Peaceful Practices | Journal Prompts

Journaling. It’s a practice that many of us have done at one point or another, whether it was in school or at home on our own. Its a practice that we know is good for us just like we know its good for us to eat lots of vegetables, exercise and rest; but its also something that many of us aren’t too great at doing…

Growing up I was an avid journaler. I would write about everything from what had gone on that day, things that were frustrating me to things that were bringing me joy. It was a healthy practice because it allowed me to get all of those thoughts and emotions out of myself (my head, my heart, my body) and onto paper, so that I wasn’t storing them up inside. Its a practice though that I’ve since then let go of, for multiple reasons. One of which is that when I sit down, I often don’t know what to write.

We figured that y’all might be in the same boat, so we’ve done some research and complied a list of journal prompts below. There is something so therapeutic about taking a few minutes to be still and to process in this way. Here’s to the intention of getting back into the peaceful practice of journaling!

• What are your passionate about?

• List 3 qualities that you appreciate about yourself?

• What are you looking forward to right now?

• What are 5 things that you are actively enjoying about life right now?

• What are 3 emotions that you are feeling at the present moment?

• What is one thing that you wish you could have told your teenage self?

• What is not working in your life right now? How can you change that?

• What would your ideal day look like? How would it taste. look and feel?

• Describe how you want your home to feel?

• How would you describe your style?

• If failure wasn’t possible what would you be doing right now?

• If you only 6 months left to live, how would you spend them?

• What are your core values?

• Who is someone that you admire? What do you value about them?

• If money wasn’t of concern, what would you do with your life?

• Who is the person that you hope to be 20, 40 years down the road?

• How do you want to contribute to the world, using your own unique gifts and passions? Who could be touched by you and how would you affect them?

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