These are prompts from some other place besides a book that ask to examine certain aspects of yourself. I will not have created these prompts myself, so I want to pay respect that they came from somewhere.
This months’ prompts are going to be coming from this substack that I recently started following:
https://open.substack.com/pub/theebookclubx/p/31-journal-prompts-for-november-learning?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
November Prompts
- What part of yourself are you finally ready to understand?
- What does “peace” mean to you now and what used to disturb it?
- Write about a moment that changed how you see yourself.
- What habits or patterns do you want to leave in this year?
- Who in your life feels like warmth and why?
- Describe a version of yourself that you’re growing into.
- What would your younger self thank you for today?
- What does emotional maturity look like to you?
- Write about a time you chose peace over proving a point.
- How do you know when it’s time to let something end?
- What part of your healing still feels unfinished?
- What lesson did this year try to teach you, gently or otherwise?
- Write about a time you surprised yourself.
- How do you show up for others without losing yourself?
- What are you no longer apologizing for?
- Write a letter to someone you’ve outgrown, even if you never send it.
- What boundaries have made your life better?
- How do you comfort yourself when you don’t feel understood?
- Describe your relationship with stillness.
- What does authenticity mean to you right now?
- Write about something you’re proud of but rarely mention.
- What truth have you been avoiding?
- How does solitude make you feel? peaceful or lonely?
- Write about a time you felt seen without needing to explain yourself.
- What are you learning to forgive yourself for?
- How do you measure growth without comparing yourself to others?
- What does “home” mean beyond a place?
- What are you currently seeking, emotionally, spiritually, or mentally?
- Write about a moment of clarity you’ve had recently.
- How have you changed since January?
- What kind of person do you hope to be walking into the new year?
What habits or patterns do you want to leave in this year?
The habit I want to leave the most in 2025 is my lack of being social with others. I always use my work as a crutch against interacting with others. I would say that something that contributes to this habit is that I come home from work and just sit in front of a television set. I do not put myself into the world at this point. It isn’t anxiety either. It isn’t “I am scared of interacting with other people.” It is more that I just don’t find the events and go to them. I need to take the time and schedule outside related events for myself to attend. I feel like it is time for me to remind myself that there is a great big world out there.
My pattern is allowing my only thing being my work. I have worked so hard to become a social worker that I am always worried that I will lose that aspect of my life. It has allowed me to not be homeless anymore. It has taken over my existence. I have lost that thing that makes me human, I am realizing. I have lost being multi-layered. If you are only one thing, you lose all the other fun aspects of life that everyone else has. I don’t have them I am realizing. Hobbies? I have reading and really more like book buying. I don’t have other hobbies. As a write this, I realize the pattern that I need to break the most is not allowing myself to be alive. Not allowing myself to be more than a social worker or scared that I will return to a place that is no longer part of my life. I have become a gargoyle in many ways. I am a closed off slab of stone. I am not open to the world. I am not open to anything but helping others, which is a noble thing. It shouldn’t be my only thing though. I order food from Grubhub, watch tv, and work. That pattern needs broken as soon as possible. I need to make goals that include going out into the world and attending various events. Life needs to return to being life and not being scared of it. I think my ultimate question though is where do I want to do that though? I am not sure. That is a question though for another time. For this one, I recognize that there are some negative patterns contributing to poor health: both physically and mentally that need to change if I am going to be the best version of myself. The happiest version of me.
