around the things that you love and enjoy doing, we won’t really mind what exactly it is about. So, even if I personally am not a very garden inclined person (honestly, everything dies on my hands), I quite enjoy perusal you enjoy yourself while gardening and tending to your plants. Try not to worry too much about the quantity or even the subject of the articles, but rather the quality of time that you spend while creating them.
Thank you so much for opening up Immy! Your articles have been so helpful for me during this entire year for me. They bring me so much comfort and help me calm down and relax while also thinking about other things like sustainability, food prep, personal growth and gardening rather than continuing covid anxiety. I appreciate you sharing your life and struggles with us sooooo very much. I’ve been very thankful for your content this year!
This was such a moving article, you self-reflect so articulately and beautifully. When my sister moved from the U.K. to Australia (pre-pandemic, thankfully) she had that same anxious thought about something terrible happening before we got to reunite. Sadly it feels like so often our anxious minds can’t let us freely hope for happy futures we deserve. I’ve looked forward to your articles so much this past year and have loved the different directions your content have gone in ❤️
Just wanna say thank you for your openness and honesty! It really does make a big difference when you take us with you in the walks your mind takes. Thank you for letting us walk with u and being such a lovely light! Hope your moving works all out and you guys can finally move in together. My fingers are crossed! Sending you love from Germany ☀️💛🌻
This is such a beautiful article Immy. I’ve been enjoying A LOT your articles lately, and I see myself reflected in you so much. I’ve been learning and planting a garden as well, trying to reset my sustainability goals in a pandemic that has made me loose myself a little bit. I had become much wasteful because of not being able to purchase many things in bulk, and so all of your journey has been similar to mine lately. thank you for this article and your content 🙂
I enjoy your content, your honesty on your journey. I am melting down old candles to make more, drinking out of a glass jar. These are not things I would have done last year. Li k down has been difficult but a great time to really think about what I find important and how to change. You gave definitely helped me in my change to more a more sustainable eco-friendly life style. I live the garden, the chickens, and learning new things. Still haven’t lear6to live cooking!
Watching you and your articles was the first time I came in touch with the concept of sustainable living and you are the first Youtuber who made me try a plant based diet (until I found you I wasn’t even considering it, though it was non sense…) Thank you for making me see what I was doing wrong. Please, don’t stop educating people. Your realness and honesty are amazing and we appreciate you so much! ❤️
I love seeing your every day life, gardening, “hanging out” with you while cooking or eating (or drinking tea), journaling, and just walking in nature. I definitely feel that your website has become much more personal and I love that. I sometimes felt that I couldn’t get to your level of sustainability and low waste living, so I was a bit sad and frustrated when I watched certain articles. For some reason, now I feel like I’m not comparing my journey to yours as much because of how you’re filming your articles and the content that you’re sharing. I hope that makes sense. You always inspire and motivate me and I thank you so so much. Many hugs and much love 🙂 xoxo (P.S. I’ll be excited to see your move back to London and all that happens after that!)
I’m not usually a commenter, but since you have doubts I can’t resist popping in here to say that I personally love your new article approach. Your website was first recommended to me pre-/early pandemic, I watched a few articles and they just weren’t my cup of tea. I rediscovered you in mid- to late-2020 after you took this new direction and am absolutely loving your content. Whatever you make next, I’ll be perusal!
Whatever content you put out the most important thing is to be true to yourself, what you like and don’t like. Don’t look at us. Your followers might change over time, but you will remain YOU. Do what you enjoy doing the most and those who align with your values will join and those who don’t will fall off. I personally love your cooking and gardening articles, and especially meal prep articles. They are so simple and relaxing. Just great! I like that your content is varied – even though you might not think it is.
Thanks for sharing your feelings with us! The content I watch has definitely changed during the pandemic as well (I too have been enjoying worldwide content, your website included 😁) and appreciate your articles even when you’re doing the “mundane,” every day activities because it’s kinda like hanging out with a friend. Good luck on your future move!!!
