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JOURNAL PROMPT #1: WHAT IS ONE CONSISTENT PRACTICE YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THROUGH THIS QUARANTINE?

Hello everyone, I wanted to start a new project in this time that I believe would help the most to reach others with. I want to make my own journal prompts for people to view and to hopefully write to. I would love to see any responses if anyone feels comfortable to share, there is no pressure at all, just love. I've always had a comfort in writing and the connectedness I feel when I write something not only for others to view by for myself to reflect on. I hope that throughout these weekly journal prompts it will ease a bit of the quarantine tension and unite us through writing. With each journal prompt I make I will be responding to my own prompt to give others a view of what I personally think at the time.  My Response: The one consistent practice that I've been trying to do is at least write once a day. Whether that be in my planner or if I just write out a whole letter to someone to give later on. I want to be able to keep my spirits high by at least writin
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Coping With Isolation

I hope everyone's doing well with all that is going on. I'm sure one day we will all be able to engage in the lives we once had before any of this happened. But for now all that we can do is keep ourselves afloat and balanced. How do you cope with isolation? How are these times treating you? Are you doing stuff you love? Stuff you wished you had more time for and now that you do are you trying to take advantage of it? One of my loves has always been writing because it's my form of expression, I think sometimes written words convey a lot more of my emotions than when I say them out loud. And throughout this time I've been at least trying to incorporate writing, and I've started to write letters to my friends. My friend reached out to me recently and asked if I wanted her to write me a letter, and honestly words can't describe just how giddy I felt in that moment. Of course I would agree to it, why haven't I done this sooner? Why are we not connecting like
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Huntington Library Date

This past Sunday, i had the pleasure of taking my boyfriend to the Huntington Library for his Christmas gift. He's never been there but i have, only once though and that was a while back. It was lovely that day, it was nice and chilly but still sunny. We only had about 3 hours to spare though because we got there a little bit later, but it ended up being just fine because we were able to see the gardens we wanted to see. I took about 3 photos, and just soaked in the overall memories of what happened that day.  This photo was by the Chinese garden area, and it was a little pond area filled with koi fishes.  This was taken over at the Japanese garden, they had beautiful trees and beautiful bamboo sticks, this tree stuck out to me because it was filled with so many yellow leaves, below it was a pile of yellow leaves that had fallen.  And this photo was taken near the entrance/ exit to the overall botanical garden, I don't recall the statues name, but it was be
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Learning To Be Assertive

I've always been more on the passive side, and i think it's due to my upbringing. Each experience i've experienced has leaned me to become more passive rather than aggressive. I love my sensitivity and i love the strengths i have with being a bit more passive,  but there's definitely a line that needs to be drawn to where no one could also take advantage of me. So just recently i was confronted with the idea of being more assertive as it would help out in my career but it'd also help out in my overall daily life. I need to be able to step back and analyze my conscious decisions of always saying yes to people. I want to stop that initial thought of saying yes just because i'd like to help out, i know my intentions are good and what my truest form is, i'm a helper, naturally i like to exist and participate with anything i can. I would like to even mention that at times i can switch and become this leader, an advocate who wants to speak out for things i'
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Are You Ready For The Holidays?

The Season for Holidays is already here, and to be quite honest i'm not entirely sure i'm ready for it all. Holidays can be either a joy or a stressor for some, but why? Some people are excited for winter to come so they can spend quality time with family and plan for parties while others may find it to be too much to handle and worry about their own finances. Right now i'm experiencing a little bit of both, i'm stressed out with the time we're currently in because it's time that finals are coming around the corner and i'm also planning out gifts for everyone. Luckily most of my shopping is done already but there's still a few that i need to give gifts for. My life has been a little bit busier now so managing time for the holidays would be something i need to do for myself and for others around me. I hope everyone has a stress free holiday season. I'd like to share a helpful video to you all in time for the Holiday Season
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How Do You Get Rid Of Shame And Guilt?

So a lot has been racing through my mind... a lot of feelings of shame and guilt really. I wasn't able to get a therapy session in for this week due to my schedule and now i have to wait until the 21st in order to go. It's not that bad, but it made me realize just how much therapy really helps me as something to go to as a habit for myself and my own health. I can't let go of this feeling of shame i have with myself, it's something i feel in the moment and it fades away and comes back again just to spite me. Guilt is my enemy, it's not me. I should have no guilt because as a child i did nothing wrong, so why do i still have this feeling within me? I don't know why, it just happens to be like i'm never truly contempt with myself... there's always something to perfect.. and it gets tiring trying to be this ideal version of yourself when in the back of your brain all you have is guilt and shame waiting for you, seeking that release from within, waiting fo
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Potential Date

This Saturday i might be going on a date! I'm really excited and of course nervous, this guy is really nice and seems really genuine so of course i hope the date turns out well and even if it doesn't then it's an experience to grow from. I went to see my therapist yesterday and i talked to him about my date, what he does, some traits of his and one that i personally really like about him is that he's driven and passionate for his craft, i find that really attractive overall. It was nice talking to my therapist about how Saturday could potentially go, and he seemed proud of me and also excited for me in terms of change and the way that i'm growing from these past experiences. I hope that whatever i gain from this that i'll know that i at least tried something new again. I also talked to my therapist about the "period of time" once should date after being in a previous relationship and he told me the way i was going about it was fine as long as i don&
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