150 Self-Discovery & Reflection Journal Prompts
1. What is going well in your life right now?
2. Think of the last time you had a really great day. What was the best part of it?
3. Write about a time you felt brave.
4. How will you enjoy creativity and nature today?
5. List as many things as you can that make you happy.
6. How can you take a break today?
7. When is the last time you lost track of time? What were you doing?
8. What is the last thing you created that you were proud of?
9. When is the last time you were excited? What was happening?
10. When do you create the best results or make the best decisions in your life?
11. How do you enjoy spending your free time most?
12. What are your greatest strengths?
13. What values are most important to you? Are you living true to these values? Why or why not?
14. If you could make a difference in the world, what would it be?
15. If you had no fear, what would you do?
16. What is the biggest barrier between you and your full honesty in journaling?
17. What would you do with $10 million?
18. Write a letter to your teenage self.
19. What have you learned today that will make tomorrow better?
20. What are you most grateful for?
21. What would you do if you had no fears?
22. Do you own things, or do things own you?
23. What happens when you let go of expectations?
24. What are you currently worrying about?
25. Who are you?
26. Who do you want to be?
27. Write about a difficult time in your life when you showed strength.
28. What makes you unique?
29. Write a letter to someone who has supported you through the most difficult time in your life.
30. What do joy and wellness look and feel like to you?
31. What qualities do you look for in a friend?
32. List your accomplishments and successes.
33. Who made you feel good in this past week?
34. What activities make you feel energized?
35. Reflect on the happiest moment of your life and write down how you felt, what you heard, etc.
36. What is your most treasured possession and why?
37. What is the greatest life lesson you’ve ever learned?
38. How do you feel about your body?
39. Do you consider yourself a victim of your circumstances or a survivor?
40. How does journaling help you?
41. If you could run away, where would you go? What would you bring with you?
42. What are two unforgettable moments in your life?
43. Share your innermost secret; something you’ve never told anyone before.
44. What is one thing you can do today to improve your health?
45. What is the driving force in your life?
46. What is your personal motto?
47. Write a letter to someone you need to forgive.
48. What are you angry about?
49. How do you want to be remembered? What do you want to be remembered for?
50. Choose a number and write a gratitude list.
51. What do you need right now?
52. Who or what means the world to you, and why?
53. Share your favorite positive affirmations.
54. What are you passionate about?
55. Reflect on an old photograph and write about it.
56. Write your own obituary.
57. How do you manage stress?
58. How does it feel to be the age that you currently are?
59. What does authenticity mean to you?
60. What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? Who was it from? Why is it the best?
61. Do you practice any time management techniques? If not, do you think you could benefit from some?
62. If you could relive any experience in your life, what would it be?
63. Are you addicted to social media? Honestly assess yourself.
64. Reflect on some of the changes you’ve seen in yourself over the last 5 years.
65. What is your earliest childhood memory?
66. Write a review of a book or movie that had a huge impact on you.
67. What does growing older mean to you?
68. What is your guilty pleasure?
69. Write a letter to your future or current child.
70. Look in the mirror and write about what you see.
71. Where do you see yourself in 5, 10, 20 years?
72. Write about your family members.
73. Why is it important to embrace your inner child?
74. What excites you about your future?
75. List 5 short-term and long-term goals. Explain the steps you’ll take to achieve each of those goals.
76. Share your bucket list.
77. What bad habits do you have?
78. Write about the place you grew up.
79. Discuss an important and controversial topic that is relevant in the world right now and explain your stance on it.
80. Write a letter to a pre-teen about body image.
81. How do you maintain your mental, physical, and spiritual health?
82. Are you honestly happy with how you have lived your life so far?
83. What do you really, truly want?
84. How can you amplify what you’re currently doing in your life?
85. How can you make someone’s day today?
86. What are you currently fighting or resisting?
87. What does life want from you?
88. What do you need to give yourself permission to do? Write a permission slip for it, as long as it is healthy.
89. What do you want to learn today?
90. What would happen if you forgave yourself for doing something you regret?
91. How can you do more?
92. How can you do less?