I think the fact that you have adapted this website alongside everything that’s happening is why it’s so nice perusal for me personally! You’re still inspiring us, just in a different way! It’s much more organic, real. I need the calm, the day-to-day, the reflection – everyone does right now. The way you create content is also definitely sustainable in that you’re not projecting something you think we want to see and then burning out like some YTers do. Do it for you! I super appreciate the safe space you create here for us, zero drama and total understanding! 🙂 I can’t wait to see the articles of the future and how this evolves yet again! Also, from someone who spent 9 years in an LDR, you got this!
Hi! I’ve been perusal your articles for a long time and this shift to “more personal” content is so inspiring, refresing and relatable! I love your meal prep and cooking articles, I enjoy gardening and sprouting content but most of all I love your hiking, camping and great outdoors adventures. I love to do these myself and your articles always remind me that there id something exciting to look forward to, even though we migt not be allowed to travel abroad. Thank you! Greetings from Prague! 🙂
I love your articles, all of them are really pleasant to watch, either if you are up in front of the camera, on your voice on images, which I particullarly like. I think your voice is soothing, and everything you share here contributes to my personal growth.. it’s been a particularly difficult time in everybody’s lifes… your articles just help me get through, in a positive and inspiring way!! thank you <3
I agree with your comments about community / building a community—that feels more intentional and real than other articles which can come off as a “lecture” or “how to”—when I taught public speaking and communication I tried to make my classroom environment one of sharing because communication is a life skill we all have varying experiences of, right? Same with sustainability—sharing what you do and how you approach it makes more sense than “this is how to do it”, right? And that approach is what builds community/a sense of togetherness. On a separate note, I adore the game of “if we were together now, what would we be doing”—my heart melts. 🙂
You have been one of my most favorite Zero Waste youTubers! I have been perusal you for at least 2 years I think. And what you have been doing lately with the gardening, bread making pickling, etc. I have been amazed no one else in this category topically hasn’t presented this very realistic side. I have enjoyed all the personal layers you have built into all of it as well, including the people in your life. And the inspiring steps you work at to keep yourself growing and self evaluations, etc. May Love surround you and continue to motivate your steps in and through your life.
This was truly beautiful and so uplifting, as all your articles are. I honestly wish more people took the pandemic as seriously as you guys have in the UK (minus the low moments of course). I’m in the US and it’s been feeling like everyone’s forgotten about the pandemic already with the onset of warm weather. Granted we never had a lockdown like you guys have, so I can’t even imagine how tough it has been, but I can only imagine the different outcome if we did. Apologies as I didn’t want to get too political and take away from the serenity of your article, but it just puts things into a different perspective so thank you for this content, as always!
I have really enjoyed these articles over the last year – definitely given me something to look forward. I love that you speak the truth and make it all feel very real. The voice over articles are so therapeutic and reassuring. Thank you for all your content Immy 🙏🏼 You remind me about what’s important in life and on my own sustainability/environmental path. Keep doing what your doing.
I love your garden articles!! Your garden is so peaceful and rustic (not sure that’s the right word), and wow, that well! An actual well! We have a well too, but it’s buried and our outside water comes from a boring tap, while yours comes from a beautiful old stone well! There’s definite charm in that, plus the metal watering can! Your kitchen articles are extra fun too because your stove is so different than mine. Just cool to see how other people live around the world, especially since we can’t travel. 🙂
i actually like the articles with voiceovers more than articles where you‘re talking directly to the camera. it’s just so calming seeing you live your life, do your gardening, etc. your content is never boring for me, you‘re inspiring me and you calm me down and i love you for that! so please keep doing what you‘re doing ♥️ stay safe!
I unsubscribed at some point because I felt your website got too political for me. However over the year, I think you’re more balanced and I think it’s really good to have your own interests and activism and fight for those interests. But I am more engaged in your content lately, getting to know you. I hope you’re doing well and thank you for the beautiful articles! I subscribe and unsubscribe repeatedly because I have to decide what is good for my own mental health, but I’m finding myself subscribed more than not of late.
