Self-Evaluation, 8

I have been working on a project for months, and it has yet to workout. It occurred to me (through journaling) that my rushed, slapdash attempts may not be giving me the results I am hoping for. In self-evaluation, we ask ourselves how our approach is working. Where might you put yourself on a scale of thorough and focused to inattentive and rushed? Journal Prompts: I rush when... I give myself time to be focused when...

Self-Evaluation, 7

The habits you daily reinforce autopilot into lifestyle. Journal Prompts: I daily reinforce... I started reinforcing when... I would rather reinforce...

Self-Evaluation, 6

How do you make decisions? Is it a wasp chasing you while swinging a shoe situation? You will not always hit the intentionality zone, that’s not life. But is there a pattern? Are your decisions regularly pressured and impulsive versus value-checked and connected? Journal Prompt: My decision-making is like...

Self-Evaluation, 5

Self-evaluation devolves–quickly–into comparison evaluation with the nearby. Comparison is not self-evaluation. Rather, self-evaluation inventories what is currently making movement in your life. Journal Prompts: I mostly compare myself with... I am currently making movements toward...

Self-Evaluation, 4

Hollow and knee-deep–far from your hopes of meaning making–this is what happens when you have trouble saying no. We all need the self-advocacy skill of walking away, causing inconvenience, and asserting interruptions…

Self-Evaluation, 3

Measure time spent hiding. Different from having reasonable privacy, hiding is fueled by the fear of isolation, embarrassment, and shame. Journal Prompts: How much energy do you put towards hiding? I hide... I feel embarrassed by...

Self-Evaluation, 2

Write about the quality of your current mental health compared with a different period of your life. Use these prompts for both time periods: What types of behaviors are observable to a bystander? What experiences are not visible, but are instead private?

Patience with Yourself

My toddler screamed out of porportion to an offense today. Her cart was stuck between the door and the toy box. With colorful sound effects, she slammed the cart repeatedly as if her grit would overtake the physics. She was a mirror to abandoned patience within myself. Journal Prompt: What would it be like to be patient with yourself?

A Journal Prompt for Stress

Stress is inevitable when what you ask yourself to do, outruns your resources. Journal Prompt: I run out of resources when...

Rumination, 6

Rumination exploits your fears. It takes advantage of something you avoid at all cost—embarrassment, shame, criticism—and puts it on repeat in your mind’s eye. Journal Prompt: My rumination takes advantage of...