Welcome back to another week of the Multi-Dimensional Newsletter.
I usually try to keep this space light. My hope is that it feels like an encouraging and introspective pause as you prepare for the week ahead. But I also want it to be a space where we can feel together, where we can release together.
This week was heavy.
Charlie Kirk was assassinated during a campus debate in Utah, just three months after former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman was killed in her own home, another tragic school shooting took place in Colorado, deportation controversies are actively tearing families apart, there is ongoing violence in Gaza and across the Middle East, it was the 24th anniversary of 9/11, and on top of it all, there was a relentless, constant stream of hatred being spread across social media.
This week brought back the same unsettled feeling I remember in 2020, after the death of George Floyd. A world divided. Uncertainty about what’s next. Fear of who to trust. Guilt that we get another night with our loved ones while others do not. And the creeping pessimism that maybe we’ll never return to a shared sense of humanity.
I felt despair. Hopelessness. Restlessness. Fear.
Weeks like this give us perspective on the world we’re living in. The grief, the chaos, the division—it all reminds us that history is still unfolding in front of us, and that the words we write today will one day become the record of how it felt to live through it. Just like Anne Frank’s diary gave us a window into her world, our journals become a reflection of our own time. It is not just about documenting events, it is about capturing the human experience behind them. The fear, the hope, and the questions of who we are and what we stand for.
Below are 6 journal prompts for you to explore, one for each dimension of your perspective.
Personal History
Think of a time in your life where you felt hopeless? How did you see your way through? What gave you hope again?
Environment
What is the climate of the environment around you? Is it hostile, calm, uncertain, etc.?
Beliefs
When you feel a divide, does it make you want to stand up or retreat? Do you believe it is possible to lead the change you wish to see?
Emotions
What emotions did you have the hardest time allowing yourself to feel this week?
Relationships
Do you feel a sense of trust and safety from the people around you?
Identity
When the world feels unstable, what anchors you to who you are?
Until next week,
Sadie Sanchez
Author of DIMENSIONS