So Mondays on Hijas Americanas are dedicated to reflection, self-awareness, self-esteem, identity (because all those things play into becoming our fully realized best selves; beautiful ‘us’es if you will). I periodically like to share journaling prompts with you that I am using with my workshops or on my own and thought I would share this series of 10 questions with you that I put together for a workshop I do on writing This I Believe statements (from the popular NPR series). If you are a journaler, perhaps you’ll print these out and do them on your own. Or perhaps– even if you aren’t a journaler- you’ll share an answer or two of yours here. A few of mine are below.
I live in a world where…
Sometimes I feel like…
I believe I have to…
I’ve always been…
I’m excited by…
When I’m feeling good, I … find that it’s because I am making good choices about what I’m eating. Food, it seems for me, is medicine. Knowing this, however, doesn’t make it any easier to make the choices that my body responds well to all of the time.
When I’m feeling bad, I…
What worries you?
What do you like to do? My favorite thing of all time to do? Sit in the midst of a lapping wave at the beach reading.
What do you do best? Probably believing in myself that I’ll be okay and that I can tackle what’s before me even if the way I tackle it isn’t the most perfect or brilliant way ever.
* Photo courtesy of Jill Williams.
I believe I ….have to be SKINNY to finally get the “atta girl” from my dad I have always longed for…
I believe I….am sometimes afraid to start really loosing weight, because I don’t want the possibility that he may just never say it.
What worries you?….husband’s deployment
I am excited by…my children, the possibility of going back to Ethiopia in Sept…and new projects!