Have you ever looked up the meaning of your name? Well, someone put a lot of thought into the name you were given and maybe you’ve never thought about what the meaning of it is. This doesn’t mean you need to google yourself to see how many times it’s listed or what “dirt” you come up with, but what does your name mean.

There are 24 hours to choose from, which for some could be too much to bear. What is your favorite time of day? Or do you even have one?

What does the word restriction mean to you and how does it make you feel?

When are you a leader? When do you follow? Can you go with the flow? Which of these makes you feel the most discomfort and why?

What does Friday mean to you?

Look back and read what you’ve written since Prompt #1. How does it make you feel and why?

What thoughts are you looping? Are they consuming your day? Your energy? Your outcomes? Your chance to move forward? It’s time to get them all out.

Looking back at your entry from Prompt #7 - What thoughts are you looping? Are they consuming your day? Your energy? Your outcomes? Your chance to move forward? It’s time to get them all out. - What do you think causes you to hold onto those looping thoughts, expectations, and judgements?

Looking back at your entry from Prompt #7 - What thoughts are you looping? Are they consuming your day? Your energy? Your outcomes? Your chance to move forward? It’s time to get them all out. - Which one of the looping thoughts do you want to let go of most and why?

Thinking about what you want to let go of, what role did you play in creating the situation? Not what anyone else did just focus on you.

Just when we think we’re over something we get triggered and then we tend to jump right back into looping thoughts leading us to create so many different scenarios of what could or should’ve happened.

What would you do if you no longer spend time thinking about all of your looping thoughts, and released expectations and judgements? And how would you feel?

It’s time to write a letter to the looping thought, expectation, and judgement that you no longer want to hold on to - Thank it for showing you how strong you are and let it know that it’s no longer needed in your life.

What do you love about yourself? Mind, Body, and Soul.

Remember, these prompts are all about you, not what others think of you or what you want others to think about you but what and how you feel about yourself.

Define what a Should Shield looks and feels like to you.

I define a Should Shield as the shoulds stacked against us, and the shoulds we stack against others.

Make a list of the “Should Shields” stacked against you.

Remember how you defined your what your Should Shield looks and feels like? Now tap into your definition and list what is it that you feel is stacked against you and maybe who do you feel is stacking them?

Make a list of the “Should Shields” you stack against others.

Ouch, this one might make you sweat! Should Shields are a two way street. We give some, we get some.

It’s a fact of life. But if we’re going to shine the light on what we feel others are stacking against us, then we need to get honest about what we’re stacking against others.

Prompts #15, 16, and 17 had you defining what a “Should Shield” looks like, and what it feels like to give and receive. Now take a moment, even read through what you wrote, think about what you would feel like, how would you behave, act/react, and live without the many “Should Shields” that surround you.

Go through an entire day with no “Should Shields,” either giving or receiving. Describe the experience of the day and how did it make you feel?

It sounds easier said than done. Here are some examples of Should Shields (SS) - SS that you might give yourself, SS that we might give to our kids, and SS that you might feel from someone else.

Define the word Expectation and what it means to you.

Keep it real on this one. Don’t let illusions take you down a rabbit hole.