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 would your younger self thank you for today?
My younger self would say thank you for fighting through all the obstacles that were put in front of them. They would thank me for not giving up on getting out of homelessness. They would say that I chose life for myself. The childhood version of me would definitely say thank you for recognizing that it was going to take something hurtful but monumental to get away from the world that was being built for me in my family. It was going to take a lot to leave basically everyone that I knew and loved to find the version of me that I need to be for me. We are all told to be certain things by our family, but it takes someone that is strong, to me, to say that no what is being destined is not what one has to do to be a good person on the planet. Choosing yourself is not a problem because you have to live in your body for the rest of your life, no one else’s body. My younger self would thank me for choosing me in that way because I could have listened to other people. I would be working in a factory, be acting like I am straight, and a lot of other things that just does not match with my core.
The younger version would thank me for being alive today because I believed I would not be here at this age because what I have experienced and I am still here. My younger version would be appreciative of knowing that I was still here. It would come up to my ear and whisper, “Thank you for believing in us. I love you” as that younger version faded away because it recognized it was time to be free of the past. It would want me to be happy in my present. It would want me to be free of that version of myself and be thankful that I am now at a time where I am working towards that growth.
