Journal anytime you need help processing your actions and emotions, any time you feel like you need more clarity, to boost your confidence and trust in yourself and your process.

1. What’s something you’ve improved on in softball that makes you really proud? How did you work to get better at it?
2. What’s one of your proudest moments on the softball field? Describe how you felt and why this moment stands out to you.
3. What are you doing, what are you wearing, how are you feeling, when you are feeling really confident in your life?
4. What negative thoughts do you have about yourself that you’d never think to say to someone else?
5. When you have been distracted in the past, what were the best ways you found to get back on track?
6. Look around you and observe everything, using all your senses. Write for at least 15 minutes describing your environment. Now, visualize Game Day, use all your senses and write as many details as you can think of.
7. How do your experiences as an athlete help you in other situations?
8. When it comes to training, are you pushing yourself too hard, not hard enough, or the right amount?
9. Who is your biggest inspiration as an athlete, and why?
10. What situations make you feel most relaxed?
11. Come up with your own journal topic