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 boundaries have made your life better?
The ability to say no has been an important boundary. It has allowed me to recognize when I have overextended myself and when I do not feel like doing something. Yes, there are days I do not feel like doing something and I tell myself that is okay. We are allowed to not want to work every single moment of our lives. I now have arrived at a moment of life where I recognize that I am allowed as someone that has fought to get to where I am at in life to say that I have hit my capacity. That I have the knowledge that there is a capacity is a newer concept for my life. Going forward was the only way that I thought one could exist, but there is a beauty in just allowing yourself peace and stillness.
Boundaries in how people will or will not speak to me is also one that I have found vital as an adult. I used to allow people that were unkind to make me unkind as well, but now I have learned to move myself forward in my own truth. I do not let people’s negative energy or vibe to change who I am at my core and I am allowed to tell those people with negative energy that they will not speak to me in incorrect manners. This is not unprofessional to tell someone that they will at bare minimum speak to you in a correct and decent human to human manner. I used to let people, especially family, talk to me in whatever manner that they wanted. I learned that this can create an ick factor within yourself. It creates tension, literally, in my body. I had many headaches because I was trying to keep peace that was not mine to keep. Telling individuals that they must speak to me with dignity has helped me to ultimately feel less tense around these individuals, even if in the moment it felt bad because my body was not used to standing up for itself. When we stand up for ourselves though it is going to feel bad because we are used to our foundation/baseline. When we challenge that baseline, our bodies are going to rebel against it and try to return to the original way of doing things, even if it is now not what we want in life. Boundaries are hard because they require us to stay at them, even when other people are pushing up against them. This creates so much friction in the person trying to make the change, so I have felt this so many times as I personally have tried to make changes in boundaries with others. I can look back now though and say clearly that every time I stuck with the necessary boundary changes I felt better in my life. That I felt peace and harmony, so I am glad I have done these two boundary changes. I recognize there needs to be more boundary setting in my life as well, but one step at a time as they say. One gentle step at a time.