Hi I never comment but had to today. I really enjoy your articles and love your new content, you I’m retired and always hoped to grow my own veg,watching you prepare and grow plants is so uplifting. Thank you for being so honest & open. I also love seeing you cook I get inspired Thank you keep doing what you do in any format I look forward to hearing your soothing tones 😊 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for been so open. You’ve found words for things I felt over this pandemic and its consequences but didt’n know how to express. On a different note, a close friend of mine from school has been diagnosed cancer, so I appretiate people opening up about grief and dealing with difficult emotions. I’ve been trying to accept the news since he told me in March but am still assuming that just about anyone close to me could very soon be gone. And on yet another very different note, you’ve motivated me to grow a garden in my appartment, see how that goes.
Honestly I’ve been perusal your articles more for the past year and it was so nice to see you change, open up and do whatever you felt like doing. It was refreshing and calming. I think even if you move back to london having the focus of your articles be about who you are and the way you tackle sustainability, changes in living, changes in mindset/views, learning new things and incorporating thigs would be the best no matter the ‘content’ per say. Or maybe that itself is the content lol nvm. I think the way ur living ur lifestyle is similar to me so maybe thats why i relate to it more but I thought the way ur different articles just keep growing naturally with u is the best. So dont worry, we enoy it 🙂
I’ve been loving your voice-over articles and find them very relaxing and inspiring. The kitchen and garden can be so therapeutic and I’m looking forward to seeing your little seedlings turn into wonderful, fresh ingredients to harvest. I can so relate to needing a reset to realign with values. Some areas of my life had to change over the past year due to lockdown but I’ve also found other little ways to still work on self improvement and it’s great to see that you have too. Huw Richards has a fantastic gardening website if you haven’t already discovered him.
I came for the sustainability tips and stayed for the calming articles that remind me to take life one day at a time and not let my eco-anxiety (or overall anxiety) take over. To me, your website is a safe space with a community of like minded people, simply focused on bettering ourselves for our health and that of the planet ✌️ Thank you for your continued hard work ❤️
I am a fairly new subscriber. I really enjoy your website and your content. You are doing something very worthwhile and you have a beautiful heart. I’ve learned from your website and encourage you to continue. I like the voice over feature while perusal you go throughout your day and life. Your humility and openness is welcomed and refreshing.
Don’t worry about your content. It is getting deeper and honest and that is what I really like. Despite of me I think that there are enough other souls out there which are going through the same and will feel linked with you and your “new” content. You will find your followers and people who adore your content. I do 😉 We are going through the same shit…some might lost loved ones, some might lost their job and any perspective. I find myself struggling with many so called friends turning into a very delicate political direction here in Germany and it sometimes scares the shit out of me how some peoples mindset shifts into that direction in general. But it helps to see that there are also people connecting like here. With brave hearts and visions on their beautiful minds.
I love all the changes that you have made to your website and how your are being constructive and learning new, very valuable skills. And being vulnerable and sharing how you deal with how you deal with stress and worry, keep it up and know that you are helping all of us so much. We love you even tho we don’t know each other..Thank you for doing what you do.
Even if this is not really advice but your own reflections, I really needed to hear it. Moving for uni had me living without a garden or at least unused space to hijack for the first time and getting access to the dorm roof was so vital to my mental health. On another note, you cutting up the cauliflower leaves was kind of an eye opener, I always use the stalk but even though at home the leaves were used too, I have a texture problem which makes it impossible to eat them braised whole. Such a small and obvious thing to cut them up 🙂
I feel like you’ve always been great with content and being relatable. C*vd forced a lot of people to reevaluate their waste, their carbon foot print and their finances. Which leads me to why your articles triggered a change or an eye opener that they felt wasn’t there before or they’re farther along in their sustainable / vegan journey. Either way we’re glad you’re still going.
