How can I use this week’s “headscratchers” theme to journal through uncertainty without spiraling?

Try a simple three-part page: 1) What’s unknown? List the questions you can’t solve yet. 2) What’s in my control today? Write one small action or check-in you can do. 3) What I’m choosing to hold with hope. Close with a one-sentence hope (Tolkien: “Where there’s life there’s hope”). If you’re stuck on an unsolved situation, time-box it: 5 minutes to explore possibilities, then a one-line takeaway. End with a mood intention inspired by Voltaire: “Today I’ll support a good mood by…”. Using the Stoic app, return to the same note daily this week to see how your feelings shift even if answers don’t.

I keep overthinking decisions. How do I use the prompts to make a choice when I don’t have perfect information?

Use a “Good-enough decision” entry: • Name the decision in one sentence. • Define success in 1–2 lines (What would “good enough” look like?). • List three options and one smallest reversible step for each. • Run a quick best/worst/most-likely line per option. • Circle the option with the best ratio of progress-to-risk. Write a commitment sentence: “I’ll take the smallest step by [time].” Reflect with Mandela’s quote (“It always seems impossible until it’s done”) after you act. Tie in this week’s prompts on being stuck and on simple answers to capture what finally tipped the scale.

I get frustrated when I can’t find the answer fast. How can I reframe puzzles (and life’s confusion) in my journal?

Try a “Puzzle-to-practice” page after a confusing moment: • Noticing: Describe what happened in 3 lines (no analysis). • Naming: Name the feeling(s) and rate frustration 0–10. • Next step: One tiny experiment or pause (5 breaths, a question to ask, or a break). Add Peter Hagerty’s lens: “What part of the journey can I appreciate right now?” and Aristotle’s cue: “What would make this work a little more pleasurable?” If the answer stays unclear, write one unconditional kindness line (Saint-Exupéry): “Today I’ll give myself X with no expectation in return.” Stoic’s daily prompts on brain teasers and “What just happened?” are perfect entries to practice this reframing all week.

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This week, we’ll think about puzzling moments and questions that might not have answers.

Dec 08, 2025 ― Dec 14, 2025

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