‘’Don’t let unspoken words make a permanent home in the back of your throat, you shouldn’t get used to staying silent when all your heart wants to do is scream’’- Madlina Coman
Sometimes we need to graft space to learn and unlearn certain principles, opinions, and theories that we have been exposed to by experience, circumstances, and situations.
We need to delve deep to explore the undiscovered parts by prompting questions that can give direction on what activities to eliminate.
In the course of surviving through the cracks, quest for balance, through your building, rebuilding, tearing down, dark times, deep waves and high tides we have to strike an anchor for sanity, for tracking how far we have journeyed, what mistake we have made, better opinions and decisions we ought to be implementing.
Even as the hands of time stamps without delay we have to make out time to outline, revamp, and analyze our lives and the steps and decision we make. It is important to remember that we are the only ones who hold the key to our own peace, calmness, and happiness in this life and what we do.
Navigating through the journey of survival can be tough sometimes with unknown depths of uncertainty, flaws, and challenges.
There are days when pushing on is hard and requires enormous effort to keep trying. Adopting curiosity to our experience creates adequate space that gives us a chance to shift our perspective and make room to talk to our self in different ways.
By adequate space I mean journaling; Journaling helped me strip my thoughts down on paper, eliminating doubts as my curiosity created a space for questions to be asked and answered. I do not see journaling as a mere act but a therapeutic tool which can evidently transform your life.
Journaling is the process of decluttering thoughts and emotions and it creates space for you to critically analyze and make a reasonable decision.
Journaling is part of how I stay healthy; it helps clarify my thoughts and my feelings when I am stuck in overwhelming situations, overthinking, overanalyzing, getting all congested thoughts and putting it on paper relives and soothe me.
Journaling as well allows us to know ourselves better to discover several layers and version of ourselves.
Journaling enables us to explore ourselves and learn how to grow as individuals. It is an activity that has been recommended by mental health practitioners as it helps us examine how we think and feel and how our own minds work.
Simply writing about what happens during the day isn’t going to result in personal growth; journaling has to be done in a more introspective way to be beneficial to our self-development and one reflective way is with journal prompts. Journal prompts equip you with the right beneficial tools to journal.
Journaling shouldn’t be a chore or a difficult task but an easy and relieving process but if you find yourself in an overwhelming situation and you want to journal but can’t, these journal prompts will serve as a guide.
Below are certain questions and journal prompts that unpeel layers and version of yourself open
1. What direction do I have to shift into?
2. What opinion do I have to unpack?
3. What limiting beliefs do I have to eliminate?
4. What experience do I have to honor?
5. How can I appreciate my worth?
6. What emotion do I have to prioritize?
7. Who makes me laugh? Who reminds me of the lightheartedness that we all carry? Who helps me forget for a while?
8. What habits, practices, routines and rituals do I have to be committed that is good for my well-being?
9. How can I care for myself?
10. What is my ignition?
11. What will I spend my energy on?
12. How can I create the life I desire?
13. What will I cultivate and grow?
14. What negative self-belief do I have to unlearn?
15. How do I engage in radical acceptance?
16. How do I create a safe space, support system that trust and take care of my needs?
17. How do I navigate through change, uncertainty, the unknown, lack of control and shifting?
18. How do I start over, honing my uniqueness, opportunities, and growth?
19. How do I build a stronger connection?
20. How do I work on shifting my inner narrative?
21. How do I become more mindful of my feelings?
22. How do I let myself to be imperfect without letting fear run the show without limitation(Yearn my uniqueness)
23. How can I develop a more fulfilling life?
24. How can I create an epic life?
25. What steps do I need to take in order to change my life?
26. What self-improvement tips do I need to adopt?
27. Create a catalog of positivity, write down positive affirmation about yourself, create supportive mantras- read it daily!
28. How have my darkest times and moments shaped me and how grateful am I for life trials and difficulties?
29. Why do I have to embrace challenges?
30. Core reminder to encrypt:
- Patience is a practice; what we are watering now often doesn’t grow until later
- It’s okay to not know
- Life is a collection of phases
- Be open
- Learning to carry our darkness stops it from carrying us
31. What do you need more of? Less of?
32. What is my unique life purpose?
33. What legacy do I want to enshrine into the depths of the earth?
34. How many challenges am I willing to overcome and conquer to live my best life?
35. How do I stay close to my truth and remember “my” why?
36. How can I nourish myself and move forward?
37. How do I find fulfillment?
38. How do I validate my emotions?
39. What do I need to add or subtract?
40. What am I in control of in this moment?
41. Ask yourself if your thoughts are true; separate feelings from fact.
42. Approach with curiosity instead of judgment.
43. Remind yourself of what you’ve already done and accomplished.
44. Make a list of things you can control.
45. Give yourself a time out and do something nourishing.
46. Notice your limits and ask for help if you need it.
47. Shit your inner narrative
48. Practice curiosity and mindfulness.
49. Practice Self-compassion.
50. Journal, write + create your own challenge!
Firm Reminder
In the quest and journal of self-growth and development, there will bad times, difficult moments, uncertainties, self-doubts, failures, mistakes, imperfections, challenges, pain but I want you to remember that the truth of your becoming lies hidden within your scars.
There will be times when surviving seems impossible wilted and torn like a wildflower in the middle of concrete yet you manage to flourish.
Stop trying to build a brick home in people who are too temporary for sandcastles.
Remember that you deserve to be valued for every ounce of beauty that you so selflessly bring into this world.
Don’t etch yourself clean for people who do not deserve your presence. If you do any cleaning at all, clean out your circle of friends and keep the ones who nurture your potential, rather than the ones who pressure you into living up to your potential, even on days when you need a break. Break up with your doubts and scrub yourself clean of expectations.
You don’t need to ask life for permission to be who you are dreaming of becoming. We spend way too much time looking outside ourselves for love, validation, happiness, fulfillment, and permission to start living, without realizing that everything we need is always inside. The woman you envy, the one your soul yearns to become is already within.
Open your eyes to see her, open your heart, your soul to welcome her in; she is perfect in her imperfection. Her vulnerability has transformed her into the most beautiful tapestry you have ever seen and she adorns your flesh.
Stop looking for light in other stars when the brightest one shines within your ribcage!
When life tries you again, learn to sing yourself to sleep with self-healing hymns that remind you of the sovereign that resides inside.
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Healing, change, transformation, empowerment, growth, consistency, and valuable occurrence don’t play on easily but they come into the light because we continue to show up. So my dear no matter how linear the journey may seem to be, don’t relent on your journey of self-improvement, change, and development. Keep going and challenging yourself!
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Great! These prompts can help me get out of my laziness and control my mind in a better way. Journaling could be the easiest way to find out and improve your weakest points. Thanks for giving your ideas.