93. Do you ever get in your own way? How?
94. On this long journey of self-discovery, what do you hope to achieve or find?
95. What do you think shaped you into the person you are today?
96. Knowing that you must let go of some things in order to move forward, what do you need to let go of?
97. Is there anything you need to get off your chest? Write it out.
98. When do you feel free and the most confident?
99. List questions you need answers to.
100. When you’re old and gray, what do you hope you remember about your life?
101. Do you have depression or anxiety? If so, write about what it feels like, what it looks like, etc.
102. What is motivating you to journal for self-discovery?
103. Write a list of people you can trust or go to in times of need. Note contact information.
104. If you lost everything, what would you do? Where would you go?
105. If you knew you had a month to live, who would you call? What would you say? What would you do?
106. How is your relationship with your parents?
107. What is your dream job or profession?
108. What is your stance on religion? Do you consider yourself religious?
109. What is the most outrageous thing you’ve ever done?
110. What is worse: never trying, or trying and failing many times?
111. What is the worst thing that’s ever happened to you?
112. What would you change about your body?
113. What does success actually mean to you?
114. How do you express your anger? Is this a good or healthy manner of expression?
115. If you had 3 wishes, what would you wish for?
116. List some of your favorite songs and note why you like them.
117. Do you have any sexual fantasies?
118. What is the biggest mistake you’ve ever made?
119. Write a letter to someone you strongly admire.
120. Do you procrastinate? When? What could you do to stop procrastinating?
121. What are your weaknesses?
122. Describe your favorite season and why you like it.
123. Write about how your sense of style has changed over the past 5 years.
124. What is the meaning of life?
125. What is your life’s purpose?
126. What are you currently craving?
127. What is something you would love to do, but aren’t sure if you can do?
128. When do you feel the best about yourself?
129. When do you feel the worst about yourself?
130. Who are you not?
131. How does your intuition or conscience speak to you?
132. What aspect of your life do you need support in?
133. What gave you great joy today?
134. Did you feel lovable today? Why or why not?
135. What expectations of yours haven’t been met recently? Why or why not?
136. When you think about your future, how do you feel?
137. Write about some of the negative things your inner critic says to you, and then disprove them with rational thoughts.
138. If your life could be summarized or exuded in one word, what would that word be?
139. Write about a moment experienced through your body. It could be making love, eating breakfast, laughing, etc.
140. What couldn’t you live without?
141. What does unconditional love look like to you?
142. What do you wish others knew about you?
143. If your body could talk to you, what would it say?
144. What do you love about life?
145. What emotions do you feel or associate with confidence?
146. What are some things you’d like to say no to?
147. How can having a positive attitude change your life?
148. Write a pep talk to yourself for use the next time you feel upset or depressed.
149. Write a letter to your future self.
150. What have you learned by journaling for self-discovery?
365 Days of Journaling
This year I am comitted to journaling every day. To make sure I am inspired to write I’ve compiled a list of prompts using journaling prompts, list prompts and self-discovery questions. Feel free to use!
365 Days of Journaling
1. Your New Year’s Resolutions.
2. Personal fact file.
3. Review of 2014
4. How can you treat yourself more gently this year? Things you could lighten up on yourself about?
5. List 5 simple activities to nurture yourself.
6. What do you need to stop worrying about?
7. Secret
8. What do you repeatedly re-evaluate? Can you let it go?
9. List things you should be proud of.
10. What negative phrases do you say about your body? Can you replace them with positive affirmations about your body?
11. List 10 things your body does that is amazing.
12. How are you sleeping?
13. Friendship
14. In my heart I know the one way I can nurture my bod more this year is ___.
15. What makes you feel loved and cared for?
16. How does social media affect you?
17. List your greatest comforts.
18. Book Review
19. Design your outdoor area/garden.
20. Who do you want to surround yourself with this year?
21. An artist that inspires you.
22. List current and future goals and dreams.
23. What’s something you do differently to other people?
24. List what you are grateful for.
25. What’s something you want to do but haven’t?
26. Imagination.
27. List things you do to procrastinate.
28. Do you feel worthy of nurturing and gentle care? How does it feel for you to say ‘I am deserving of loving care. I take time to take care of myself?’
