Reflection sentence starters

In the past when I have used reflective prompts to trigger critical thought, I have struggled to regurgitate my thoughts onto paper. It is hard starting a sentence about your thoughts and can be incredibly overwhelming. So I thought that I would just list a few sentence starters that I often use when I am journaling about work, but which can also be used for personal reflection.

11/3/20241 min read

1. Today....has inspired me to...

2. I can't help but be curious about...

3. There are a lot of ways to …that I...

4. What I like about my job is that …

5. Most of what I’ve reflected on lately....

6. There is one thing that bugs me about…

7. I’m thoroughly impressed with …

8. What I thought to try ...

9. If I really want to make a difference then …

10. There are many proven strategies that I …

11. How do I know that...

12. A different perspective that I have on this is …

13. One of the earliest lessons I learned about …

14. Change is a process that I...

15. I have I never considered...before...because...

16. What can I do next time if...

17. I’m not sure if....