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In this week's Topic of the Week article, we encourage you to schedule some journaling time at the beginning of each month over the coming year to care for your Self by reflecting on three key languaging dispositions:  suspending judgment, participating with intention, and elevating discourse.

These three helpful dispositions can be revisited throughout the year. The journal prompts can serve as reminders to reflect upon each disposition and to thoughtfully and skillfully care for your Self throughout the upcoming school year.

Disposition 1: Suspend judgment

• Notice without passing judgment.
• Move beyond assigning blame.
• Reserve assigning value, gather more information before solidifying your position.
• Ask fundamental questions to challenge unconscious presuppositions.

Disposition 2: Participate with intention

• Know your capacity and give yourself permission to opt out or double down.
• Attune to your internal compass and learn to read it.
• Honor your boundaries and the boundaries of others.
• Play, explore, let your hair down.

Disposition 3: Elevate the discourse

• Cultivate a gracious internal dialog.
• Practice generous assumptions with others.
• Tend your own side of the street and mind your own business.

We encourage you to download these journal prompts and set aside some time in the beginning of August to begin this year-long exploration of your languaging Self.