Is Personal Development Worth It?
Personal development is growth and I believe that in a world full of financial education, where everyone is telling you to invest, we may find ourselves not knowing where to. In those instances I believe that we should invest in ourselves. Investing in ourselves is not only smart but the Bible talks about building treasures where the moth and rust cannot get it, and that is the mind. However, there Is something that I don’t think is talked about in regards to personal development. Everything in life comes with a cost, even the good things. There is always a consequence to a decision. For personal development it’s not talked about.
In my journey I have invested quite a bit financially and time-wise on me. I love who I have become and best of all I am at peace with who and where I am at. But reality is that with growth a lot of things are left behind. A lot of people have also stayed behind. Not because I am better than them or because I didn’t love, but because we just weren’t at the same journey anymore. When you go down this personal development journey, you grow and transform and there is no going back. Once you know you know You can still choose to act the same way you did before, but something inside of you changed. And if you keep on going and growing, you soon will stop doing those things that you know are not that good for you.
When are not on this journey, life is the way life is. You settle, you move through it. But if you get into personal development, soon you start realizing that this is not it. That there is so much more than you can offer to the world and that the world can offer to you. Growing means choosing different friends and even your partner if they are not supporting you. Like I said, not because you want to, but because paths are not aligned. You think one way they think another.
I believe that personal development was the drop that spilled the water (if that’s how you say it). I knew I wasn’t where I wanted to be, and when I started personal development I knew what I needed to do. I wanted my partner to join me on this journey, but it wasn’t their path.
I’m currently involved in other groups and I’ve heard how some of the women express how they are not so sure about their relationships.
Don’t get me wrong, I love personal development. I love learning, growing and becoming a better version of myself. I guess I just wish my marriage would have withstood it. I wish someone would have told me hey both of you need to grow or this is what could happen.
Blessings.
Until soon,
Aracely Chavez
Founder of Seven Streams CashFlow
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Seven Streams CashFlow was born out of a personal mission to rebuild life, finances, and legacy after divorce, not just for myself but with my two boys by my side. What started as a way to teach my kids about faith, money, and business turned into a powerful movement that equips families everywhere to do the same. Together we created more than a platform. We created a vision for the next generation.
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