Self-Reflection and Introspection Questions
Part 1 – The Past
1. What is the bravest thing I have done this year?
2. What have I already accomplished that I am proud of?
3. If I could turn back time, what would I do differently? Why?
4. Which things felt important to me ten or five years ago that no longer matter now?
5. What thing/action/event had a profound effect on me this year?
Part 2 – The Present
1. What do I love about my life?
2. What season of life am I in right now?
3. How have I stepped outside my comfort zone this year?
4. What am I most grateful for this year?
5. How do I spend my spare time? How would I like to spend it?
Part 3 – The Future
1. Give your future self advice.
2. What worries me most about the future?
3. What is going to bring me joy this week/month/year?
4. If I continue doing what I am doing now, where will I be in 2 years?
5. What about the future am I most excited for?
Part 4 –
1. Have I made someone smile today?
2. Make a list of 20 things that make me smile.
3. Am I employing a healthy perspective?
4. Am I living true to myself?
5. Am I using my time wisely?
6. What keeps me grounded?
7. Who am I, really?
8. I feel happiest in my skin when...?
9. If not now, when?
10. Why do I matter?
11. Using 10 words, describe yourself.
12. Write the words you want to hear.
13. What is life asking of me?
14. What is enough for me?
15. What does success look like to me?
16. What am I really scared of? How do I stop that fear from paralysing me?
17. What is holding me back? Why? How can I deal with that?
18. What does unconditional love look like to me?
19. What is my greatest strength and greatest weakness?
20. Am I as confident as I would like to be?
21. What have I learned about myself this year?
22. When was the last time I cried and why?
23. What do I find myself complaining the most about?
24. My theme for this year was [insert theme or goals you wanted to meet]. How did I
contribute/achieve that to that?
25. Make a list of everything you would like to say no to.
26. Make a list of everything you would like to say yes to.
27. What thoughts distract me when I am trying to sleep?
28. When I am upset or feeling dejected, what are the first thoughts that pop into my head?
Do I need to change that?
29. What is my relationship with sex like?
30. What feelings/mood and/or sentiment do I most associate with being alone or being by
myself? Is that something that needs to change?
31. When I am in pain— physical, emotional or otherwise— what is the kindest thing I can
do for myself? How often do I do that?
32. What is the most negative thought I have about myself? What would the positive
version of that be?
33. What am I conflicted about? Can we solve it?
34. What confrontations, if any am I avoiding?
35. When all is said and done, what will I have said more than done?
36. If I try to fail but succeed instead, what have I done?
37. How will I live, knowing I will die?
38. How do I think my exposure to digital media spaces has affected my behaviour,
perspective and approach to things? Is it something we need to change?
39. What are some of my cognitive biases?
40. What is one topic I need to learn more about to help me live a more fulfilling life?
41. What principal/s do I need to implement/improve on in order to have a more fulfilling
life?
42. If I had more time to do what I loved, what would I be doing [more of]?
43. How can I take better care of myself?
44. How can I show more gratitude?
