Somewhere along the way I convinced myself that if something was easy for me, it meant I wasn’t trying hard enough.
I completely overlooked the fact that the things that come naturally to me might not be as easy for others.
To make it even worse, if someone was struggling with something I could do in two minutes, I couldn’t understand why.
I guess this is where the saying “sometimes experts don’t make great teachers” rings true.
I have been desperately trying to force something to work for a few months, and it took one simple comment to shatter the illusion I was building:
“Maybe you need to rethink this if you don’t do it often.”
Thanks, Joe. That comment made something inside me click and changed my life.
The truth is, the things I do regularly are my things for a reason.
They come easy to me because I’ve prioritized them. I’ve chosen to do them often, and honestly, without them I feel incomplete.
That’s how journaling became almost a daily ritual for me.
- The Ritual That Keeps Me Grounded
- The Shattered Myth
- 7 Journaling Prompts to Help You Find Your Thing
- Want More Journaling Prompts?
- Questions You May Have
The Ritual That Keeps Me Grounded
I need to write to declutter my brain.
When life gets busy and my daily writing sessions get delayed for about a week, I feel frazzled. But the moment I open my journal and my pen touches the paper, I feel like I can finally exhale.
I haven’t written about journaling for a while. Honestly, I grew resistant to it because I couldn’t see past the idea of just sharing journaling prompts. There had to be something more I could write about journaling to help people who are struggling to just write.
But now, I see it differently.
Writing about journaling is just like writing in my journal — it’s personal, unfiltered, and true to myself.
The more I share about my 20 plus years of journaling experience, the more I can show how easy journaling should be.
The Shattered Myth
I grew up believing that if I didn’t compete, fight, or struggle for what I wanted, I wouldn’t get it.
And if I did end up getting it without going through those things, it didn’t count as an accomplishment.
That belief shaped my life so much that when things I really wanted just showed up without me trying, I didn’t value them.
I was filtering their worth through my struggle, fight lens.
But the truth is, most of the things I really wanted in life simply just showed up. I had the desire for it, went about my life, and then boom — it appears.
No struggle, no fight, no competition.
I now understand that those things I received without a fight or struggle were meant for me. They were already valuable enough because I desired them, so the way they came shouldn’t matter.
But it did.
I’m happy that’s no longer the case.
I do not have to fight, struggle, or compete to get what I desire, and neither do you.
If you believe something should be yours and you truly desire it, it will be yours. Sometimes it will show up simply by you asking for it, so ask for it.
I know it’s hard to break old habits, but if you’re open to it, you can break every limiting belief you’ve cemented in your brain over time.
To celebrate this breakthrough, I’ve written seven journaling prompts to help you uncover your thing.
7 Journaling Prompts to Help You Find Your Thing
- What is the one thing I must do every single day, no matter how hectic my schedule gets?
- List 5 things I enjoy talking about and why.
- Out of those 5 things, pick one or two I never shut up about
- What do I often catch myself telling strangers to do?
- If I could only do 3 things today, what would they be and why?
- If my best friend gave me their credit card and told me to buy whatever I wanted, what would be my first two purchases and why?
- What’s the one thing that makes me truly feel like myself?
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Questions You May Have
How do I know if something is really “my thing”?
If you keep coming back to it without forcing yourself, that’s a big sign. Your thing usually feels natural, almost effortless, and you’d do it even if nobody ever saw or paid you for it.
What if I don’t feel like I’m good at anything yet?
You must be curious about something, start there. Indulge in what you’re curious about and it will lead you on a journey you probably won’t regret.
How often should I journal to figure it out?
As often as you feel you need to clear your head. If that’s once per day, week or two weeks, go for it. I’d do it more often than monthly because a lot happens in life in 4-5 weeks.
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