Self-Discovery: Baseline
Journaling doesn’t come naturally to most. As a starting point, I would challenge you to start with a baseline for where you are. Something to refer back to. Keep in mind that the answers to these questions are not static answers that you are locking in for a lifetime. It is the baseline for how you feel TODAY. Your answers could change tomorrow. And I hope they do. I hope the way you describe yourself changes, from your perspective and others. I hope your growth leads you to a place that you show yourself grace, compassion and forgiveness and have a difficult time answering #4. I hope the worst thing that ever happened to you becomes one of the best things that ever happened to you in that it fostered change. I hope you release bitterness and victim mindset and start moving forward. I hope you find beauty and understanding in your regrets. Stop thinking in what-ifs and start following where the Spirit leads. I hope you become the most loving version of yourself and become vulnerable enough to ask for the love you need in return. And most of all, I hope you grow to earnestly believe that God has good, good plans for you. Because He does.
If you don’t have a lot of time to dedicate to the below in one sitting, consider answering them one day at a time or do 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10 and then 11, please don’t rush through with short answers. I tend to journal conversationally, as if I were writing someone a letter. The recipient of this gift is future you.
Be messy. Be real. If you don’t feel like you can be your authentic self anywhere else, be that here.1. Describe yourself as you see you.
2. Describe yourself as you believe other people see you.
3. What do you like about yourself?
4. What do you dislike about yourself?
5. What is the best thing that has ever happened to you?
6. What is the worst thing that has ever happened to you?
7. What are your biggest regrets in life - choices made?
8. What are your biggest regrets in life - opportunities missed?
9. How do you show others love?
10. What makes you feel the most loved?
11. Do you believe that God has good plans for you?
This isn’t a dead-end exercise to depress you; we will be getting into all of these questions/answers in more detail and will ultimately use it to kick start what I hope will be a beautiful journey of transformation in your life.
