Looking for the best questions for self discovery to understand your true self? Then you´re in the right place because this article is packed with questions to find yourself!

So grab a pen and a notebook and get ready to dive right in!

Self discovery questions to get to know yourself

1. What are 5 things that you do really well?
2. What type of things do people often compliment you for?
3. Close your eyes and take yourself to five years’ time, how would your perfect day look like?
4. Which one of your already accomplished goals are you most proud of?
5. What are you most grateful for in your life at the moment?
6. Write a list of the top 8 things that make you the happiest.
7. What kind of activity would you be absolutely thrilled to do every day?
8. What do you admire the most about your personality?
9. What is your favorite self care activity?
10. What makes you feel alive?
11. What is your favorite quote, word, or phrase?
12. Write down how you are feeling right now. Close your eyes, breathe deeply, and write those emotions down. 
13. What is one great way to show kindness to others?
14. Why do you want to improve your life?

Self discovery questions on limiting beliefs and thought patterns

1. What do you think is keeping you from your dream life?
2. What makes you feel powerful?
3. What makes you feel powerless?
4. Name someone who inspires you. What makes you different from them?
5. What is the biggest belief you are holding into, that is holding you back?
6. What does love mean to you? How do you recognize it in a relationship?
7. Describe a significant life event that helped shape you into who you are today.
8. What do you fear most? Have your fears changed throughout your life?

Journal prompts for when you feel overwhelmed

1. Is there anything in your life that is stressing you right now? 
2. What area of your life do you find the most overwhelming at the moment?
3. What is your favorite way to relax?
4. What is one thing that happened last year that made you really happy?

Journal Prompts to become a better person

1. What are 5 goals you want to accomplish this year?
2. Describe the person you want to be in 2 years time (the best version of yourself).
3. What is something you´ve always wanted to do?
4. What parts of your life need to change for you to achieve your goals?
5. What is something you can do every day to stay focused on your goals?
6. What is something you want to work towards?

Finding yourself journal prompts

1. What is your favorite movie and why?
2. Who is the most important person in your life right now and why?
3. When you were a child whose love or approval did you seek the most from mom or dad? 
4. Describe how would you live your life if you weren’t afraid of what people would think.
5. What is one small step you can take towards living that way?
6. When do you feel the most like yourself?
7. What has been the hardest thing to forgive for you?
8. What do you look forward to every day?
9. What causes are worth fighting for?
10. What is a lesson you learned recently?
11. What is something that you don’t regret in your life?
12. Finish this sentence: “My life would be incomplete without…”
13. What advice would you give someone else about what matters most in life?
14. What values do you respect most in someone else? Read over what you’ve written, this can help you understand more about your own values too.

15. Which habits do you currently have that make you feel good?
16. Which habits do you currently have that you should let go of?

Final thought on questions for self discovery

And there go these 48 journal prompts for self discovery!

The answer to these questions for self discovery are the first steps towards finding (and improving) yourself!

These journal prompts are designed to help you discover and understand what truly brings you joy and fulfillment. 

Use the information you have discovered with these questions with love and care and never as a way to shame or bring yourself down.

Whenever you are ready to take your personal growth journey to the next level, check out this ultimate beginner’s guide to creating your own personal growth plan. With the help of this guide, you will learn how to take all those changes you’ve wanted to make and map them out in a personal growth plan to make them a reality!

Now I´d love to hear about you! What did you think of these questions for self discovery, and what´s your answer to question number #9 what is your favorite self care activity? 

Mine is doing my skincare routine while blasting my favorite songs, but what about yours?