Discover Your True Self: Journal Prompts For Living Unapologetically | Victoria Jenn
Are you struggling with finding your purpose? Do you want to identify your passion, but unsure where to start? If you’re looking to reinvent yourself, the journal prompts in this episode will help you unleash the badass the lives within you.
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Hey guys, welcome back to Banking on Cultura. I am your host Victoria Jenn Rodriguez with another solo episode. And today I want to talk about some of the journal entries that are keeping me afloat that have me really thinking critically about where I am in my life right now and also have been shared with me that I think would be really helpful for all of you. If you have your notebook, have your pen, this is your time to make sure that you gather it all up because I want you to take note of these journal entries and answer them with your glass of wine when you are, you know, hanging out on a Saturday after you clean the house on a Sunday when nobody's at the house. Whatever it is, whenever you have a moment to yourself, I I want you to respond to these journal entries. And I'm going to share why I think these entries are important and what they have forced me to think about, right? Really challenged me to to think about. So, let's get into the first entry.
Oh, this is a good one. So the first one is, what would you do if no one was watching? What would you do if no one was watching? If you didn't have to worry about how you look on social media? If you didn't have to think about anyone else's opinion. If you didn't have to think about your family questioning your decisions. If you didn't have to consider anyone else's thoughts in what you are doing with your life, what would you be doing if no one was watching? And this actually this entry I got from one of the uh retreats that I went on. So last year I went on a few retreats. Uh, I actually spent my 40th birthday in Costa Rica at a spiritual retreat and then I went on another retreat to Bali uh to bring in the new year uh in January 2024. And one of the amazing facilitators of those retreats, um, shout out to Maddie and Luna, gave this journal entry and I was like, "Huh, what would I do if no one was watching?" And it took me a minute to respond to it because so much of what I do do today comprises of people watching. Like I want people to watch. I want people to tune in. I want people to engage. I want them to see me, right? A a big part of the work that I do requires people to see me, right? But what would I do if no one was watching? And I'm not talking about like picking your nose or picking a wedgie, y'all. I want you to think deeper about this. Like, what would you do if you didn't have to consider anyone else's opinion, right? And what would you do if you were just given permission to to creatively do whatever the hell you wanted to do? Okay, that's the first entry.
Next journal entry is, "If you had a magic wand, what would your life look like right now?" If you had a magic wand, what would your life look like right now? So, for me, if I had a magic wand, I would definitely bring back my mom. My mom passed away a few years ago, and I miss her. so so much. And as I get older, I actually yearn for her presence even more. There's so many stories that I want to tell her and that I want her feedback on and just to listen to her laughter. So, I would do that. If I had a magic wand, I would also um you know what's I would also if I had a magic wand, I was going to say if I had a magic wand, I would move my dad in with me, but then I thought to myself, Victoria, you can do that. You can do that. And I guess that's the point of this journal entry, outside of obviously bringing my mom back cuz that I don't have control over. But when you write down your responses to this entry, think about the things that you're listing and how much control you have of actually making those things a reality, right? Like moving my dad in is a reality. I can make that happen tomorrow, but we'll be we'll be tight on space. So it wouldn't be the most ideal scenario, but I want you to reflect on the things that you are writing that you aspire to have if you had this magic wand and if they are actually in your control to make it happen.
Next journal prompt. What is one thing you can commit to every day that will bring you a step closer to a goal that scares the [ __ ] out of you? Oo, this is a good one. What is one thing you can commit to every day that will bring you a step closer to a goal that scares the [ __ ] out of you? Why is this prompt important? This prompt is important because some of our goals are so outrageous and so ambitious and that is a beautiful thing. But because they are so big and seem so far-fetched or out of reach, we procrastinate or we allow fear to take over and we just decide like, "Oh no, that's just too much of a big dream. Like, I'm not even going to pursue it at all." We get overwhelmed. We have anxiety, stress, all the things and it just keeps us stuck. So, what is that one thing that you can do every day to get you closer and closer to that big audacious goal that you have? Because if you're able to commit to that one small thing, you are triggering your brain to say, "Oh, wow. this actually can be a reality and I'm making progress towards reaching this goal that scares the [ __ ] out of me.
