Attempting to find yourself is a lifelong journey. It's something that can never truly be achieved because as humans, we are constantly in a state of perpetual change. As soon as we begin to think that we know ourselves, we change, and the process remains, and will always be a cyclical process. We begin to learn our selves, tastes change and mature, and our exposures to novelties can have an influence on the direction of our wants and desires.
Sometimes, the best thing that you can do is have a moment to yourself. With others, we constantly react and react and so much of our personalities and attitudes are formed from these exchanges. Studies show that we adopt traits from those that we spend the most amount of time with. If you want to figure out who you are more in-depth, spend some time alone.
I'm not talking about locking yourself away from the outside world, but sometimes it can be nice to just spend an hour or so alone with yourself. For some extroverts, this can be a difficult and tiring process but it can show you truth more than anything. Introverted people, not to make this a solely binary process, may have an easier time being able to spend some time by themselves without feeling the need to constantly be surrounded by others.
Spending time with yourself doesn't consist of watching Netflix for an hour, on browsing social media, but rather sitting by yourself (music is always a nice addition) and trying to figure out your motives and the reasons behind those motives. I guess the time spent alone is really divided by the quality itself rather than the quantity. I'll reiterate that an hour a day can be more than suffice to get to know yourself, but if you're spending that time well, then even ten minutes a day can get the job done just as effectively.
This article does not advocate isolationism and/or anti-socialism, but rather endorses an opportunity to learn more about yourself. Make sure to maintain a healthy balance in your life and spend time with those most important to you, but also know that you don't constantly need others. You're allowed to have time for yourself and that's not necessarily an unhealthy thing.
To continue to figure out our own mysteries, our own likes and dislikes, what brings us joy and what brings us pain, only you yourself can figure that out without any possible outside bias having influence in our decisions. We must spend a moment of solitude, and in that moment reflect.
