Prompts for Journaling
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- daily journaling prompt:
- What was the best thing that happened to you today?
- What is something that made you laugh today?
- What steps did you take today towards a goal you’re working on?
- Who made your day better today? How can you pay that feeling forward?
- What made today unique?
- What is one thing you want to remember from today?
- When did you feel most authentically yourself today?
- How can you make tomorrow (even) better than today?
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- Prompts for gratitude journaling:
- What are three things you’re grateful for today?
- What’s something that’s working well in your life right now?
- What’s a simple pleasure in your life that you are thankful for?
- What musician or song are you grateful for? Why?
- Look around your room. What are some things that make you grateful?
- What person in your life are you most thankful for?
- What tradition in your life makes you feel grateful?
- What experiences have you had that you are grateful for?
- journaling prompts for self-discovery:
- Who are you when nobody is looking?
- If your best friend described you, what would they say?
- What truths have you uncovered in the past year?
- Where did you get your most closely held values?
- What is your enneagram (or horoscope sign)? Do you feel that it suits you?
- What magic power would you like to have?
- What scares you?
- What do you feel is your purpose in life, and has that answer changed in the last five years?
- Cultivate mindfulness:
- What negative emotions am I holding onto? How can I let them go?
- Identify three urges you resisted today.
- If food is a struggle for you, what are some moments today when you made the choice not mindlessly eat something?
- What do I need to let go of?
- Identify three times that you felt challenged today.
- What is something I can start doing today that my future self will thank me for in one year?
- What is one past failure that I can now identify as a gift?
- What is the story of my life right now, and is it the one I want to be living?
- prompts for self-improvement:
- Identify three negative things that you often say to yourself, and formulate retorts to all of them.
- What do you need the most right now? How can you meet that need?
- How can you improve your self-care?
- What goals have you lost sight of? Are you interested in picking them up again?
- In what ways do you waste time? How can you minimize these distractions?
- What do you want to be remembered for?
- What boundaries do you need to set in your life right now, and with whom?
- What would your ideal life look like? Describe it fully.
- prompts for living your best life:
- What is something that you have been putting off for far too long?
- What haven’t you done because you are afraid?
- Write down seven little details from your week that you might otherwise forget.
- What five people do you spend the most time with? How do those people impact your life in positive ways?
- What is something that you have always wanted to learn more about? How could you go about doing that?
- If you could only accomplish three things tomorrow, what would they be?
- If you had to choose a life mantra or quote, what would it be?
- How are you going to make tomorrow the best day that it can be?