You sad that you were thinking that the articles may be boring to us, NO. I love them, so calm, inspiring, relax it’s like a conversation that’s so interesting for me and I can’t have it enough. Keep doing it girl on the way that you think you should because this is beautiful! We are all together in this, sending you a lot of love from Serbia.😊🙏🙏💚💚💚💚💚
A lot of what you shared hits home with me too, it’s been a sad year overall, it has. But while staying home has had it’s downs, it’s also had it’s ups. It introduced me to you and people like you who are so willing and caring enough to share with the world what you know to be true and helpful. Thank you for sharing when you’re down, because we don’t feel so all alone in it. Be well.
Hi Immy, I want to thank you for the lovely articles you make! At the moment you really are my favorite website. perusal your articles is a real treat, they’re calming and very inspirational! I’m sorry for the loss of your friend. You are really an inspiration for me, you motivate me to live my best life and to not be so hard on myself. Thank you Immy, keep up the good work! <3
I’ve really just begun my sustainability journey since lock down, and it’s because of websites like yours. I though I was trying before, and I was to some extent, but I’ve learned so much over the past year about what I can really do to help the planet. You’re very inspiring, and calming, for us with busy, worrying minds.
You have inspired me to move from the safety of years of perennial flower gardening into veggie/fruit gardening. No need to continue to envy other people’s evolving gorgeous yards. To instead bask in the slow process of taking my own yard to the next level. To take time to learn, plan, build, grow and make mistakes. Taking mindful pleasure in the whole process. And to push for reusing rather than buying new – some of that is due to your influence too. So thank you. Honestly.
Love your articles. I just want to thank you with all my heart. I lost my friend this week. She was ill few years and covid took her away in Monday. I was on funeral in Wednesday. This was… heartbreaking. I can’t imagine what her mother feels. You articles help me to calm down, to get myself together. Not only now, but through all protests and violence that are happening in my home country since last summer (Belarus) and even before, before lockdown, before everything. I watched your articles to calm down when I moved to another country few years ago and couldn’t find a job. So, thank you.
I am so happy that my parents get the vaccine tomorrow. My dad has cancer (he had chemo some years ago and is stable/okay now!) and he didn’t said something at the registration for the vaccine, cause he don’t want to jump the queue. I told him it is silly, but well…😥 Anyway I am happy for him but I am also worried for my 2 year old son. He has nearly no contact to other kids and is afraid to get near them, because we always keep distance to others and so he does. I fear for his social behaviour sometimes. I hope we don’t have to deal with this virus not for another year 😥 I hope you guys doing well and I am wishing you the best 🌈🥰
I’m sorry for your loss, Immy. Thank you for opening up. It takes courage to be vulnerable, especially online. I enjoy your content, whatever it is. It doesn’t matter whether you are living in London, or in your family home. What is important to me, is that the content creator remains true to themselves If you feel down, then it is disingenuous to “put a brave face on it”. It’s doing yourself, and your viewers a disservice, to not own your emotions. Insisting on relentless optimism, and blithely carrying on as though the world wasn’t falling apart (because it is), is both a falsehood, and toxic positivity. I truly value the authenticity that you bring to this space. If you want to garden, then I’ll watch it. If you’re back in your flat in London, trying out a new recipe, I’ll watch it. Because you are being you. Instead of a “YouTuber” going through the motions, to churn out content. ps: Have you thought about mulching your garden beds? It will help reduce water loss through evaporation, and insulate the soil against temperature fluctuations. Huw Richards and Charles Dowding on YouTube are goldmines when it comes to organic gardening. They are both no-dig, and have a great respect for the soil, as a (complex) organism in its own right. How they garden is truly “touch this earth lightly” personified.
Hello Immy! Thank you so much for this article. I actually also enjoyed the calmer type of articles, with perusal you go around your day and the gardening. Its a place I also want to get to: get calmer, learn more new things and get a deeper understanding of myself. perusal you do it inspires me to try and do it myself!