Rowena Tsai | How To Write Your Life Together & Achieve Your Dreams (3 journaling prompts) @rowena | Uploaded March 2018 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
3 Journaling prompts to help get your life together and achieve your goals. Tried and tested by yours truly. I get a little (very) emotional thinking about how far I've come since my days of self-prescribed dark ages. These writing assignments definitely served as major catalysts, though unbeknownst to me at the time, in easing me to brighter, lighter, and greener pastures.
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." If you do one thing this week, take some time to put pen to paper and plant that first dot of a seed.
I hope this was beneficial, and that these prompts help you as much as it did for me ❤️ As with all things in life, especially with something as abstract as finding meaning/yourself, this will take time. But I promise you it'll be worth it.
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Timestamps & Links
0:00 Intro
⭐ [0:26 - 2:29] Overview of 3 prompts + tears lol
➊ [2:29 - 4:16] Writing your own eulogy
⇨ Article: To Be Happier, Start Thinking More About Your Death (NYTimes) http://nyti.ms/2CMaCdi
⇨ Prompt: Write your own eulogy—can't seem to find the original article so I'll type it out below.
⭐ [6:07 - 7:14] Importance of setting intentions
➋ [7:14 - 9:22] Expressive writing + context of what I wrote
⇨ Prompt: (Psychology Today) bit.ly/2d0RDPu
⇨ Research: Writing about emotions may ease stress and trauma (Harvard) bit.ly/2pcMkEC
⇨ Article: Writing to Heal (American Psychological Association) bit.ly/2FPAElA
[9:22 - 11:49] Read through
⇨ Videos: My Story (Youtube playlist) bit.ly/2FGKnr0
➌ [12:23 - 15:43] Identifying what's most important to you
⭐ [15:43 - 16:15] There's not right or wrong way to write
[17:27 - 19:29] Thought bubble writing process
⭐ [19:29 - 20:36] Ending :)
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"Imagine you have to write your own eulogy after you have passed away. You have lived a fulfilling life. Take time for yourself and think back on the life you would have lived. It will help you to consider these questions:
- How would you like to be rememeber after you died?
- What kind of husband/wife or child or parent would you say you were?
- What kind of friend and colleague would you say you were?
- What would you like to have accomplished in your life?
- What is the legacy you would like to leave behind?
- Write down how you would have lived and what you would have done."
•••
Didn't talk about it in this video, but real talk: reconnecting with my spiritual belief was what really gave me hope in myself and the world when I had none, and guidance when I was aimlessly drifting.
If you’re curious:
⇨ My spiritual practice, Falun Dafa bit.ly/2z49zqz
⇨ If you're interested in reading more, start with this to get an understanding of what qigong entails bit.ly/2u8DXOC
⇨ The main text we read is Zhuan Falun* bit.ly/2t48xJP
*Best to read start to finish in the shortest time possible for the highest benefit.
⇨ If you want to learn more about Falun Dafa and qigong, check out local contacts in your area - there are practitioners globally and in most big enough-ish cities: bit.ly/2E0PL6S
⇨ My friend Chris over at China Uncensored made an incredibly informative video on what Falun Dafa is and why it's being persecuted in China (YT video): bit.ly/2CR9yZQ
•••
Equipment:
⇨ Camera: amzn.to/2khCf7V
⇨ Tripod: amzn.to/2sPRaIu
⇨ Edit: Final Cut Pro X
•••
Don't be a stranger ♡
⇨ Instagram: instagram.com/rowenatsai
⇨ Business: rowena@rowenatsai.com
⇨ 💌: rowenatsai@gmail.com
🎙 Voice Hugs podcast:
⇨ Spotify open.spotify.com/show/5IlF8gTgHi8tf2hVDvd19e?si=f7c0a2f554114f3a&nd=1
⇨ Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/voice-hugs/id1601536900
✳️ My favorite productivity app: try.sunsama.com/rowena
📬 My favorite email app: superhuman.sjv.io/WD2jde
OUR NEW JEWELRY LINE w/ Ana Luisa:
✿ analuisa.pxf.io/c/2199166/1646421/17411
3 Journaling prompts to help get your life together and achieve your goals. Tried and tested by yours truly. I get a little (very) emotional thinking about how far I've come since my days of self-prescribed dark ages. These writing assignments definitely served as major catalysts, though unbeknownst to me at the time, in easing me to brighter, lighter, and greener pastures.
