“We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.”
– Cecil Day-Lewis
No one is born with all the answers to all of life’s challenges and uncertainties. Even though you may feel everyone else has their life figured out and everything seems picture perfect…but in reality it couldn’t be further from the truth.
Everyone has their moments in life where they feel stuck, but the difference is in how they choose to overcome it. Part of our life journey is to figure our way out of these uncertainties and self doubt.
Journaling is a great way to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and to figure out a way out of the moments where we feel stuck.
To get you started, I have listed 20 journal prompts you can use to find the answers to what holds you back, gain mental clarity and to live life with your full potential.
20 Journal Prompts to Gain Mental Clarity:
- What do you value in your life? And Why do you value it?
- What would you like to do if you did not have to worry about money or time?
- What is something you wish you had started 5 years ago if you knew it was going to be successful?
- What are some things or situations that make you uncomfortable and anxious? Why do they make you feel like that?
- Which part of the past experience weighs you down and you need to let go?
- What is about the future that causes you to worry and doubt yourself?
- What makes you feel the most calm and content? What is the environment like? Who is surrounding you? Why does it make you feel like that?
- What is your biggest challenger right now in your life that is preventing you from being happy?
- What are your 5 strengths or skills you have that you would like to nurture and work on to improve it?
- What are 5 weaknesses that you would like to overcome that might improve your quality of life?
- What does happiness mean to you and how does it look like to you?
- What is the biggest challenge that you overcame in your life that you are proud of? What and who helped you overcome it?
- What is your greatest accomplishment and what helped you achieve it?
- What is one thing that always crosses your mind that you have yet to achieve? What is holding you back from getting it done?
- What is something you enjoy doing and naturally good at that you have neglected?
- Where do you picture yourself in 5 years? What does that life look like?
- What is your ideal and what does that look like?
- What does success mean to you and how do you define it?
- When you are not feeling the best, what is going in your mind that is causing it?
- What are 5 things you would like to get done in the next month that will ease your mental load?
CUP OF FINAL THOUGHTS ????
To truly uncover and gain a deeper understanding of oneselves, you have to first be honest with yourself. The writing and the answers does not have to be perfect, but it does need to be brutally honest.
So don’t hold yourself back when digging for those answers no matter how painful or imperfect they may be. This will help you unload the mental burden to getting the clarity you need to move forward and thrive.
Also…don’t overthink it and start with one question at a time. It’s the little steps in life that truly matters.
