BENEFITS OF HAVING YOUR PERSONAL BELIEF SYSTEM

 

GOAL SETTING

A happy young woman committed to her personal belief system Photo/ Moose Photos 

What Is a Personal Belief System?

 It is the beginning of a new year and you are probably wondering what new things you should incorporate in your life. The year has just begun and this gives you a wonderful opportunity to make decisions about important things. Things such as, your finances, health, business, and family. You want to adopt a lifestyle that will help you experience success in every aspect of your life. Creating a personal belief system is one way you can achieve a stress-free life. A personal belief system is like a ‘rules I live by’ set of rules, which are meant to guide your conduct, every day decisions, and how you approach life. There is no right or wrong list. Instead, it is all about you and what you consider important and what you would like to commit to. When you decide to come up with a set of rules to guide your everyday behavior, you are looking for discipline in your life.

Live Meaningful Life

You want to live more meaningful, fulfilling, and productive life. You don’t want to waste your time and energy on vanity. You would like to get shiny objects out of your way. And you want to be more focused on you the individual and what matters most to you. Therefore, when you decide the kind of person you would like to become. You create rules that help you to achieve the new person you want to become. You commit to refining yourself by creating a set of rules that not only govern your behavior but also ground you. A set of rules help you to create boundaries around your life. These boundaries go a long way. They also help you to live a more organized and fulfilling life. Personal belief systems help you to redeem your time and repurpose that time to useful activities that contribute to your health, family, and business life. It is like saving yourself from a possible calamity.

Because this time round, you saw the risks and avoided them before they got to you. Developing a set of rules that cater to your every aspect of life is part of growing up. And what a better time to demonstrate your maturity and desire to live a stress-free and guilt-free life than in the beginning of a new year. Christmas and other cares might have taken over your life and time. Your mind could have been on other important things. However, now that the holiday is slightly behind us. It is time to align your life and set yourself up for success in 2025. Start the setup of your 2025 with some rules that rid you off other people’s influences. Put yourself in charge and drive the car of your life. You have time. Use this time to reflect and make choices that determine how you proceed in the year. To succeed at coming up with this list.  Just take time and look around your life.

Ask Important Questions

Are you satisfied with your lifestyle choices? Is your health in the right place? Are you okay mentally? How about your family life? Is it thriving or struggling? What is eating into your finances? Are you on track with every expense? Are you living a life you can afford or the temptations of social media have taken toll on you? Ask yourself these questions. Assess your whole life. Look at it holistically. Look at everything. Things that you like and things that you don’t like. Determine which areas in your life need improvement. Also look at the positive attributes you have built along the years. And find the best way to protect them. The personal beliefs should be strong enough to not only ground you but also shape you into a more honest and reliable person. You need this kind of balance in a more fast-paced world like the one we live in.

An ambitious man focused on his personal belief system Photo Courtesy/ Andrea Piacquadio

There is more sense in looking after yourself than believing that other people care about you. Of course you could be among the lucky ones who have friends, family, and community that deeply cares about you. There is nothing wrong with having all these people look after you. However, you need to understand life. And life is interesting. You might have your perfect world in your mind. However, life is cruel sometimes. So be realistic in your expectations. Understand that there are good people out there who mean the best for you. And there are also bad people out there who pretend to be good. Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between those two groups. However, when you have your own system and regulations that govern your life. You can easily see because you have a calm and focused life.

 Set Yourself Apart

When you live in a calmer and controlled state, you see a lot of things. You see risks. You see traps. And you also see the true human nature among people. Having a personal belief system is all about clarity. These rules set you apart. They help you to differentiate yourself. They help to make you more of you. They define your conduct and keep you on the path to best practices. The rules help to simplify your life. You become happier and productive. You find a lot of satisfaction in life. The rules point you to a path that helps you to draw your strengths from the inside. And you begin to enjoy your company. When you get to this point, your life is more guided, beautiful and just sweet. You enjoy being alive because you know who you are and what matters most. You become less driven by the noise and opinions of other people. You develop into a neatly knitted person that is intentional about living in purpose.

Lessons from My Experience

For me, it has been 13 years since I adopted a 20-rules I live by system. And I am still awed that my life is built around these rules. I am refined, grounded, and transformed into a new version of myself, which I have fallen in love with and I don’t want to let go. I am happy, intentional, and living in purpose. When I look at my life right now, I feel blessed that I thought that way. I am grateful that I created rules that shaped every aspect of my life. My health is good because I have been deliberate about the types of food I eat. People I associate with, and things that my eyes and ears see and hear. I take good care of myself because this is important to me. In fact, placing myself in charge and prioritizing my needs have saved me from several disasters multiple times. For example, I no longer engage in senseless arguments from people who provoke me intentionally. 

A hard working woman aligning with her personal belief system Photo/ RDNE Stock Project

I know how to respond to these types of people because my 20 rules have taught me how to behave. For example, rule number 3 advises me to grow, feed, and tend to my character, (I choose to grow, feed, and tend to my character), while rule number 9 warns me against entertaining negative people and environment (I shall not entertain negative people, and negative environments). Therefore, if I have taken time to reflect and think about all these things.  I will surely know how to behave. The restraint that I have learned from my personal beliefs will pull me back from engaging. Because I know how a negative person and environment looks like. As such, I will not allow people to drag me into scenes that I don’t like. When I come across such scenes, I always have options. I can either choose to engage or walk away. And since I have invested in my character, I always walk away. My peace is more important than an argument. I have developed a sense of clarity that no one can steal from me. My life is so simplified and fun. Because the 20 rules have sort of build a hedge around my life. And the fence prevents the wind and the enemy from accessing me.

You also need something like that. Something that keeps you safe. Something that is always on your side. The rules are always looking after you and they can help you avoid a lot of ugly moments. You will live a life that is just you. You will find immense joy and fulfillment in life. You are less burdened when you know yourself. Because you can easily eliminate unwanted things from your life. When you are in charge, you can see vanity. The rules you create will help you see things that are not beneficial to your life. You will walk away from these things before they harm you.   Your life will be better. Create rules to nurture and protect the person you would like to become this year. Focus on feeding your mind the right things. Choose the kind of foods you feed your body. And grow into a more responsible person than you have ever been in your life. This way, your life will be gorgeous. You will have a focused year. And you would likely achieve the goals that you set for the year. Begin by securing yourself. Create some rules. Have some boundaries. And see what will happen to your life. Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!