Journaling Questions That Can Predict Your Future

Journaling Questions That Can Predict Your Future

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Curious to know your future? What your health, finances and relationships will be like 6 months from now? A year from now? Journaling may be able to give you that answer.

I call it “Trajectory Journaling” and it’s a lovely combination of mindfulness and math. Basically, I’m going to teach you how to run a trajectory.    

Did I lose you at the word “trajectory?” (smile) Hang in there. I promise it’s easy.

One of the ways you can predict your future is by looking at points of time in your past. It creates a graph-like pattern that is going up, going down, or staying the same. 

Are you still with me?

 I do this exercise about once a year to show me where I’m heading. Sometimes I get so “lost in the weeds” that I can’t see the big picture. This journaling exercise shows you the big picture.

When you look deeply at how things were in your life… 

12 months ago, 

6 months ago,  

and now… 

you begin to see a pattern. 

And based on that pattern, you can predict what your life is going to be like…

6 months in the future, and

a year in the future.  

If things have been going up in your life, odds are, things will continue to go up. And if things have been going down, odds are that things will continue to go down. UNLESS you introduce a change. This is where your power lies. Your ability to make changes in your life. 

Want to give it a try? It’s a powerful exercise. You don’t always like what you see, but one of the things I like best about being a journaler, is that we aren’t afraid to take an honest look at ourselves. I think it’s one of our finest qualities.

So grab your journal and pen and take a journey into the past and into the future. Here are the questions to ask yourself. You can look at whatever areas of your life that you want.

Q: How was my — health/finances/marriage/friendships/business/happiness — a year ago? 

A: 

Q: How was my — health/finances/marriage/friendships/business/happiness —  6 months ago?

A: 

Q: How is my — health/finances/marriage/friendships/business/happiness —  now?

A:

Based on the pattern I see… 

Q: What do I think my — health/finances/marriage/friendships/business/happiness —  will be like 6 months from now?

A: 

Q: What do I think my — health/finances/marriage/friendships/business/happiness —  will be like a year from now?

A:

Q: Do I like what I see?

A:

Q: Do I want to make any changes? How do I predict these changes will affect my future?

A:

It’s as easy as that. You have now mastered the art of Trajectory Journaling.

This is Rebecca @ Journaling.com, 

sending you time, patience, clarity, and creativity.

I love hearing from you, so hit reply and tell me what you discovered from this exercise.

P.S. Here are some helpful links:

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