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Journaling prompts to feel better, stay on track, and move towards your goals
Use your journal to support self-love. Stop repeating self-loathe.

I have a journaling routine since I am 14 years old. But it took me a long time, before I actually understood how to use writing in my own favor. When I read my old diaries, all I want to do is to hug my younger self and say I am sorry: On endless pages I repeated and thus re-enacted my own misery. I covered pages with hate speech addressing my own body. I talked myself down until I believed it was my own fault for being in an abusive relationship. I felt and wrote like a victim of all the injustice in the world.
20 years later I am very glad that I am still journaling, but thank-God the content is completely different. I dived into the self-help and personal development world. I tried different writing approaches. Now I journal to boost my self-confidence. I formulate goals — and also achieve them.
To speed up your love for journaling (aka the love for yourself), let me share some writing gems:
My Perfect Day
Open your journal and start writing about your perfect day. Use present tense, as if you are already experiencing your most wonderful dreams. Be accurate and detailed: How does your day start…