I’ve been making this recipe for a long time. I always think of it as one of the three levels of self-awareness.
The first one is to get clear on what you are doing. The second level is to get clear on why you are doing it. The third level is to get clear on what you want to do. If you have a clear plan and you follow it, you are self-aware. If you do not follow a clear plan (whether it is a plan to be a jerk to your parents or a plan to be more active in the world), then you are not self-aware.
The good news is that you can use the recipe at any time in your life when you are not trying to be self-aware. Just remember to always do it before you actually start to act out any of your plans. Remember, that is the recipe for self-awareness.
The other good news is that if you use the recipe when you are not self-aware, you are self-aware. However, if you use it before you actually act out your plans, you will still not be self-aware. So if you don’t use the recipe, you are still self-aware… unless you are in the middle of a plan to be a jerk.
The recipe for self-awareness is a very simple one if you use it before you act out of your plans. However, if you use it when you are not self-aware, you will still not be self-aware. However, if you use it when you are self-aware, you will definitely be self-aware.
That’s right, you can always cheat your way to self-awareness with the same recipe. However, if you use it during a plan, you will not be self-aware.
In the same way that some people will not be self-aware if they cheat their way to high intelligence, people who cheat their way to self-awareness will cheat their way to self-awareness.
I used to cheat my way to self-awareness all the time, but I stopped after I realized what I was doing was wrong. Now that I’m more aware of what I’m doing, I can no longer cheat my way to self-awareness. In the same way that some people will not be self-aware if they cheat their way to high intelligence, people who cheat their way to self-awareness will cheat their way to self-awareness.
So don’t cheat yourself, cheat others.
That is the great thing about self-awareness. You can forget about all the old ways of cheating yourself and others and still keep on living.