Sometimes you want to journal, but you don’t know what to write about. I always find it difficult to find journal prompts I actually care enough about to spend time on them, but it’s really helpful to have a collection of them in case you hit a journaling wall!
Here are 31 journal prompts that I hope will stimulate your writing and help you to get out of the journal rut.
- Your favorite book and why you love it
- Your most outrageous goal
- The weirdest dream you’ve ever had
- Your earliest memory
- Your favorite sound and why you love it
- Your first day of school
- Something fun you used to do with your childhood friends
- A movie you haven’t seen that everyone else has seen
- Your favorite season and why you love it
- Where you see yourself in 5 years
- Where you thought you would be now vs. where you are
- The most beautiful thing you’ve ever seen, and why it’s the most beautiful
- Something you’ve always wanted to try
- Something that’s holding you back in your life
- Your greatest fear and where you think it comes from
- The best day of your life so far
- Someone you always thought you’d be friends with but aren’t anymore
- Your biggest regret
- The thing you are the most proud of!
- At least 10 things you like about yourself
- Something you used to do that you’d like to pick up again
- Your favorite place in the world, and why it’s your favorite
- A word you dislike, and why
- A word you adore, and why!
- An “impossible” dream that you have
- The moment you realized you weren’t a kid anymore
- Your favorite time of day and why
- A smell that instantly transports you to another time/place
- An opinion of yours that’s changed, and why
- Are you happy? Why or why not?
- What have you learned about yourself using these prompts?
Happy journaling and let me know how it goes!
-africanstardust