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 a time you felt seen without needing to explain yourself.
This is harder to write with memory recall issues currently being exhibited from the hospital stay I had. I am not being able to recall all my life right now, which is super weird and scary. I often feel seen at work by various different departments. I feel seen when I am talked about in a positive manner, such as a recent visit to a branch to talk to a staff member. Several people were happy to see me and even noticed when I did a finger clap. It was nice to feel like I was actually seen for my authentic self and didn’t need to be masked.
Autism has made me really aware of the importance of being seen and not having to explain yourself. I often struggle with medical providers because of my autism. I overshare. I tend to “word vomit” on them with information because I am overwhelmed myself. I have a current provider though that just continues to work through it with me. I am newer to her and she just listens and helps. I haven’t had many providers like her and I feel like I was able to get help on Friday because of them. I cannot say enough good things about this provider. She makes me feel seen every time I am in her office, even when I am a bit much or eccentric. She just works with me and helps to get to where we need to be in the conversation. Without her I don’t think I would feel as okay as I do currently. I appreciate that I now have a provider like this, especially since I do not often feel seen without having to explain myself. I so often have to explain or overexplain or feel like the provider feels like I am lying to them. I am not. I am very reliable narrator of my story, it just sucks that so often providers do not care to be human in their conversations. I know a lot of this is because of limitations on the field, but it is sad because many of them are rude and condescending when they do not have to be. Choose kindness medical providers, especially when you can see that someone has a chronic medical condition that keeps being described as a mystery. Choose to be nice. It isn’t that hard. Guess what medical providers? YOU DO GET A CHOICE. You get a choice in ever single response you give to someone. If you would not want to be talked to in that manner by someone, don’t do it to a fellow human being PERIOD.
