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?
How do you show up for others without losing yourself?
If you have been reading these daily prompts, you will know that this is an area of life that I am working on because I was losing myself a lot for the sake of others. I am still learning what showing up for others means without giving away yourself completely. I used in the other post about the well analogy of letting everyone else take all the water from the well, but then the well has nothing left for itself. This is an analogy that I have used with patients when I was doing mental health therapy, but I forgot to use it on myself.
I am learning that showing up for others without losing myself means listening to my inner voice that says how I am actually feeling about something. For example, I recently purchased dinner for my roommates and myself. I had just been paid. I listened to the voice that was inside my brain that said that I would not mind this and that I would not be bitter later. Often in the past, I would do things for others to “protect them” even buying them food when my brain was telling me not to do it. I would be mad later unjustly because I made that decision, so now when showing up for others I make sure I am listening to myself and how I feel.
I also have learned that sometimes it is listening to others deeply instead of monetarily. I allow others to speak to me for a certain amount of time and create effective boundaries around that so I am still showing up for them but allowing myself not to feel too taxed. This has even been in my current job. I was sometimes spending multiple hours with a patron and I was finding myself not being able to do this without feeling drained, so I have worked on creating a necessary boundary of only a certain amount of time for each individual. This has allowed me to feel better because I do not give all of myself to these individuals. The word that I have learned a lot in this last year specifically is the word “BOUNDARIES”. You can show up for others all the time, but you have to have some type of boundaries or you will lose yourself. I no longer allow myself to fully become lost in this way, but that is a work in progress. Being a work in progress is not a bad thing. We all are.
