Indications that you are more self-awares than the rest.
alone time reveals too much
apologies are less difficult more significant
before they happen you can see your reactions
breaks are usual in a conversation
feedback doesn t crush you
habits stare back at you
nor do you get caught up in emotions any more
others judgments roll off
patterns repeat you see them
thou questionest thy own tales
your gut checks will work out later
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It is late, and I am sitting here and I am contemplating how some people always seem to notice how their annoyance at little things at work develops and does not turn into a problem before it explodes. You know it is that silent awareness when you stop and look past the facade of what is happening inside and you are not just responding like the rest of the crowds of people who are going about their days on autopilot. Self-awareness is like an insidious thing that creeps in, nothing glamorous, but something that is a regular routine, like noticing that you are not talking to that difficult thing, or that you always feel down every afternoon at 3.00. It does not cure the world but it alters the way in which you navigate the world, which notices those inner warning bells that most people tend to ignore until they explode.