Self-improvement or self-punishment?

​When we approach personal growth from a place of shame and self-judgment, we move further away from its intention and the whole process may start feeling like a self-punishment and a never-ending quest for “improvement.”
 
Here are a few things to remember:
 
1.         Be patient - there is no place of arrival
2.         Find a way to truly enjoy the process
3.         Don’t measure your progress by where someone else is
4.         A part of you may not want to change - try to understand why
5.         You can get to the same place by motivating or criticizing yourself