How to write a fun and authentic “About Me” entry for your journal.

I think the hardest part of a blog is the “About Me” page. Really?  In one post I am supposed to sum up who I am? Once its done is it even accurate?  If you could only leave ONE page to your posterity titled “about me” what would it say?  My “about me” page might change just a little, not that what I wrote isn’t true, but lets just say I might have left some less attractive things out.  Maybe someday I’ll be brave enough to post a super real “about me” essay but I don’t want to scare you off just yet! I do want to share with you how we can learn to dig a little deeper and discover our true “about me.”

When I  went to college I always gave myself an intense load of classes but I also made sure I added in at least one class I knew would be an easy A so I didn’t go completely crazy.  One of those easy A classes ended up being “Self Improvement.”  I didn’t really know what it entailed but I heard it was good and who couldn’t use some self improving?  It ended up being one of my favorite classes. After I graduated I got rid all of my text books except one.  I still have and often re-read the “Self Improvement” course book Inner Victory by David A. Christensen and I still remember most of the lessons I learned. That is more than I can say for Statistics!

Inner Victory

The most profound to me was the lesson on “The Law of Belief.”  It states that “Our behavior and actions are consistent with our…beliefs.”  Our assignment was to select 10 issues/values/principles we felt passionate about and write our feelings about it.  The whole idea is that our actions actually may not line up with what we proclaim to believe. As long as we live this way we won’t be truly happy.   If we can define our beliefs then we can work to bring our actions into alignment with them.  Have I lost you? Let me give you a simple example.

My teacher looked straight at me during a lesson and asked, “Amber, do you believe in following the honor code you signed before attending this college?”  Of course I answered with a resolute, “Yes!”  Then he asked me a second question that he said I did not have to answer. “Have you ever broken the curfew in the honor code?  If you have, then you don’t truly believe in following the honor code.”  I think I “innocently” broke curfew my first night at college and didn’t think twice about it. He got his point across.

Law of BeliefI know that might sound extreme or harsh. I mean, I guess we’d have to be perfect to always act according to what we say we believe. The point he was trying to make is that we will be happier if we know what we believe and work every day to prove our beliefs through our actions.

As I completed the exercise of defining my beliefs I sub-consciencely started adding things to my daily to-do list that helped me live as I believed. Now, I don’t think I’ve EVER had a perfect day where I’ve done every single thing on this daily list. But, I am a to do list freak so I still write it in all my planners and I figure I’m doing good if I’m trying. Here are the top values I chose along with what I put on my daily to do list as a result.

Faith: pray, read scriptures, write in my journal.

Family: spend a little 1 on 1 time with each family member and have a family meal together.

Friendship: connect with friends and learn from the stories we share.

Service: Always look for someone to serve (including family members).

Health: Exercise and eat healthy (easy peasy right?)

Knowledge: Fill my life with good, uplifting media.

Growth: Take on things that will challenge and stretch me.

(Based on reality I must really value sleeping in, telling my kids to do their chores so I don’t have to, and locking myself in my room with some chocolate but somehow those things didn’t end up on my list.)

Have I got you thinking of what a list of things you value would look like? Are your daily actions kinda in alignment with those values?  If you wrote an authentic “about me” paper what would it say? After looking at my list I think I got my about me page kinda right.

Here’s a fun little challenge for your next couple journal entries. Identify 10 things you value most and go into why you value them.  Take those values and include them in a journal entry entitled “About Me.”  Try to keep it to one page or maybe just 10 points so you stay on track with the MOST important things about you.  Write that entry as if it would be the only thing you could leave behind to your posterity OR write as if no one will ever read it…which ever keeps you honest! Add in some funny reality tidbits as well!

Want more?  Check out my story about why I’m so passionate about journaling. Or read about how I managed to go from a “D” student to an “A” student.

Amber

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