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30 journaling questions for greater clarity

Choose one question. Start with ten honest minutes.

How to use these questions

Choose one question, set aside ten minutes and write without trying to produce polished prose. You may skip a question, stop or return later. Your notes can remain entirely private.

Your 30 questions

  1. What is on my mind?
  2. What do I know for sure?
  3. What am I only assuming?
  4. What do I wish for?
  5. What do I need today?
  6. What would I like to keep?
  7. What would I like to do less?
  8. When do I feel alive?
  9. What do I do out of habit?
  10. Which conversation am I postponing?
  11. What is within my control?
  12. What is outside my control?
  13. Where do I need a boundary?
  14. What would I like to say yes to?
  15. What drains my energy?
  16. What supports me?
  17. Which role do I often play?
  18. Does that role still fit?
  19. What would I tell a friend?
  20. Where could I accept help?
  21. Which expectation is truly mine?
  22. What would I like to learn?
  23. What may remain imperfect?
  24. What small pleasure do I miss?
  25. What have I already tried?
  26. What did I learn?
  27. What other perspective is possible?
  28. What is one small experiment?
  29. When will I try it?
  30. How will I know whether it helped?

Finish with something specific

Underline one sentence. Complete: “What I want to take into this week is …” You may also decide that you are not ready to act. Keep the note and read it again in a week.