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…

Journal Prompts for the Past

Is the past important to process? Or is it a torture chamber of your rumination, harrassing you with shame and disappointment? Processing the past finds advantage when it is blocking your current living. It feels particularly unhelpful when it is a mixed tape on repeat, playing only to punish. Journal Prompt: I still need to process... I need to leave behind...

A Journal Prompt for Change

Change happens, all at once, slowly, with relapse, with a lot of help, and with none at all. Journal Prompt: To find change I need...

Relationships: Journal Prompt 6

Even after you find a partner you love, someone who cares about you, and shows up for you, there are still limits to what a healthy relationship can provide.

Relationships: Journal Prompt 5

Rather than live in old terms with stale resentment, challenge them.

New beginnings: Journal Prompt 9

How you internalize and process relapse will be a vital component for sustainable change.