| I started writing myself weekly letters. I would, in narrative form: tell myself what I really enjoyed; what was stressful; and what didn't work out. I came up with a list of affirmations and things to keep in mind for the coming week. I would treat the suggestions I came up with as "sudo me" and put in extra effort to abide by them. Over the course of several months, this weekly process got me into a trajectory of positive self-improvement. I went vegan, started exercising regularly, began drinking tons of water every morning, started daily meditation, and put in place several behavioral controls around going out late at night. The process was so successful, that I began doing something similar at the beginning of every month. I would lay out high level goals for the month, and list the major events I needed to prepare for. I would go over my overall level of happiness the previous month and identify trends from the weekly letters and come up with powerful ultimatums for the coming month. The process worked so well, that when 2018 started, I spent 2 weeks going over the month-letters of the previous months and worked on distilling high-level intentions and affirmations for the coming year. The biggest changes that have come out of this process are my focus on meditation and how I care for my body and mind. Through this process, I've identified my weaknesses in communication and self-care and flooded myself with resources and lectures to help me develop those skills. Through this process, I've taken courses on REBT, NLP, NVC, and Public Speaking. I've focused on my written and verbal communication skills. It's now infinitely easier to speak to my co-workers, friends, partner and family. I'm not rushing around before events. I almost never feel stressed out, because I've went through taking-care of myself in advance. TL;DR; Treating myself like a team has opened up a new way to pour energy into my personal growth. Here's a list of the resources that have helped me grow in the last few months. - _World Peace Diet_ by Will Tuttle - _The Artist's Way_ by Julia Cameron - Non Violent Communication (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LuPCAh9FCc) - All of Shani Raja's courses on writing - Punctuation mastery
- Secret sauce of great writing
- Writing like a ninja
- Julian Treasure's courses on listening and speaking- REBT by Libby Sery on Udemy - Alinksky's _Rules for Radicals_ - Insight Timer - Meditations by Sarah Blondin
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