Hello and welcome to the twenty ninth day of the June 30 days writing challenge. If you want to know all the details about this specific challenge, have a look at the introductory post. In short, I will be posting every day a short tip, or technique, or opinion, something that you can call a "life hack". Feel free to join the challenge and post your own life hacks. I will do my best to upvote each day at full strength (about $3 at the current STEEM price) 3 posts tagged #challenge30days (leaving a link to your posts in the comments will also help).

Get Used To Know Yourself

"Me Time", that cumbersome thing that you enjoy doing, yet you can never brag about it. Awkward...

Truth is, every once in a while you need to pause. To unplug from the incessant daily interaction and spend a little time with that person that you thought you knew, only to find out in this solitary exercise that he changed so much: yourself.

We define ourselves in relation with the others, but we endure the consequences of our actions individually. How paradoxical this is, if you really think about it.

How many times you wanted to save the world, to be the Batman of your closed group of friends, only to realize, once alone, that you don't really like heights. Or fighting. Or, to a certain extent, saving the world.

There is a continuous balance between how we construct our personalities in order to be accepted in our group, and what our individual needs are. We strive to get accepted by our colleagues at work, by our family members at home, by our friends in our closed circle of social life, but at the same time we need to recharge, to pause, to get same space and constantly recalculate the trajectory we're navigating in this world.

"Me Time" is an indispensable tool in this life. It's not a luxury, not even a "nice to have". Without it, we're doomed to lose perspective sooner or later, and get lost in a whirlwind of social commitments, borrowed goals and empty ambitions.

So just make sure you put aside a weekend every couple of months, just for yourself.

I'm really curious to read about your life hack today. Leave a comment with a link to your post, if possible.

Previous Posts In The Challenge

• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty Eight: Practice Trust
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty Seven: Never Say Never
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty Six: One More Second
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty Five: The Magic Place Where's All The Money In The World
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty Four: All People Are Ok, It's Their Actions That, Sometimes, Just Aren't
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty Three: Thinking In Scenarios
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty Second: Working Out Your Improvisation "Muscles"
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty First: Decluttering - Set A Lifespan To Every Object You Own
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twenty: Creativity - Go From A To B In 5 Mental "Fractures"
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Nineteen: Write A Short Story About Your Future Self
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Eighteen: Pop Out Balloons Fast
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Seventeen:Replace Re-Action With Action
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Sixteen:The 5 Minutes Meditation Box
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Fifteen: Create - And Maintain - A Morning Phrase
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Fourteen: Improve 1% Per Day
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Thirteen: Get Rid Of TV. For Good.
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Twelve: Save 10% Of Your Income - No. Matter. What.
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Eleven: Set - And Keep - A Monthly Personal Expense Budget
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Ten: Set A "Main Task" For Each Day
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hack - Day Nine: Keep A Journal
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks - Day Eight: Keep An Activity Log
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks - Day Seven: Implement A New Habit With A 30 Days Challenge
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks - Day Six: Put It In Front Of The Door
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks - Day Five: The Pomodoro Technique
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks - Day Four: Keep A Clear Mind By Unloading Ideas Immediately
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks - Day Three: Intermittent Fasting
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks - Day Two: The "2 Minutes" Time Management Rule
• June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks - Day One: Avoid Fighting With A Simple Visualization Technique
• Announcing The June 30 Days Writing Challenge - Life Hacks

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I'm a serial entrepreneur, blogger and ultrarunner. You can find me mainly on my blog at Dragos Roua where I write about productivity, business, relationships and running. Here on Steemit you may stay updated by following me @dragosroua.

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