How to Discover Your Core Values Through Journaling
Gain more self-awareness through journaling as you discover your core values using guided prompts and proven journaling techniques for finding purpose.
There’s a reason you feel scattered when making big life decisions. When you haven’t defined your core values, every opportunity feels both right and wrong at the same time. But here’s a truth that might surprise you: you don’t need therapy, a mentor, or a life coach to figure it out.
All you need is a values journal, a quiet space, and the willingness to be radically honest with yourself.
This is about alignment.
Let’s unpack exactly how journaling helps define your values, how to use daily journaling for self discovery, and why a self discovery journal is your most underrated life tool.
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According to psychologists, expressive writing (even for just 15 minutes a day) can reduce anxiety, regulate cortisol levels, and even boost immunity. That’s because writing activates your prefrontal cortex, the part of your brain responsible for emotional regulation.
Translation? You stop spiraling. You start seeing patterns. You feel less like you’re drowning in your thoughts and more like you’re directing them.
And the best part? You can do it for free, anytime, anywhere, with just a pen, paper, and a few curated self care journal prompts.