What is Memento Mori?
The concept of Momento Mori, “remember you must die”, is not to dwell on death itself, but to clarify how we want to live. Life is fleeting. Death is guaranteed. Memento Mori encourages living intentionally, authentically, with appreciations for the present. These prompts are meant to evoke courage, gratitude, intention and legacy awareness.
Journal Prompts:
Day 3
If I were looking back on my life from my final days, what would I wish I had been brave enough to do?
Day 7
What small ordinary moments do I want to savor more completely before they are gone?
Day 11
What habits am I engaged in now, that I want to change so life is less difficult later?
Day 15
If the people whose opinions shape my choices disappeared tomorrow, how would I chose to live?
Day 19
What kind of courage would make the biggest difference in the life I’m living right now?
Day 4
What relationships matter the most to me? How do I want the people I love to feel because I was in their life? When is the last time I told them how I feel, and what they have meant to me?
Day 8
What impact, contribution, or ripple do I hope my life leaves behind?
Day 12
If I could live without any fear for one whole year, what would I do? What would I change?
Day 16
What am I giving life energy to that will not matter at the end of my life?
Day 20
if today were the turning point in my life story, what decisions would mark the beginning of a more intentional life?
Day 1
If I truly remembered every morning that my time is limited, what would I stop postponing?
Day 5
What am I tolerating in my life that my future self might wish I had changed sooner?
Day 9
If I knew I only had 10 more meaningful years what would I focus on? W hat would suddenly seem unimportant?
Day 13
What truth about my life have I been quietly avoiding that would be impossible to ignore if I had only a week to live?
Day 17
What is something my soul keeps asking for that I have been too busy, afraid, or practical to do?
Day 2
What moments in my life have caused me to feel the most alive? What do they teach me about how I want to spend the rest of my time?
Day 6
If my life were a story, what kind of character do I want to be remembered as?
Day 10
What does a well-lived life look like to me? What is one step I can take today that will move me toward that vision?
Day 14
What version of myself have I outgrown but continue performing out of habit or expectation?
Day 18
If my life were to end unexpectedly, what unfinished conversations would matter most?
Day 21
Return to your journal entries and find 7 things you have not acted on, despite identifying them as important to you. Get Courageous. Join the 7 days of action challenge and do those 7 things.