Today I am noticing how easy it is to drift through life without ever stopping to ask myself how I am doing. I move from task to task and call it discipline, but half the time it is avoidance. I forget to breathe. I forget to pause. I forget that my emotions matter just as much as everything on my to do list. So this journal entry is me choosing to be present with myself. Not to solve every problem, but to honor what is happening inside me.

As I write, I realize how necessary it is to give myself permission to slow down or get slow. Healing does not happen in pressure. It happens in honesty. There are emotions I have ignored, responsibilities that have drained me, and worries I have carried alone. Writing this down is not weakness. It is release. It is clarity. It is the first step toward understanding myself again. If you are journaling with me, let your words be messy and real. Let them breathe. Let them tell the truth.

Journal Prompts:
1. What emotion am I pretending I am not feeling?
2. What situation took more out of me than I admitted?
3. What would it look like to give myself permission to rest today?

Your journal is not a place to perform. It is a place to exhale.

Return to this prompt whenever you forget to check in with yourself