111 Journal Prompts To Start Becoming The Better Version Of Yourself.

Are you looking for some inspiration for journaling prompts? In this post, I have listed journal prompts plus the reason why you should start running a journal.

Morning and evening journaling is one of the best self-care tools I have ever tried in my life. It helps you to build an intentional and full-of-purpose life. And most importantly, it doesn’t take long.           

What are the benefits of daily journaling?

Did you know that daily journaling can help you achieve your goals, track progress and growth and become more confident?

Daily journaling has many benefits, especially for your mental health. It can help you manage anxiety and stress. And by doing so, you can become a happier and calmer person.

It is also an excellent tool for decluttering your mind and becoming more organised.

But that’s not all.

By practising daily journaling I managed to get to know myself even better. It gave me time to reflect on my emotions and feeling and behaviours. Plus by following the daily prompts you focus on one area where again, you have time to focus and reflect on yourself.

This post is all about journal prompts that you can use daily.

How to use journal prompts

Do you wonder how are you supposed to use prompts in your daily journaling? The instruction is very simple. All you need to do is to pick one of the below topics and write about it as much as you want. Let’s put some examples into perspective.

What are you grateful for about your hometown? – here you can talk about what is great about your hometown, what memories it holds, and what are your best places to go. You can also talk about emotions related to your hometown; how does it make you feel? Do you feel secure?

Write about 10 things in your home that bring you incredible joy. – you can write about anything; about your comfortable bed, about the colours of the walls, about the kitchen design or the layout. You can mention your outdoor living space and your plants.

What I also would like to say is that the beginning of each process is always the most difficult part. Once you get used to writing daily, you will feel much more relaxed and comfortable.

100+ Journal Prompts

1. Name 5 things that challenge you in life.

2. How do you spend your spare time?

3. What challenges did you overcome that you now see the benefit in?

4. Name a person you are thankful for that shaped who you are today.

5. What could you do to be healthier?

6. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

7. What book are you grateful for and why?

8. Who is your biggest idol and why?

9. What are you grateful for about your hometown?

10. What do you think about yourself and why do you think this way?

11. What do you have under control in your life and what you don’t?

12. Name everyday objects that you are grateful for.

13. Ideas on how you can get out of your comfort zone and why you should do it?

14. What are your biggest accomplishments?

15. What do you love most about each season of the year?

16. What is your daily motivation? What does make you keep going?

17. What movie are you grateful for and why?

18. Name a few people outside your family and close friends that you are grateful for.

19. What dish are you grateful for and why?

20. What is the ideal picture of yourself? What do you want to think of yourself?

21. What have you learned this year that has benefited you?

22. Why do you like about your house and how does it make you feel?

23. Who is your best friend and why you are grateful for her/him?

24. Name people that have made your life better.

25. What does a day in my dream job look like?

26. What is one thing you would like to improve about yourself?

27. What is a short-term goal you would like to achieve?

28. Which good habits could you add to your life? List at least 5.

29. What do you love most about life?

30. Describe your favourite vacation. How would you feel?

31. How do you define success in your life? Would you consider yourself a successful person?

32. Write one moment in your life that you will cherish forever.

33. What emotions do you prioritize and why?

34. Do you usually focus on being busy or being productive?

35. What things can you start saying NO to, to make yourself happier?

36. What is the most interesting thing about you and how does it make you feel?

37. Is there anything you take for granted? If yes, how are you going to change it and be grateful for it instead?

38. What do you love about yourself most and why?

39. What is your favourite time of day and why do you love it?

40. What is something amazing that happened to you recently?

41. What are you going to do this month to get closer to your biggest dream?

42. Are you happy with the direction your life is going? If not, what do you need to change?

43. Do you prioritize your mental health? If not how are you going to start prioritizing your mental health?

44. What do you love about your job and why?

45. What is your favourite place in your home and why?

46. Name and describe one accomplishment that you are extremely proud of.

47. Describe something beautiful that you can see now outside of your window.

48. what would you do if you only had one year left to live? What would be your main focus? Family and friends, career, mental health?

49. Name one thing you are grateful for regarding your parents.

50. What could you do to gain your knowledge and education this year?

51. Describe the last time you helped someone unconditionally.

52. If you could redirect your career, what would it be any why?

53. How do you manage your money and is there any better way of managing it?

54. When do you feel the most confident and why?

55. What is a new skill you want to learn this year?

56. What do you love most about your family and why? What is the best way of spending time together?

57. How did you better yourself last year?

58. How do you take care of yourself and how can you improve it?

59. Where do you see yourself in 10 years from now and what are you planning to do to get there?

60. Name one thing that made you smile or laugh today or yesterday.

61. Describe a hobby that brings you joy and explain why?

62. What has been the best thing about being the age that you are?

63. What is one of your favourite personal qualities?

64. Make a list of what you need to let go of.

65. List 5 strengths or skills you possess that not everyone has.

66. Describe the last time you got excited at work and why.

67. Write about 10 things in your home that bring you incredible joy.

68. What is your favourite memory with your parents?

69. What is your favourite memory with your child/children?

70. What makes you feel beautiful?

71. Where do you see yourself in 6 months? What is your plan to get there?

72. What are some goals you did not achieve and what was the reason?

73. What activities in your day are you thankful for and why?

74. Write about how far you’ve come. Compare where were you 5 and 3 years ago and where are you now.

75. What do you cherish most about your children?

76. Describe the last time you took care of yourself?

77. Name 1 thing you have learned about yourself in the last month?

78. How would I describe my work ethic?

79. What does your perfect day look like? How often do you have days like that?

80. Write about a difficult time in your life that you overcame

81. How have you grown from past mistakes?

82. What are you afraid of doing?

83. What are you using your energy on?

84. What are the three things that scare you the most and why?

85. What is your biggest failure in life? Did that teach you something?

86. What habits do you need to stop doing?

87. Name five moments when you were ecstatically happy.

88. What are three things you can do to help your mental health?

89. Name 10 things you feel grateful for and explain why.

90. What do you want to do more of in your life?

91. Name some things in life that inspire you.

92. Describe a situation where everything worked out for you.

93. Describe your happiest and saddest childhood memories.

94. Write a thank you letter to your body.

95. Write a thank you letter to your mind.

96. What was your most embarrassing moment and why?

97. How do you want to be remembered?

98. What friendship that you’ve had was the most meaningful and why?

99. If you could achieve anything in your life what would it be?

100. Name ten things you can start doing to take care of yourself?

101. What is the most unique thing about you? Do you like to hide it or let it show?

102. Who has been your biggest supporter in your life?

103. Name 10 things that always make you feel better, regardless of how horrible your day is/was.

104. If you could change anything about yourself what would it be and why?

105. Describe a time when you had to make a really hard choice.

106. What was the last thing that made you feel deeply frustrated?

107. What would unconditional love look like for you? What would it feel like?

108. What was the best compliment you ever received and how did it make you feel?

109. Describe your perfect relationship.

110. How can you make your life more meaningful?

111. What are you passionate about and why? How does it make you feel?

To sum up….

In this post, I provide a list of over 100 journal prompts that you can use daily. I came up with prompts across self-care, depression, mental health, self -esteem so you can focus on different areas each day.