{"id":2627,"date":"2021-04-13T15:15:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2021-04-13T15:16:43","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:16:43","slug":"problem-self-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaeminyi.com\/problem-self-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"The Problem with Self Improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Self improvement can only take you so far because it\u2019s often based on a faulty premise:<\/p>\n

That YOU are broken or deficient and need to be improved. Fixed. Made whole again.<\/p>\n

And so no matter how many books you read, habits you create, routines you implement, \u201cwins\u201d you achieve – you\u2019re often only ever reinforcing that core premise: <\/p>\n

I am broken. I am flawed. I need to become \u201cmore\u201d than I am.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ironically, this is the ACTUAL underlying issue that made you get into self improvement in the first place!<\/p>\n

And one that can never be alleviated by an endless parade of more accomplishments, more success, and more accolades. <\/p>\n

True self improvement (and healing and spiritual development) must START from the fact that you are ALREADY whole and complete. <\/p>\n

You always have been. <\/p>\n

And anything that made you think you weren\u2019t was just a misunderstanding. <\/p>\n

And once this correct foundation becomes known and reinforced – EVERYTHING changes. <\/p>\n

You stop fighting against yourself and start working WITH yourself. <\/p>\n

You discover the wisdom inherent in all of your \u201cissues\u201d and \u201cflaws\u201d. <\/p>\n

You begin to truly trust yourself and life itself. <\/p>\n

And from there, any \u201cimprovement\u201d or healing or development becomes so much more effortless – and 10x more effective!<\/p>\n

This marks the end of self improvement and the beginning of self GROWTH – a constant, natural blooming rather than a never ending, bumpy \u201cfixer\u201d project. <\/p>\n

You are NOT a broken fixer project. <\/p>\n

And maybe the reason nothing seems to be working is because your entire approach is off from the get go. <\/p>\n

You just can\u2019t fix something that\u2019s not broken. Period.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Harrison Haines<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Self improvement can only take you so far because it\u2019s often based on a faulty premise:<\/p>\n

That YOU are broken or deficient and need to be improved. Fixed. Made whole again.<\/p>\n

And so no matter how many books you read, habits you create, routines you implement, \u201cwins\u201d you achieve – you\u2019re often only ever reinforcing that core premise: <\/p>\n

I am broken. I am flawed. I need to become \u201cmore\u201d than I am.<\/em><\/p>\n

Ironically, this is the ACTUAL underlying issue that made you get into self improvement in the first place!<\/p>\n

And one that can never be alleviated by an endless parade of more accomplishments, more success, and more accolades. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14,28],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/jaeminyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/pexels-harrison-haines-2869565.jpeg?fit=1400%2C931&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79mZF-Gn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2627\/revisions\/2630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}