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?
Write about something you’re proud of but rarely mention.
I do not mention a lot of my achievements outside of my LCSW. I do not have a tendency to mention my bachelors of sociology, my associate of science – Human Services, and even my masters of social work. They are great achievements in my life. I even had been in 3 honor societies during my time in school. The achievement that I am probably the happiest about was getting “Outstanding Student of the Public and Social Services Department” during the year that I graduated from Ivy Tech. This showed me that I had worth. I had not felt up to that point that I had much “good” to give the world. I thought I was just a static person that would live and die. Just be a number for some statistician somewhere about the throes of poverty and being on supplemental security income (SSI). I may be a static person, but I see the life that I have lived as a beautiful and positive thing. That every year I help other people. I think back over the last 5 to 6 years of my life especially and I think about the people that I have had as patients, clients, patrons, or whatever they were called in that agency and I smile. I know that there is at least one person in that journey that I have helped and that makes my heart happy. That is by far a great achievement in this existence. I also would say that a great achievement for me right now is learning that while I want and should help others, I am proud that I have learned that I matter as well. That I am important. I keep learning this more and more every single day. The things to keep me healthy and on this planet are important. This is because I matter. I keep every morning when I wake up stating that simple statement to myself, “I matter”. I will keep saying it all of 2026 because it is the truth that I must take in because I am proud of being alive. I am proud of my journey that I have been on. I have accomplished a lot that I am just so damn proud of. I should be dead. If I look over the abuse, the homelessness, the childhood trauma, and more; I should simply not be on this planet. Research shows this. Life shows this. Everything shows this, but I am here. I am alive and I am proud of myself for being so resilient that I could survive everything put forth before me. I will continue to survive because I am a strong individual.
