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 does “home” mean beyond a place?
I don’t know if I have ever truly 100% felt like I have had a “home”. Not a place where I feel like I truly belong. The closest I have had is where I feel like I can live. Where I can go out and do things. Where I feel like I can exist happily without fears. Without feeling overwhelming sadness most of the time. A home to me has always been about a place that makes my heart happy and feels magical to me in my soul. It is a place where there are like-minded people that I want to spend time with. That are chosen family.
“Home” is a town/city/place that I love with every fiber of my being. It is an internal feeling that is hard to explain. It is like a warm blanket that wraps around you that provides you security. It is a town that when you step outside you want to make it better. You want to do anything and everything to make it a better place for all those that live there. Home for me, as a social worker, is always about other people and making their lives better in the place that I want to be in. I want to feel like I want to make the city better that I live in because it is my home. I want it to thrive because it is home. Home is that for me. A place that I want to make better because in many ways it makes me better. It allows me to feel peace, so I want to help make it peaceful. That is a home to me. Home… I know of only one place that has felt like that for me.
