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Journaling Prompts
Use these prompts to start your weekly or monthly journaling habit.
Are you intimidated by journaling?
Are you puzzled when choosing a topic to write about?
This is for you!
I’ll add a new topic for you to use throughout the month for your daily journal entries. You’ll be a pro in no time. Tag me at smxcoaching on social media to share your entry with friends.
APRIL 2025
I commit to being present daily. When our attention is easily directed to various responsibilities and those emotional vampires lurking in the shadows, it’s essential to focus on each moment instead of the entire day, week, or month. Mindfulness is an excellent practice for bringing your attention back to the moment. Spend five minutes journaling about your current condition. Focus on areas of your body that are relaxed and others that ache. What is your body telling you? How often do you check in with your body to address its needs? Are you excited about a recent phone call? Or sad because of the weather? Journal about it. But remember only to discuss what’s happening right now.
MARCH 2025
Life cycles are often less predictable than we would hope, but there are certain times of the year when we can predict our productivity or a shift in the roles that matter most to us. In 2020, I hosted an end-of-the-year challenge in the #smXcoaching community called Unplugged. The 90-day retreat challenged participants to make time to curate the lives they want by becoming curious about their current values and roles. I still encourage community members to use the 90-Day Identity Assessment, one of the tools I developed regularly. With this, you can track how you show up for yourself over 90 days and adjust your roles to stop self-abandonment. Try it for free when you subscribe to my resource list.
FEBRUARY 2025
Last month, we focused on admitting our desires–hopefully, you felt safe enough to candidly confess your secret desires and revisit the desires you’ve been more vocal about. One of the values celebrated this month is love, which makes now a great time to prioritize some of your desires and consider what matters most and what changes you need to prioritize that desire. If you want richer relationships with your friends, how do you intend to foster deeper connections with your inner circle? Are you going to call them more? Send gifts? Wanting a change doesn't create enough momentum to cause changes. You have to take action. After prioritizing your desires based on what you want to achieve, write some practical ways to begin reaching the desire. Remember, plans that support change must be clear, measurable, and, most importantly, easily accessible.
JANUARY 2025
We’ve all heard the phrase popularized by alcoholics anonymous (AA), “acceptance is the first step.” Which is great until you have to accept something you’d like to change but can’t. That’s why context is essential. In AA, the goal is to admit that the individual has an addiction that is outside of their control. That might not apply to your situation. Perhaps you don’t need to accept things as they are; instead, you must decide what you want to change. I talked with my mother about the unnerving fact that most people don’t know what they want. Whether it's a dinner option, characteristics in a partner, or a job posting, people struggle to be honest about their desires. Honesty is brutal to practice when the person you’ve been lying to is yourself. This month, admit three things you desire but never admit aloud.
