Personal Retreat Journal Prompts

As I’ve done at the end of the past few years, I am sending out some journal prompts for personal reflection time. Whether you are going to take a day or so for a personal retreat or just find a quiet space on your calendar that’s just for you, here are some questions to ponder:

• Where is my ego influencing my heart?
• Where are there signs of drift or exiling myself from my core self?
• What feeling(s) am I avoiding?
• What actions(s) am I avoiding?
• Who do I need to forgive?
• How consistent am I in living a true story? (If not, why?)
• How consistent am I in taking care of my body? (Nutrition, movement, rest)
• How much time am I spending in stillness? Solitude? Nature?
• Do the people I love know that I love them?
• What boundaries do I need to reinforce in my relationships?
• What are my priorities for 2021?

I designed these questions so that you can keep returning to them for some self-examination throughout the coming year.

And now some bonus prompts!

These questions were posed by my business/creative partner, Emily, in her brilliantly crafted LinkedIn article on processing emotions.

• What feelings have you been living with for the last nine months?
• How have you adapted to those feelings in your everyday circumstances?
• What has this season of life meant to you? How have you expressed that?
• What have you gotten used to over the last nine months? How does that adaptation feel?
• What have you left behind for good?
• What seems impossible to let go of or put down?
• Who do you want to be when this is all done?