Journal Prompt Ideas
If you like journaling or are considering starting a practice, sometimes it’s helpful to have a little inspiration. There are so many creative ways to journal but it can still be easy to fall in to a rut. Hang on to these prompts as a resource, maybe even print them out and put them in your journal. Revisit any that resonate with you seasonally!
Journal Prompt Ideas
Write about any one moment experienced only through your body. Making breakfast, going to a party, having a conflict...any experience you’ve had or you imagine for yourself. Leave out any descriptions of thought and emotion, and let all information be conveyed through the body and senses.
When was your last food craving and what did you crave? Write about your feelings around that, eating or food in general.
Write about your greatest fear.
Write about your ideas on God and your spirituality. If you notice any hesitations, questions, frustrations or blockages, where in your body do you feel them?
If your body could talk, write about what it’s saying right now, without judgment.
If you could change one thing about yourself (not physically, but on a soul-level) what would it be?
Imagine looking back on now 5 years from now. If nothing at all had changed during that time, what regrets would you have?
Create a list of at least 5 things you’d like to say “no” to more often, and 5 things you’d like to say “yes” to more often.
As if speaking to a close friend, write yourself a letter including whatever you need to hear. Create affirmations from those words.
Think about or list a few things within your home that you don’t use, need or want. Consider how you acquired these things, why you still have them, and who might need, want to benefit from them. If you can, get rid of them.
Paulo Coelho said, “Tears are words that need to be written.” Write about something that brings tears to your eyes.
Write about one tangible object that you feel you couldn’t live without. Describe your feelings around it and consider whether or not you feel it to be an unhealthy attachment or addiction.
