Getting to know ourselves is the first step of any personal development process. If we want to grow and evolve, we must developer our self awareness. We should get to know the people we are, what we think, what we love, what we are afraid of, what we believe in, what we would do if…, what motivates us, what will take us forward and what we want out of life.

As part of the process, we might find that we are not happy with the answers, but they are necessary to start a change. First, we must know where we are if we want to start going in a different direction, because if we keep doing what we have always done, we will keep getting what we have always gotten.

Awareness interview with yourself

This interview with yourself is meant to help you find out who you are. Using it, you will discover you have many thoughts and opinions that you may not know the source of, but they are already part of you.

At this stage, do not try to change any of your beliefs and ideas. Just be aware of them. Awareness will take you half of the way to the solution. Trust the process!

Interview rules

What?

What would I do if I discovered I had one year to live?
What would happen if I found out I have inherited 7 million dollars?
What would I do without television?
What would I do if I was all by myself on a deserted island?
What excited me when I was a kid?
What would I do if I had no food?
What would the world be like if ocean water level went up 2 meters?
What would I do if I could talk to animals?
What would happen if people all around the world were allowed to bring only one child into the world?
What would I do if I got lost in the woods?
What makes me cry of sadness?
What would my life be like without chocolate?
What makes me feel good?
What makes me feel special?
What is the best way to make me feel loved?
What would happen to my relationships if I mixed friendship with business?
What would I do if I had to live on the street?
What would my life be like without salt?
What did I hate about school?
What would make me cry of joy?
What would I do if I found a wallet with $10,000 on the street when nobody was looking?
What would I do if I lost someone dear to me?
What would I do if I forgot to call someone on their birthday?
What bothers me?
What would I do if I discovered my house was built over an old graveyard?
What am I happy about?
What would I do if I could do whatever I wanted?
What was the best gift I have ever received?
What do I appreciate my parents for?
What would I do if I were born 1,000 years ago?
What would I like to experience over and over again?
What do I do when people jump the queue?
What do I do when telemarketers call me and try to sell me something?
What do I do when I hear bad news?
What do I feel about s e x?
What makes me laugh?
What makes a good friend?
What would I do if I found out my partner was an alien?
What would I do if someone close to me died?
What was I good at in school?
What would I do if I had no one to talk to?
What would I do if I discovered something that could make me rich, but could also destroy the world?
What would I do if I was the president of my country?
What would I eat if I could eat whatever I wanted without affecting my weight?
What would I do if I were invisible?
What would I do if I were a dwarf?
What would I do if I discovered diamonds at the bottom of my pond?
What would I do if I was the principal of a school?
What was the nicest thing I have ever said to anyone?
What would I do if I won the lottery?
What would I do if I could get 3 wishes?
What would I do if I discovered a way to live forever?
What would I do if I found out I was adopted?
What would I do if I was handicapped in a wheel chair?
What would I do if I could not speak?
What would I do if I could not hear?
What would I do if I could not see?
What would I do if my neighbor gossiped about me with the other neighbors?
What would I do if I could communicate with ghosts?
What would I do if my death could save the world?
What would I do if I discovered that my parents were spies?
What would happen if we all looked the same?
What did I dream of as a young kid?
What would happen to the world if God revealed Himself to everyone?
What would happen if someone proved we were controlled by aliens?
What would happen if we could live underwater?
What was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for me?
What is the best way to treat nagging parents?
What would happen if the dead came back to life?
What would happen if people could marry as many partners as they wanted?
What would it be like living on the top of a high mountain?
What was the best book I have ever read?
What would I do if I was kidnapped by aliens and found out their world was better?
What would happen if we did not have to go to school?
What is the best way for me to spend a holiday?
What is the right way to treat other people?
What would I do if I finished shopping a whole trolley and found out at the counter I had no wallet?
What would I do if someone gave me a gift I hated?
What would I do if my best friend’s partner was cheating on him/her and I knew about it?
As a kid, what did I want to be when I grew up?
What famous person from history would I like to be?
What famous person living today would I choose to be?
What would I do if I could take 10 people on a trip around the world?
What would I do if my parents asked to live with me when they got old?
What is the best way to describe myself?
What is the most important thing in my life?
What is the best way to learn?
What is it like living on the beach?
What would I do if I was invited to dinner with the Queen of England?
What would I do if I could give away 21 million dollars – who would I give the money to?
What would I do if I came home and realized it was not my home?
What would I do if I heard voices in my head?
What would I do if I found out my partner was a thief?
What is the best movie I have ever seen?
What would I do if I saw a snake in my house?
What is the best way to impress someone?
What would I do if someone blamed me for something I did not do?
What would I buy if someone took me to a toy store and told me to pick anything I wanted?
What would I do if I came home and found out I had lost my keys?
What would I pick as the best day of my life?

There are thousands more “what” questions, of course, but this should do for a start. Our mind is in a constant process of answering questions. Every second of our life, we have a choice of what to do, what to think and what to believe. This is done in milliseconds and we are not aware of the process, but in fact, we are always asking ourselves questions.

It is quite normal not to have the answers to all the questions, because some of them are strange and are only meant to get the wheels in your mind to start turning. No, I do not believe you will ever find that your partner is an alien, but the thought of it will spark thoughts and ideas that are good for the mind to play with.

You will find that things you have experienced are easier to relate to, and I wish you would never have to experience everything (like the loss of loved ones) in order to know what you would do if it happened. You might not be 100% accurate in your answers, but I am sure you will not be far from the truth.

Good luck with your personal growth.

Keep asking questions,
Ronit

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