What is self-discovery?
Well, the act or process of gaining knowledge or understanding of your abilities, character, and feelings is termed or defined as self-discovery. There are certain rules for self-discovery, they are
1. What do we want most?
2. What do we do with our leisure time?
3. What do we think about the most?
4. How do we use our money?
5. The company we enjoy?
6. Who and what do we admire?
and lastly
7. What do we laugh at?
The answer to these above questions is a way to discover yourself. Great personalities have found answers to these questions, therefore they are successful and contented with their life.
It is said that the greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. True self-discovery begins when your comfort zone ends. These are mere not just words my friend.
When the pandemic started and the schools and education system came to a halt, we all had our share of worries, be it a parent, a student, a teacher/ facilitator or even the management. I never thought in my wildest dreams that I will be conducting online classes but here I am writing about it. I discovered myself in this process and the confidence it gave me was immense. I got to know more about myself, my students, and how they felt. Yes, I admit it was not easy but not that difficult either. Students are the real strength of a teacher. My students always make me feel special.
Today be it offline or online class I am ready for both.
If I Had 3 Wishes
I have many wishes. I pray that some of them may come true. Out of all the wishes, three are most important for me.
My first wish would be to ask God to grant me the ability to spread happiness, motivate and help others and share my sorrows with everyone around me. As they say, happiness is doubled when it is spread and sorrows are halved when spread with people.
My second wish would be to ask God to grant me the ability to take up opportunities and to achieve success in them. To be successful in life, I think the first thing a person needs is a growth mindset to take up the new opportunities that come their way and the ability to achieve success in them. There are many people in this world who aren't as fortunate as I am, to be studying in a good school and having good clothes to wear. There are people who are handicapped or disabled. So the second thing I would want to ask God to grant me new opportunities that would allow me to take them up, achieve success in them and make a difference in my life and everyone around me.
My third wish would be to ask God to grant me the strength to overcome obstacles in life. When we have the strength to overcome obstacles in life then we would be able to reframe a situation in a positive light and that would motivate us to not get stuck and move ahead and help others move ahead too.
I would definitely be happy when I achieve whatever I've wanted to and sad when I am unable to achieve it, whatever it may be. I would like to share it with the people who are close to me.
It is very important to know and keep ourselves safe in this world to lead a happy life. Keeping that as our central theme we conducted multiple sessions for all age groups on knowing themselves and others better and also on how they can keep themselves alert and aware.
For Juniors, we discussed more body awareness. We spoke about safe feelings, touch, and strangers. We also spoke about hygiene and 3 personal safety rules. We grew their awareness about who is a safe adult. The children of this group are a delight to have discussions with. They participated with so much enthusiasm.
For Tweens, we spoke more about their growing up needs and how they can be aware of personal space, consent and boundaries for themselves and others. We also discussed how this is helpful to them in making and maintaining good relationships with all. The feedback from children showed that they found this topic relevant and could relate to the scenarios that we discussed.
For the Teens (depending on age group/ age-appropriate) we introduced them to Gender and expression. We gave them an awareness of Gender being a spectrum. We also reiterated the importance of Personal space and consent for any successful relationship. It was received well by students and they participated actively to make our sessions a success.
We sincerely hope that we were able to leave a long-lasting impression on the minds of our students to ensure they take good care of themselves physically and emotionally.
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