"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." If you do one thing this week, take some time to put pen to paper and plant that first dot of a seed.
I hope this was beneficial, and that these prompts help you as much as it did for me ❤️ As with all things in life, especially with something as abstract as finding meaning/yourself, this will take time. But I promise you it'll be worth it.
•••
Timestamps & Links
0:00 Intro
⭐ [0:26 - 2:29] Overview of 3 prompts + tears lol
➊ [2:29 - 4:16] Writing your own eulogy
⇨ Article: To Be Happier, Start Thinking More About Your Death (NYTimes) http://nyti.ms/2CMaCdi
⇨ Prompt: Write your own eulogy—can't seem to find the original article so I'll type it out below.
⭐ [6:07 - 7:14] Importance of setting intentions
➋ [7:14 - 9:22] Expressive writing + context of what I wrote
⇨ Prompt: (Psychology Today) bit.ly/2d0RDPu
⇨ Research: Writing about emotions may ease stress and trauma (Harvard) bit.ly/2pcMkEC
⇨ Article: Writing to Heal (American Psychological Association) bit.ly/2FPAElA
[9:22 - 11:49] Read through
⇨ Videos: My Story (Youtube playlist) bit.ly/2FGKnr0
➌ [12:23 - 15:43] Identifying what's most important to you
⭐ [15:43 - 16:15] There's not right or wrong way to write
[17:27 - 19:29] Thought bubble writing process
⭐ [19:29 - 20:36] Ending :)
•••
"Imagine you have to write your own eulogy after you have passed away. You have lived a fulfilling life. Take time for yourself and think back on the life you would have lived. It will help you to consider these questions:
- How would you like to be rememeber after you died?
- What kind of husband/wife or child or parent would you say you were?
- What kind of friend and colleague would you say you were?
- What would you like to have accomplished in your life?
- What is the legacy you would like to leave behind?
- Write down how you would have lived and what you would have done."
•••
Didn't talk about it in this video, but real talk: reconnecting with my spiritual belief was what really gave me hope in myself and the world when I had none, and guidance when I was aimlessly drifting.
If you’re curious:
⇨ My spiritual practice, Falun Dafa bit.ly/2z49zqz
⇨ If you're interested in reading more, start with this to get an understanding of what qigong entails bit.ly/2u8DXOC
⇨ The main text we read is Zhuan Falun* bit.ly/2t48xJP
*Best to read start to finish in the shortest time possible for the highest benefit.
⇨ If you want to learn more about Falun Dafa and qigong, check out local contacts in your area - there are practitioners globally and in most big enough-ish cities: bit.ly/2E0PL6S
⇨ My friend Chris over at China Uncensored made an incredibly informative video on what Falun Dafa is and why it's being persecuted in China (YT video): bit.ly/2CR9yZQ
•••
Equipment:
⇨ Camera: amzn.to/2khCf7V
⇨ Tripod: amzn.to/2sPRaIu
⇨ Edit: Final Cut Pro X
•••
Don't be a stranger ♡
⇨ Instagram: instagram.com/rowenatsai
⇨ Business: rowena@rowenatsai.com
⇨ 💌: rowenatsai@gmail.com
🎙 Voice Hugs podcast:
⇨ Spotify open.spotify.com/show/5IlF8gTgHi8tf2hVDvd19e?si=f7c0a2f554114f3a&nd=1
⇨ Apple podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/voice-hugs/id1601536900
✳️ My favorite productivity app: try.sunsama.com/rowena
📬 My favorite email app: superhuman.sjv.io/WD2jde
OUR NEW JEWELRY LINE w/ Ana Luisa:
✿ analuisa.pxf.io/c/2199166/1646421/17411
