Boundaries At Work, 5

Like a tire trying to leave the mud, work spits on the rest of your life when there are no clear end times. Your nervous system needs the security of a limit. Journal Prompts: My normal end time is when... My nervous system requests...

Boundaries At Work, 4

Sometimes boundaries at work means that you practice the art of hesitating. Practice hesitating to answer, taking action, or being the one doing the thing. Journal Prompt: I could hesitate...

Boundaries At Work, 3

Overextending yourself in the workplace signals surface, motivated and team player vibes. But when you ghost yourself, constantly abandoning internal nudges of limits, you become resentful and burnt out. Journal Prompts: I ghost myself when... On the surface I appear... I have become resentful of...

Boundaries At Work, 2

Work functions like a family system, which is to say, familiar roles–read, familiar frustrations–show up in both. Like if you are frequently rescuing people in your family, you might also discover yourself rescuing people at work. Setting boundaries at work means recognizing your patterns. Journal Prompts: At work I tend to be the... At home I tend to be the...

Boundaries At Work, 1

It is near impossible to set boundaries at work if it is the sole place you extract a sense of value. Journal Prompts: I draw a sense of value from... I wish I felt valued...

Self-Evaluation, 9

Because culture is obsessed with perfection, scrolling by anything resembling good is ingrained. Challenge yourself to self-evaluate from what is happening on the inside, not the outside. Journal Prompts: If I compare externally, good for me is... If I compare internally, good for me is...

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...