#self-discovery journal

[artisticdivasworld]

My Junk Journal is done. Now What?

Junk journal making is one of those creative pastimes that once you discover it, you wonder how you ever lived without it. If you’ve never heard of junk journaling, let me take you on a little journey into this wonderfully eclectic and liberating hobby. So far here on this blog, we have talked about making these journals here and creating a cover here. Now we check out what we putinto one of…

[thejournallo]

16 Shadow work prompts/ideas:

You can keep a journal, write and distroy it, or meditate on those questions and prompts.

Write an apology letter to yourself.

Why am I injured?

How do I honestly believe I am?

What does my childhood me need the most?

Am I hiding something from myself?

What are your self-sabotaging habits?

recognize those bad patterns.

What are my red flags and green flags?

Why do I struggle with ------?

Do I judge people?

What are the things I judge people for, but I do the same for myself?

Did you regret something?

What are your deepest fears and how have they held you back in life?

What is your love language and destructive act?

What is the worst feeling?

Do you recognize your feelings?

[thetypewriterdaily]

every choice you make, every step you take is helping you discover who you really are at your core. it all starts and ends with you. your journey is all about you 🛤️🏞️👤💓🫧

[usefulquotes7]

Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. -Marcus Aurelius

[delicatelypearl]

Here are some affirmations to start off your Tuesday morning with🩷

[femmefatalevibe]

How do you get over someone you haven’t dated?

I’ve found the most productive way to get over someone you’ve never dated is to turn the experience into a self-discovery exercise. Take out a pen and paper or open up a fresh Word document on your computer to journal about the following:

What qualities initially drew you to this person? What about your interactions or observations in their presence made them alluring? 

How do this person’s character, mannerisms, and actions align with the traits you’re looking for in a partner/relationship? Did you uncover new attributes that you never knew you were looking for before when interacting with this person? Write these down and add them to your dating criteria. Refine and elevate your standards. 

Reflect on why you didn’t end up dating – was it a logistical inconvenience, incompatibility in your lifestyle, perspectives, interests, or personalities? Understanding why it didn’t work out can help you better identify your deal breakers and help you mind-map interactions or plan dates/conversation starters in the future. 

Indulge in the fantasy fully in a productive way. Use this practice to satisfy yourself emotionally and enable self-growth from the experience. 

Hope this helps xx 

[diaries-of-dandelion-dew]

My apologies, I forgot I’m not allowed to be upset about anything ever.

[whossiren]

Day 1: What would you do if money wasn't an issue?

If money was never an issue I'd buy a property on beautiful secluded lands and build the self sustainable homestead of my dreams. With a warm barn for my goats and sheep, a coops for my ducks and quails, a patio for my cats and a greenhouse for my herbs.

I would spend my days maintaining my lifestyle. Spinning wool into yarn. Cutting wood to heat a fire and repair my buildings. Churning milk into butter. Planting food to harvest and can. Wiring off the grid to make myself independent.

Having a deeper understanding and respect for what it takes to have the food I put on my plate.

Having a deeper connection with how much I put into the world because I can only receive what I put in.

If money wasn't an issue I'd simply move away.

Away from the smog and the pressure for a career. Away from the bread that has 28 ingredients. Away from the empty parking lots and the tall buildings that surround them.

If I had the money to buy anything I'd buy my own freedom with solitude and seclusion.

[this-thing-saved-me]

Pulling the files for review, to see what resonates enough to document. 13 years of journalling, processing, documenting.

See if you can spot on the timeline where things were getting to be too much.

I’ve started splitting my journals instead of having them be a catch all. I have one going now for thoughts and another for all the creative musings. The ones that land outside the notes app of course.

Rarely with context. I’m all about context.

Journalling has been a way to take any anxious energy and channel it into anything. Raging against the world is more palatable on the page.

And 2020 had a hell of a lot to rage about.

I digress. I also found my travel journals from my international travels, which will hopefully prove interesting and share worthy in future.

Since my trip to Chile involved seeing a gal who was the other half of my heart for a long time.

The Chairman of the Tortured Poets Department would be proud, I like to imagine. What with her prolific prose and whatnot.

This also represents my entire DSW career and my arrival to the precipice of new.

I think I want to review it, thank it, and continue forward.

[honeytonedhottie]

how to move on (using a journal).❀。• *₊°

write a description of what happened, then how it left u feeling. go into detail about who was there and what they said or did. next write what u wished had happened. then rly look within urself to find an understanding of why its so hard for u to move on. then write down steps that u could take to move on. for ur self growth and healing journey <3 you've got this

[itsnotmehuman]

"I NEVER WRIT, NOR NO (hu)MAN EVER LOV'D"

W.S sonnet 116

No hay mayor carga que no saber vivir el hoy.

How many nights have you fallen asleep crying, with a broken soul and a tired body? How many mornings have you woken up pretending to feel free, holding on to the mantra that the best is yet to come? Even so; there is no greater burden than being unable to live in the present...

