{"id":28619,"date":"2022-02-01T00:47:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=28619"},"modified":"2022-04-05T21:34:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T21:34:53","slug":"journal-prompts-for-black-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/journal-prompts-for-black-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Journaling Prompts for Self-Discovery Inspired by Black Literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join HUM for a 28-day journaling practice featuring the work of Black writers across genres as curated by Kima Jones, writer and founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

Every month I set an intention in my calendar and in my journal: sometimes it\u2019s a small but needful goal like getting to sleep<\/a> on time, other times it\u2019s a meatier task like making specific strides in one of my long-term projects. The act of writing is a commitment unto itself, one that I can look back on with pleasure. My notebooks reveal all of my first steps, missteps, progress notes, and most importantly, my feelings as I journey through my days.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

February is a very special month for me, one I\u2019ve celebrated with pride since I was a girl. Black History Month is a time to reflect on the triumphs, struggles, and successes of Black people in America. As the founder of Jack Jones Literary Arts<\/a>, Black literature is the foundation of my work and the primary way that I spend my days. My work is to read, edit, develop, acquire, and celebrate Black literature in all of its forms\u2013poetry, fiction, nonfiction, drama\u2013and in all of the mediums we create and interpret words whether it\u2019s through comics, digital media, film, novels or television.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

This Black History Month, I\u2019ve partnered with HUM Nutrition to share journaling prompts that inspire and stimulate reflection and growth. These prompts, excerpted from my favorite passages from Black literature, are designed to help you start your week off feeling more balanced, encouraged, and disciplined by reflecting on what they mean to you and how you can incorporate the lessons and beauty of their literature into your everyday life and care practices.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

Whether you decide to journal in the morning before your day begins or just before bed as a way to wind down the day, these four prompts are meant to guide you toward a better understanding of yourself, and the wealth of beauty available to us through the practice of self-reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n

Each week of February, we\u2019ll visit the work with a Black writer, then you\u2019ll be given a few questions to reflect on. Break the questions up throughout your week or work through them all at once. Use this month to commit to yourself and learn something along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n

Week 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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For our first week, February 1-7, we\u2019ll focus on embracing new beginnings, new challenges, new endings, new horizons. The first prompt is from ancestor poet Lucille Clifton:<\/p>\n\n\n

“I think that we\u2019re beginning to remember that the first poets didn\u2019t come out of a classroom, that poetry began when somebody walked off of a savanna or out of a cave and looked up at the sky with wonder and said, ‘Ahhh.’ That was the first poem.” – Lucille Clifton<\/em><\/h1>\n\n\n

Here are some ways to think about this excerpt through the course of the week as you work in your journal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n