Multi-Dimensional: Reflections from my last version

My birthday is this week, and as I prepare to turn another year older, I can’t help but reflect on the moments and lessons this year has brought.

This week’s prompts are inspired by experiences and reflections from the past version of me.

Below are 6 journal prompts for you to explore, one for each dimension of your perspective.

 


 

Personal History

The older I get, the more my parents' decisions and lives begin to make sense. Each year brings new fragments, new lessons, and new understandings, gradually shaping a fuller picture.

Is there a decision from your parents' lives that you’ve come to understand in a new way?

 

Environment

Optimizing the mental environment you occupy is just as important as optimizing the physical one.

This year, I've focused a great deal on creating a safe space to express myself freely within the walls of my own mind.

How to you cultivate a healthy mental environment?

 

Beliefs

Without a doubt, this has been the biggest shift I've ever felt from one year of life to another. I can feel my mind expanding with new understandings in almost every area of life—from the way I see the world to how I view family, work, friendships, time, mortality, and more. What I once believed to be true is evolving. My perspective is actively changing.

Have you ever experienced a time in your life when you felt this too? When was it, and how did your beliefs change?

 

Emotions

The ability to feel is not a liability—it is the most sacred part of this whole experience. True wisdom emerges from leaning into your emotions, not fighting against them.

Your emotions are part of a roadmap leading you back to the truth of who you are, and the person you wish to become.

How have your emotions led you to a deeper understanding of yourself?

 

Relationships

In October of last year, a friend I knew from college passed away.

As we all gathered to celebrate his life and remember him, I overheard several people around me saying things like,

"I hope he knew what an impact he made on my life."
"I hope he knew how important he was to me."
"I hope he knew how much we cared about him."
"I hope he knew how loved he was."

Hearing those words over and over made me realize—how often do we assume that the people in our lives already know how we feel? How many times have we left our love for them unspoken, believing they just understand?

If there's one lesson I've chosen to carry with me from this experience, it's this: Don't just hope people know. Tell them.

Life is too short not to love loudly.

Tell people how much they mean to you while you still have the chance.

Make sure they know.

When was the last time you told someone how much they mean to you?

 

Identity

"Come back home to me."

This thought has replayed in my mind often over the past year.

In pursuit of my dreams and the journey of becoming, I’ve spent most of my time looking ahead. While the future holds endless possibilities, the keys to creating what I truly desire lies behind me.

The purest expression of who we are resides in the earliest versions of ourselves.

Think of little you. What did they dream of? What did they desire? What made them happy? Where did their imagination take them?

 

P.S. It's been exactly 1 year and 8 days since I began the "100 days of questions" series on Instagram. I remember exactly where I sat as I recorded Day 10 on my birthday last year. It still amazes me how quickly time passes and how fast life can change.

As I write this, my heart is full of gratitude. Thank you for making this year of life so special. The creation of DIMENSIONS wouldn't have been possible without you.

Ubuntu. I am, because we are.

 

Until next week,

Sadie Sanchez
Author of
DIMENSIONS

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