Artist: EiánTi

[ruminate88]

10/23/24 I don’t trust the world at all

I feel like you spend time just letting that person (or in my case, people) who hurt you physically go and start your journey without them physically in your life but then you have the wounds left behind to deal with and the wounds are more painful. This isn’t dramatic and you’re not crazy!!!

they say if you cared a lot about someone or were extremely empathetic, it’s a lot harder. I mean, I’m not a robot and I’m not cold. I was deeply depressed and suffering already when one of my exes told me “stop being so fragile”. They’re completely heartless!!!!! I don’t even know which ex it was because it was from a secret account. That is what they do…. They continue to find ways to hurt you.

that’s why I don’t do any social media anymore outside of this account and my music accounts. Even then, I almost respond to NO ONE out of making sure I keep myself safe. I can’t tell you when to trust the world again. I don’t see how you trust the world the same. You most likely always have to live being aware of your surroundings. (It’s exhausting though)

You can pick yourself up and carry on even when you feel the weight of the emotional wounds. You will start to feel them over time after being so numb so long. You feel start to understand yourself better and you CAN NOT beat yourself up. I have and it’s only making the process harder and longer. You gotta love and forgive yourself as you also forgive those who hurt you. Don’t stop trying to convince yourself of love and peace. Hope is alive! No, it’s never gonna be like it was before the abuse. Your life is changed unfortunately ❤️‍🩹

[thejournallo]

Talking about living in the end

What is "living in the end"?

Living in the end is literally believing that you already have what you want. You start to interpret and live as the person that you want to be. Living in the end is the most simple thing to do, but sometimes people struggle with simple things, so we articulate them in different ways. and as our thoughts go on and on, we lose what we were meant to do. 

How to live in the end?

To live successfully in the end, you have to understand that "in the end," you are not waiting for your desires because your desires are already yours. It is as simple as this: and still people can have and do have a hard time doing it. So why is it  so easy? We do this because we want our desires to come true. When living in the end, there is no more "trying to manifest" or "waiting/hoping that I manifest this." There is simply "I already have it." 

How do I become the person I want to be?

Another reason we might fail to live in the end is because we don't really have in mind who we want to be yet, or we simply imagine our best selves. If you want to add some spice or to better articulate your thoughts about who you want to become, here's what you have to do (in a creative way):

step 1: create a pinterest board.

As I said before when I explained the vision board method, we can use Pinterest boards as an always-updated vision board. In this case, we are going to do a Pinterest board dedicated to what your higher self should save and like. This is for starting a mental switch—a catalyst to start changing. 

step 2: identifie the habits

This is to start to identify how we act versus how our higher selves act. Some habits are a real struggle to eliminate, but recognizing and acknowledging them can be of great help. If you like to read, I suggest Atomic Habits. It is a great book on how to get rid of bad habits and how to implement new ones.

step 3: ask yourself questions!

What does she, he, or they eat?

Will she, he, or they act in this situation?

What habits will she, he, or they have?

What is she/he/them doing in their free time?

Where does she, he, or they work?

What is her, his, or their outlook on life?

and so go on, and you can adapt to every situation by asking yourself things like, "How will they react?" etc. 

[feminiel]

Major big themes of my spiritual awakening process:

Emotional healing

Self-discovery

Journaling

Emotional freedom technique

Reading

Healing my ego

Finding who I am

Finding my place in the world

Finding my life's purpose

Working and healing my divine feminine energy: love, emotions, receptive nature, intuition, soul, healing mother wounds, self-nurturing, inner healer, sensitivity, values, creativity, abundance

Working and healing my divine masculine energy: ego, assertiveness, self-confidence, identity wounds, self-expression, healing father wounds

Balance

Transformation

Inner child healing

Shadow work

Light work

Energy

Self-beliefs

Spirituality and finding meanings

Astrology

Inner work

Manifestation

[usefulquotes7]

You never know what kind of struggles other people are going through. Be kind, even when people aren’t kind to you. But what if that kindness is sucking my soul dry? What then ?

[harvest-of-the-present]

shadow work prompts: listening to the you you want to heal

I created these prompts for myself as I do a lot of journaling and writing down the questions has been useful to make my ideas/goals when writing more clear. I also want to write prompts based on tarot cards in the future, so I figured this could make some good practice on creating them overall. you can use these as a self-improvement/discovery tool, but I warn I am no professional myself and encourage anyone to seek professional help when needed. I know shadow work can dwell into deep-rooted stuff, after all.

Prompts List

Write a letter to them

Why and when where you born? What is it that you seek? Why do you want this or think this way?

Why are we clashing so much? What boundaries do we need to set? What can I do to help you? How are you limiting me and how can I continue moving forward without ignoring you?

What is this thought/feeling trying to tell me? What do I actually want? How do I want to picture my future and how could this affect that? What can we do to get the best possible outcome? Set a list of goals and systems to work on them

What beliefs have you built? Which ones made you grow this big? What needs to be undone or reconstructured? How can we do that? Challenge established thoughts and beliefs

What triggers you and makes you stronger? How does that feel and what do I feel like I lose or gain in those moments? What would be a healthier way to deal with that? What outcome am I aiming for?

How can I better compromise with myself to take steps into the future I want? How does the first step into that look like? What can I do or should I keep in mind whenever I find it hard to commit to the new habit?

take care and stay hydrated ! 🌠