Masterpost of my favorite journal prompts…
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I’ve been getting some asks about my journaling habits, so I wanted to make a list addressing one question regarding my favorite prompts. These always make me feel better!
- List 3 positive habits you have and explain why they benefit you.
- If you had 2 other lives to live, what would you do with them?
- Discuss 3 people who encouraged you and has continually supported you. What qualities do they have that you admire?
- List 5 tasks that take up most (or a lot of) your week.
- What do you need to protect?
- Have you avoided anything this week?
- Create a list of books you plan to read.
- What do you want to learn to do?
- Create a list of movies you plan to watch.
- What are you currently looking forward to?
- What is your favorite holiday?
- When do you feel the most comfortable and at ease?
- What is discouraging you right now, and what can you do to move past it?
- List 5 short-term goals and explain steps you can take to achieve them.
- What is your biggest strength?
- What are you totally honest about?
- Who knows the most about you?
- Why are you proud of yourself?
- What would you do with a million dollars?
- What is and isn’t working in your life?
- What lessons are you currently learning?
- Create a gratitude list. List as many things as you can.
- What do you stand for?
- What moves you?
- What qualities do you enjoy about yourself, and how can you continue to develop them?
- Explain the best compliment you’ve ever received.
- Who are you right now?
- How have you changed in the past 5 years?
- List positive quotes that you enjoy or find motivating.
- Create a self-care playlist of positive songs.
- Discuss your favorite movies, books, hobbies, music, foods, drinks, etc.
- List things that make you happy.
- What are your wildest dreams?
- Write a bio for your future self - who you want to become - but write it in the present tense.
- Describe your ideal day.
- What is the best advice you’ve ever received?
- When do you feel vibrant, electric, and alive?
- How can you be a source of love and magic to the world?
- How can you incorporate more fun and play into your life?
- What experiences trigger fear for you?
- Discuss 3 times you were proud of yourself.
- How does stress emerge in your life, and how can you manage it?
- How do you compare yourself to others?
- What can you do to make yourself feel calmer and more peaceful?
- What are you here to do (what is your purpose)?
- What do you no longer need?
- What do you know for sure?
- If you could start your life over, what would you change?
- Write a letter to your teenage self.
- What have you learned today?
- What would you do if you had no fears?
- Write a letter to a fictional character.
- Write about something that didn’t happen.
- What do you wonder about?
- List your favorite sounds.
- What are you worried about, and what can you do about it?
- What do you have difficulty accepting?
- Write about an act of kindness you performed or witnessed today.
- Discuss your favorite memory.
- How can you practice self-care?
- Is there a difference between happiness and fulfillment?
- Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
- List some of your insecurities about your physical body, and then, for each body part, write down something positive about it.
- Create a word map with the word “Identity” in the center.
- Focus on a regret that haunts you.
- What does family mean to you?
- What did you believe about love as a teenager, and how have your beliefs changed?
- Describe a moment that changed the course of your life forever.
- Write a letter to your future self.
- Are you introverted or extroverted?
- What does beautiful thinking mean to you?
- What are your favorite words?
- What is your aesthetic, or personal style, and who or what has influenced it?
- What is your favorite way to spend the day?


