Prompts are also useful for people who want to get into writing journals. With the right prompts, you can motivate yourself to write every day and every single day would have different topics and moods.
People use prompts to make writing journals simpler. People tend to make things more complicated than they should be. You think journal prompts as a road map to help you to write a journal every single day. You can also think of it as a way to challenge yourself. And the most important of all is that you have fun by doing these prompts. Because if not, you’re doing it wrong.
There are many types of prompts that you can use. There are prompts for self-discovery, happiness, inspiration, and more. The prompts in this article are a mix of prompts that can give you happiness, help you to reflect on your past, present, and future, and remind you of what your true goals are.
20 journal prompts that you can use
- Describe a moment where you felt proud of yourself, and why?
- Name people who mean so much to you and ask yourself why are they so important?
- Write down 10 things that make you happy. This is the first part of the prompt; the second part would be 20 things
- that make you happy. It can go as high as you want.
- Describe yourself in a short paragraph.
- Who inspires you the most?
- Describe one thing that you can every day to make you happy.
- Name one thing that you cherish the most and why?
- What were your goals when you were a kid?
- What was your bigger fear growing up?
- What is your fondest memory when you were a kid?
- Name your closest friends when you were a kid and where are they now?
- If you could change one thing in the past what would that be?
- What is your plan for the future?
- What are your 3 short term goals?
- Describe a moment where you failed at doing something and what did you learn from it?
- What are your biggest accomplishments so far?
- What scares you now?
- Are you inside or outside your comfort zone and will you change your situation?
- Are you with where you are now?
- What are your 3 long term goals?
After you complete everything, 20 days would’ve already passed. We hope that during that period, you have learned something about every part of your life. And we also hope that you have improved as a person in 20 days.
As you’ve been writing every day for 20 days, you might form a new habit for yourself. There will be more journal prompts for you to follow and you can challenge yourself by increasing the number of prompts. Until then, good luck and happy writing.