May Journaling Prompts

Questions and answers from our future self when the present seems too daunting.

from “write to heal,” my 30 day workbook. I’ll be committing to this practice for the month of May, if you’re needing a reset and focused inspiration join me below.

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Somehow, another month has passed.

And once again, I am reminded I cannot escape time.

This is comforting in a lot of ways. For example, in seasons like now, when I am experiencing a lot of physical and emotional challenges, and all I want is for this part to be in the past. For this time to be over. For it to be after the messy part when things don't hurt quite so much.

Other times, time passing so quickly terrifies me, as if I'm running out of it. As if it's slipping through my fingers. As if I've wasted it or somehow or don't have enough of it.

I know it's not either or. And I know that time is this sort of strange concept that we've placed measurements on, when in reality it doesn't exist in bottles or boundaries. It just is, like all things.

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Thinking about this month's journaling prompts I wanted to imagine what my future self might need from me now.

But when I did that, all I could think was how much my right now needed something from my future self. And so instead of writing for my future, I wrote for my now. I asked myself questions like, “how did you get through this time?” and, “what did you do that made things just a little bit easier?” and, “who did you reach out for, and who showed up?”

I imagined myself one month from now: looking back and asking, as if the time had already passed. I'm sharing with you these journaling prompts now, in hopes that perhaps they help you and your present self.

If you’d like to join me, my journaling exercise is below.

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