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Examine your assumptions, question a familiar belief, and notice how you reach conclusions.

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What did I worry about this morning that actually never happened and what does that say about how I spend my energy?

Self-Reflection
Patterns
Metacognition
Night
Medium

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How do you know when you are actually being authentic versus just being stubborn?

Social
Authenticity
Awareness
Metacognition
Medium

How do you usually pull yourself out of a bad headspace?

Social
Metacognition
Coping
Medium

Pick one standard you set for yourself that you've never questioned and ask one person you trust whether they'd hold themselves to the same bar.

Action
Self worth
Metacognition

What's a thought that keeps looping in your head like a song you can't turn off?

Social
Metacognition
Patterns
Medium

Do you ever feel like you are too focused on the future to enjoy the present?

Social
Mindfulness
Metacognition
Awareness
Medium

What's one thing you're intentionally doing to be more reflective?

Social
Awareness
Metacognition
Medium

Before bed tonight write one sentence about something you want to do differently tomorrow based on how today actually went.

Action
Metacognition
Intention
Night

The next time a familiar worry surfaces today write its name down and set the paper aside instead of following the thought.

Action
Metacognition
Awareness

Write down tonight the moment in today when your focus felt sharpest and what you were doing at the time.

Action
Metacognition
Awareness
Night

Name one unspoken rule about money you absorbed growing up and write one sentence on how it shows up in what you do now.

Action
Money
Cultural
Metacognition

What's one emotion I tend to intellectualize instead of feel?

Self-Reflection
Emotions
Metacognition
High

Write down one cultural norm about how people your age are supposed to handle money and mark whether you've followed it without realizing.

Action
Cultural
Money
Metacognition

Pick one financial message you got from your culture growing up and write one sentence on whether you've ever actually decided if you agree with it.

Action
Money
Cultural
Metacognition

What's one belief I have about feelings that I might want to unlearn?

Self-Reflection
Emotions
Metacognition
High

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