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?
Describe a version of yourself that you’re growing into.
The version that I am growing into is an authentic version of myself that does not care about social norms. Not caring about aspects of society that just simply do not mean anything realistically for me. This is partially the autism, but it is a version of myself that is unmasked from all the things that I was forced into for survival. I am finding myself no longer willing to be a part of the insanity that pushes other’s down. I am becoming a version that is an advocate for others, which was not always the case because I was learning to be an advocate for myself. I have learned to use my own voice for me and now it is time for me to continue to strengthen that. Making sure I listen to myself and who I am in my own life. Who do I want to be in all aspects of my life? Personal? Work? Socially? Mentally even? I want to step into a version that loves myself more than always giving up so much for others. A real version of me that is complete and loves themselves. This does mean finding a version of myself that advocates strongly for others that includes not being totally filtered. I want to have crucial conversations that may not always be easy and may challenge the status quo. I want to continue to be the version of myself that loves others so deeply, even if it is at my own expense. I just want the expense to change to the appropriate level so that the version of myself is healthy. I want to move into a version that goes out in the world and sees it. That experiences life’s multitudes, not seeing it as a static work life. There is so much that can be part of this existence and I want to find that version of myself. That other version of me that I can see on the side saying come in this direction because here we are happiest, here we are alive and thriving. Hard decisions are required to make that happen though. Hard decisions that I still have to process and look at. Some journeys take time and I am slowly starting to look at that version.
This journey started with me looking back at previous versions of myself though. I remember not that long ago as a therapeutic exercise I danced around a cabin in Michigan listening to a song from my past ( a Spice Girl song). I invited old versions of myself to the dance. I closed my eyes and saw the child that ran around the playground with their friend, Jackie. I saw the high schooler that lost friends and started realizing they were gay. I saw the homeless boy in San Francisco. I saw the college student. I saw the man that got his first job after his master of social work degree. I saw all these versions and we danced together. It provided closure to versions that I had not reconciled hurt with and now it is to look at the current version and allow it to become the next version of me. There have been so many different versions, but each of them have been a phenomenal life that I have been in. I have been so many versions and now I am ready to reconcile them into a singular version that respects every single one of them. The “best version” of me still exists out there and while it won’t be perfect, it is a wonderful version with flaws that deserves to live a life, not feel stilted.
