These journaling prompts are meant to stimulate your own private, interior "discussions with yourself." Your answers are FOR YOUR EYES ONLY. This is meant as a support, to help you deepen your engagement with the material in this week's module. I recommend you read the questions and write on any of them that resonate with you. Feel free to skip the ones that do not resonate with you.
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Journal about one of these, some of these, or all of these. Your choice.
Remember the purpose of journaling is to use writing on paper as a way to sort out the stuff that floats around in your head.
Your journal is FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
Which of the 10 communication errors are you "most" guilty of? "Least" guilty of? How open are you to looking beyond the technicalities of your partner's poor communications?
Have you ever seen another couple in the middle of a fight, become able to jump on to a "vantage point above the fray" and enjoy talking with each other about the mess that is going on between them? If the answer is no, how open are you to the possibility that you and your partner might become skilled enough to be able to do that?
Is it easier or harder for you to think about not giving unwanted advice? Does it seem a waste to you for your partner to NOT utilize your talents and knowledge? Or it more of a relief to know you probably don't have to worry about advice giving?
What are your go-to methods when you're bored with your partner and when you think your partner is bored with you? Do those methods work pretty well? If no, do the methods suggested by Dan Wile have appeal to you?