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And this is not so much a journal entry, but but really an exercise for you. So, I want you to track your time for one week. Just commit to one week. And when I say track your time, I mean literally every single thing that you are doing for every single minute of the day. If you go to the bathroom, track it. If you have a meeting, track it. If you are on the phone for 10 minutes, track it. Okay? I want you to track every single thing that you are doing for one week. And then I want you to look at how you allocated your time and ask yourself if you have time to focus on your dreams. One of the main excuses I get from women when it comes from starting or scaling up their business or doing something that really scares them or doing something that is really challenging and hard is they say they don't have the time. they don't have the time and I always push back and be like really you don't got the time and then I tell them to tell me how they are spending their time and we discover together that in fact they do have the time they are just not allocating the time to doing that thing that they want to do but emotionally they're like right so track your time for a whole week and then I want you to get real with yourself and see like do you actually have no time or is it that you are not spending your time wisely and with intention?
Next journal entry. What does happiness mean to you? What does it look like and what does it feel like? And I want you to challenge yourself to keep anything that you've seen recently because naturally, you know, our natural go-to will be something that we had just seen or something we had just experienced and we'll use that as kind of like our defining definition of what happiness is and what it should look like. I want you to try and eliminate all of that and sit down and critically think about what is it that makes you happy, what brings you joy, what makes you smile, what makes you feel alive, what makes you excited about life. And even if you're in a black hole and you might be depressed right now or you're in a funk, there has to be something that is allowing you to keep going. Maybe it's breakfast, maybe it's a bagel, right? Maybe it's your cafecito that you have in the morning. What is it? Write it down. Right? What does happiness mean to you? What does it look like? What does it feel like? Okay.
Next. If money wasn't an issue, what would you do for work? This is a spicy one. If money wasn't an issue, what would you do for work? Why is this important? This is important because so many of us are living lives just keeping up with the Joneses. Like, we're literally just keeping up with the Joneses. We we we don't know what we really care about, what we value. We are just kind of in the routine of things, right? In the routine of things. And we pursue what we believe is going to give us peace, is going to give us happiness, is going to give us freedom. Because many of us attach all of those things to having money in our bank account, right? But I want you to really critically think about what you would do if money wasn't an option. Like if money, if you had all the money in the world, what would you do for work? And what that will reveal to you is what you should actually work towards in some way or fashion. Maybe it's you being a philanthropist and you want to give back. Okay, if that's something you would do when money was an option and you would volunteer all day, well, maybe you need to start spending more time volunteering, right? If you would be an artist because you love to paint abstract, right? You love to create these abstract portraits that mean something to you, but from the outside it looks like a whole bunch of just paint splattered on a wall. I always think about that when I go to museums. I'm like, "These people get paid how much for this." But anywho, that's a separate conversation. But the point is, if that is what brings you joy, figure out how to do more of that and figure out how to make a life around that because life is meant to be lived, darling. And it is meant to be lived happy, right?
All right. Last and final prompt. And this one is a little gloomy, but again, the purpose of these journal prompts is to challenge you, is for you to think differently about life and for you to get real with yourself, right? Get real with yourself. So, the final journal prompt, guys, is if your life ended tomorrow, what would you regret not doing? If your life ended tomorrow, what would you regret not doing? And when you identify those things and write them down, I challenge you to take action. To take action, to take action. I was listening to a podcast earlier today and they had said that the graveyard is the wealthiest real estate in the world and it is because so many people die with the richness of their dreams. So if you were no longer here, what would you regret not doing?
Okay guys, I hope you find these journal entries helpful. I would love love love for you to share with me on social media at I am Victoria Jen or at Banking on Cultura if you are open to sharing it with me. I would love to read your entries and uh share and all the things. So, let me know if you think this was helpful to you guys and of course, please share it on social media with me so that we can have a conversation about it. All right, guys. Thank you so much for tuning in and I will see you on the next episode. Hey guys, if you enjoyed this video, I'm pretty sure you're going to love the next one. So, make sure to click right here and tap in to the next episode.