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How Journaling Can Help
Journaling can be a wonderful way to discover yourself. Journaling is a record of your feelings and perceptions at a certain point and time. You can learn a lot about yourself when you pose questions that challenge you to be truthful about life events. Some people don’t know where to begin, so I’m providing 50 journal prompts.
Years ago, my psychologist encouraged me to write in a journal. I was surprised at my emotional arch while writing. It was awkward at first. It makes your feelings real and tangible. Putting it down on paper challenges you to face how you really feel about something. Subsequently, it brings hidden and undiscovered feelings to the surface. In short, writing helps you to process those emotions.
To clarify, you can start journaling by simply writing about your day. However, there may be times when you may have an uneventful day or simply don’t need to write about it. That is where journal prompts can be valuable. Here are 50 journal prompts to get started!
How to Get Started
You don’t need anything fancy. Ordinarily, some people like myself, love using a beautiful notebook in which to write. However, you certainly don’t need that. A simple spiral notebook is all you need! That said, maybe you don’t care for actual writing. No problem! These days, there are lot of digital options. For example, the iTunes app store has great digital journals like Momento, Daylio, and Day One Journal.
50 Journal Prompts
- Describe your earliest childhood memory
- What do you want your children to remember most about you?
- Who do you want to be in five years
- What are three things you would do if you weren’t afraid?
- What is the one thing you can’t forgive yourself for?
- A moment you wish you could change
- What do you love most about your hometown?
- How do you picture retirement?
- Something that still hurts you.
- What were you doing ten years ago?
- When were you most proud of yourself?
- Write a list of 25 things that make you feel good.
- Describe a time you learned from a mistake.
- What was your first impression of your significant?
- Who do you look up to right now?
- What scares you most about dying?
- Write about your first kiss.
- Describe your best memory of your maternal grandmother.
- Give your younger self advice.
- Recount a time you were falsely accused of something.
- Describe a time you had to make a difficult decision.
- How do you picture retirement?
- Something you wish people knew about you.
- Write about your greatest childhood fear.
- What would be used against you if you ran for political office?
- Write a letter to your future self.
- What were you doing ten years ago?
- Explain how you’ve changed in the last year.
- Recount at time you most proud of yourself.
- Describe a time you learned from a mistake.
- Detail a nightmare that still disturbs you.
- If you were president of the United States, what would you change?
- Write about someone who is difficult to get a long with in your family.
- What was your first impression of your significant other?
- Who do you look up to right now?
- If you could speak to someone you’ve lost in death, what would you tell them?
- Describe a time you had to end a toxic friendship.
- Write about your worst habit.
- How do you feel about your marriage / relationship?
- What advice would you give your younger self?
- Write a “letter” to someone with whom you are angry. What would you say?
- When was the last time you were angry?
- What needs forgiving in your heart?
- Recount the first time you defied your parents.
- Describe what it was like to be a child of your decade (60’s, 70’s, 80s, 90s)
- If you won the lottery, what would you do?
- How do you feel about the world today?
- Write about a book that changed your life.
- If the world was ending today, what would you do?
- How would you describe each of your children?
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