Wellness Calendar: Wednesday 5 March

Concept of self vs ideal self
The self-concept is about how you see your own self, and how much awareness you have of your own self. The self-concept includes all the beliefs you hold about yourself. It also includes the things that define you: age, gender, race, sexuality, etc.
The ideal self is who you would like to be. This is the self with bits that have been added to you as well as bits of you that have been taken away, in order to create your ultimate state.
If your ideal self is pretty close to your self-concept, happy days. If it isn’t this chasm is likely to lead to internal turmoil and conflict.
With this in mind it may be useful to go on a journey of exploration in terms of how we view ourselves and how we can become more of the person we want to be.