This 31-day document provides daily prompts to encourage shedding masks and living authentically. The prompts guide reflecting on why masks are worn, how they prevent growth and freedom, and sharing one's true self through vulnerability. Living without masks allows serving God and others through openness instead of perfectionism or pride. Shedding masks ultimately brings lightness and healing through honesty about one's struggles.

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2. Fear. Bitterness. Revenge.
Self-Suff iciency. Food. Regret.
Unforgiving. Pride. Insecurity.
Anger. Low Expectations.
Arrogance. Fun. Jokes. Wealth.
How many faces do I wear?
How many people am I, really?
DAY 1
Identify what masks
you need to shed.
DAY 2

3. Why did you start wearing your
mask in the first place?
DAY 3
Would you still be loved if you #ShedTheMask?
Why or why not?
DAY 4

4. How are your masks preventing you from
getting where you want to be in life?
No one can serve two
masters, either you’ll
hate one and love the
other, or you’ll be
devoted to one and
despise the other.
Luke 16:13
DAY 6
DAY 5

5. DAY 7
Just breathe.
You were born for this.
“Before I formed you in
the womb I knew you,
And before you were born
I consecrated you.”
Jeremiah 1:5
Whose compliment means the most to you?
Why?
DAY 8

6. If the motive
isn’t right?
#shedthemask
What motivations drive your daily life choices?
DAY 9
DAY 10

7. How much freer would you feel if you weren’t
trying to look richer than you are?
DAY 11
What if your whole life people know your masks
but never know the person behind them?
DAY 12

8. We ought to obey God,
rather than people.
Acts 5:29
DAY 13
List two ways you should care more about what
God thinks and less about what people think.
After all these years, I would
have thought that all my fears
were laid to rest, but I still get
scared. And I thought that all
my struggles would be victories
by now but I confess, that the
mess is there…
Andrew Peterson
DAY 14

9. DAY 15 DAY 16
On a scale of 1-10, how much do your
masks raise your stress level? What other
positive things could you be doing with all
that energy?
If you stopped caring about perfection
and invested more in relationship, who would
most greatly benefit? Your children?
Your spouse? Your colleagues? How so?

10. No man, for any considerable
period of time, can wear one
face to himself and another to
the multitude without finally
getting bewildered as to which
may be the truth.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Do you really believe that the little lies you tell
don’t hurt anyone? (Not even yourself?)
DAY 18
DAY 17

11. When did you first realize you’re living
behind a mask?
DAY 19
DAY 20
Does the mask you wear make you think
you’re better than other people?
How would your relationships improve if
others knew you struggled too?

12. DAY 21
What song makes you most encouraged when
you think about living with one face?
Write your favorite lyrics below.
DAY 22
How would you be free to help others more,
if you shed the masks you wear?
Who would you start with?

13. Is there ever a good mask to wear?
Why or why not?
DAY 23
For you were called
to freedom.
Use your freedom
as an opportunity
to serve one another
through love.
Galatians 5:13
DAY 24

14. Are you living for anyone or any cause outside
of what God has called you to be as yourself?
DAY 25
How is your mask preventing
you from feeling lighthearted?
DAY 26

15. DAY 27
If your spouse/loved ones saw everything
you did throughout every moment of every day,
would they be pleased? Why or why not?
This year I’m not focused on
the cracks in the walls. Not
keeping track of all the times
I fall. Let’s fight a good fight,
train our eyes to find the light.
This year, I can’t wait to see
what good will come. To feel
alive instead of feeling numb.
Happy New Year!
JJ Heller
DAY 28

16. DAY 29 DAY 30
What hard stories are you keeping a secret?
How would sharing those possibly
help others to heal?
What hard stories are you refusing to hear,
because it will expose you or someone else and
make you feel vulnerable and exposed?

17. I share my scars so others
may believe they can heal.
DAY 31
I share my
scars so
others may
believe
they can
heal.
ABOUT SARAH
Sarah McDugal is an author and brand
strategist with more than twenty years of
experience in brand development, media
production and team building. She has
directed more than one hundred and fifty
story videos for clients ranging from
citywide brand campaigns to global TV
networks. A mother, former pastor’s wife,
and leadership speaker, Sarah believes God
is capable of healing the deepest wounds,
if we allow Him space in our hearts.