The year just began and this lady was hyped about following through with her goals to find a gig online with a skill she had been learning late last year. A month into the year, this lady is learning another skill that is very unrelated to the one she had learned. Then, she learned another.
At the start of each decision to learn a skill, she was so sure that this is her best option as far as she knows and she trust her instincts to not go so wrong even if it does a little. She learned these skills and then another skill which she is learning now, all from what I'll call "following instincts".
That lady is me, however that may have sounded to anyone reading, whether confusing or immature, I'm still very proud of how far I've come following my instincts since the beginning of this year. It's not that I haven't been following them before but I've learned to trust them more.
The me from years ago until last year, I would choose another's instinct to mine. I'm always about what people say than what I really think even when I don't feel good about it. And the few times I forced myself to follow my instinct, I get stuck or feel regret of not going with others said.
But since I decided to be more intentional about myself, the first thing I learned is, I don't trust myself enough and that is the reason I tend to lose faith in what my instincts says and I prioritize others using their instincts over my life matters. It's both good and bad in someways.
One thing I've come to understand about humans is, we act according to what we know and our brain work in that direction. I believe instincts come from a place of what we know in our brains and the brain is made to always try to protect us so we also need to be careful when to trust it.
I can't say I trust my instincts by 100% now but I'm very intentional about the knowledge I gain now to build my brain into giving me the right instincts when I need it, and I'm also trusting God's guidance through my instincts so yes, I'll choose to use my instincts and that's even when the last time I did, didn't end or work out well.
Yes, I use it in dealing with people even more than I do with myself. It's one of the ways I can tell or know if someone is genuine or not, lying or not. I'm not always right and I think that's totally fine, so long I don't just rely totally on another's instinct to live my life. They're secondary to mine.
Instincts aren't always meant to be right but from what I've learned seeing people follow their instincts or gut feeling, they are more right than wrong most of the time and I think that's totally worth the risk. Nothing comes easy anyways, so the best way is to keep learning so your instincts help you make more right decisions in living life.
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