Self-awareness prompts

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Write down the last three times you felt overwhelmed and see if the same time of day or situation keeps showing up.

Action

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How do you want to feel when you're looking at your growth over the last year?

SocialChange

What is a lie you were told as a kid that turned out to be false?

SocialChildhood

When you wake up in the morning do you come to slowly or does your brain kick in fast with everything you have to do?

SocialAwareness

Is there a mood that gets ahead of your thinking before you can stop it?

SocialAwareness

Pick one change from this year you've been treating as temporary and write down today what it would look like to accept it as permanent.

ActionChange

How did I respect my personal boundaries today and where did I let them slide?

Self-ReflectionBoundaries

Is there a change I signed up for that I've been secretly hoping would reverse itself?

Self-ReflectionChange

How did my family handle the difference between knowing something and truly understanding it?

Self-ReflectionChildhood

Before you go to bed tonight write down one feeling that came and went today that you didn't pause to name when it happened.

ActionEmotions

Pick one coping habit you rely on that costs you something and write one sentence about what it costs.

ActionCoping

Is there a goodbye I gave that I went through the motions of but haven't actually processed?

Self-ReflectionClosure

What change in my life am I still describing in the future tense when it's already underway?

Self-ReflectionChange

How can I be more mindful of the way I spend my mental energy on what if scenarios that involve people who aren't even in my life anymore?

Self-ReflectionMindfulness

Do you think some people are lonely because they are more focused on themselves?

SocialRelationships

Is there something that happened today that I'm still carrying and do I actually need to carry it to bed with me?

Self-ReflectionClosure

How do you usually feel the shift when a conversation stops being real and turns into small talk?

SocialAwareness

Notice one thing in your home you're glad to have this morning.

ActionMorning

What emotion do I keep confusing for something else?

Self-ReflectionEmotions

What's one thing you've realized you don't actually care about as much as you thought you did?

SocialAwareness

What is one thing I love about the neighborhood or city I live in?

Self-ReflectionGratitude

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