I want to start Journaling but i am struggling where to start. It would help if i have some self-reflective questions that i can ask myself at the end of or/and at the begging of the day

Here some of my ideas

  • What are your To-Do Lists for the day?
  • Any significant dreams?
  • Had any astounding revelations?
  • How do you feel?
  • spinnetrouble@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    • What was the most interesting (or confounding) thing you saw today?

    • If you lived a picture-perfect life, what important value(s) do you hold that you would find it easier to express than you do now? What would expressing them look like?

    • What embarrassing thing that happened 10 years ago are you ready to let go of today?

  • SkaraBrae@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    If I don’t have anything specific I want to write about then I usually start with something mundane that I observed, or that I did. It often evolves into something profound. I have found that what I initially think is mundane is usually something that I have a programmed response to, or is an unchallenged preconception. And when it doesn’t turn into something more, at least it’s a record of my day-to-day.

    Sometimes when I think I have nothing to write about I end up with 4-5 pages!

  • hallettj@leminal.spaceEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I sometimes follow suggestions I remember from Cortex’ Theme System Journal. Those were daily reflections on something I’m looking forward to, and something I’m grateful for. I think it was looking forward for the morning entry, and grateful for the evening entry - but I’m not positive which way around it was.

    But most of the time what I write is 1-3 things I want to get done during the day.

  • Malle_Yeno@pawb.social
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    11 days ago

    My journalling is part of me letting go or managing worries, among other things. So if you’re specifically doing a practice like worry time, then you could prompt for

    • what is making you feel anxious?
    • when you felt anxious, how did you know?
    • what are you thinking about when you’re not busy?
    • is there anything you know you have to do but aren’t doing?
    • do you know why you’re not doing something?
    • what do you think would wrap things up perfectly, if perfect could just happen?
    • what do you wish for?
    • hallettj@leminal.spaceEnglish
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      11 days ago

      Makes a lot of sense! This reminds me of the “mood logging” idea that I think comes from cognitive behavioral therapy

  • TAG@lemmy.world
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    11 days ago

    I am using journaling to help combat depression and I pick one (or more) of the following, depending on what I did that day:

    • What are some things that I accomplished today? It does not have to be significant things, just things, no matter how small, even if it is just a step in a larger process.
    • Was there a time today that I felt a social connection, like a good conversation or a shared activity?
    • What is something I did that was fun?
    • What am I looking forward to?

    Overall, I only spend a couple minutes each day on it, but the process of thinking about what to write down lets me end each day feeling good about something.