29. List words that touch your soul.
30. I wish animals could…… If they could, then…..
31. Has your greatest fear come true?
32. Never have I ever list.
33. What’s holding you back?
34. List dream jobs.
35. Favourite recipe.
36. List fictional characters with whom you have fallen in love.
37. Focus.
38. I am inspired by…
39. Your favourite flower?
40. Movie Review.
41. ‘If I won the lottery’ list.
42. In this moment are you happy?
43. Hope.
44. List things you like to do when you’re sick.
45. Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend?
- 46. ‘If I ruled the world’ list.
47. Words to live by.
48. I wish I had one more chance to….. Then I would…..
49. 5 things you want in a relationship.
50. My overused words and phrases.
51. Dream.
52. Recipe for a perfect weekend.
53. Make a table, 10 things you love and hate about your body.
54. List your greatest achievements.
55. Doodle here.
56. What’s your happiest childhood memory?
57. In ten years from now where would you like to be?
58. What’s your perfect trip?
59. When have you felt most passionate?
60. Your skills.
61. I wish I could forget the time I ….. because….
62. Book Review.
63. Believe.
64. If not now – when?
65. Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil?
66. Do you feel like you’ve lived this day before?
67. Write a letter, Dear Past Me.
68. What would you wish for if a genie granted you 3 wishes?
69. The most disappointed I’ve ever been…
70. What scares you?
71. Mystery.
72. 10 television shows.
73. Nobody knows that I…
74. Your favourite scent?
75. Do you cope with stress? How?
76. List your essentials.
77. Plan a romantic evening.
78. Your saddest memory?
79. What’s the difference between being alive and truly living?
80. Mistake.
81. I wish I had a million… Then I would…
82. List books.
83. Decide upon a three course meal.
84. If we learn from mistakes why are we so frightened of making them?
85. What’s something you’ve learnt today?
86. What was your favourite school subject?
87. 10 celeb crushes.
88. The most fun I’ve ever had…
89. What are you looking forward to?
90. List places you want to go.
91. Laughter.
92. Describe each day of the week as if it was a person?
93. Are you a worrier?
94. The tattoos you have?
95. 10 things to do before your next birthday. (95)
96. Who was your best friend?
97. List favourite quotes.
98. Favourite colour combos.
99. Movie review.
100. Who do you admire?
101. I wish I could learn….. because…..
102. Look through a magazine – what images stand out?
103. The biggest lie I’ve ever told is…
104. Favourite animation.
105. Something out of reach…
106. A mistake you won’t make again?
107. Wisdom.
108. List things that feel like home.
109. I am…
110. I’m not very good at…
111. List things you want to be known for.
112. What was your favourite toy?
113. Your character traits.
114. Pause.
115. Describe your dream job.
116. Write a letter, Dear Future Me.
117. Make an A-Z list of things that you want to do.
118. Write about your first job?
119. Adventure.
120. List of websites.
121. Ways to waste time…
122. Table of Do’s and Don’ts
123. Your make-up bag?
124. What’s the most outrageous thing you’ve ever done?
125. What makes you miserable?
126. Energy.
127. Things you find beautiful?
128. There’s no excuse for…
129. The most terrifying moment of my life was…
130. What was your first car?Design your bedroom.
131. In 25 years will you be proud of the things you did or regret the things you didn’t do?
132. Write a mantra.
133. Your bucket list.
134. Proud.
135. A-Z list of words to describe you.
136. What makes you unique?
137. Your next tattoo?
138. Lyrics of meaning.
139. Movie review.
140. Collection of jokes.
141. What happiness means to you?
142. Doodle here.
143. Simple.
144. List 3 things that went right or wrong today.
145. How do you deal with anger?
146. Are you forgiving?
147. Things I always did with my dad when I was young…
148. List things that remind me of a my childhood.
149. Favourite emotion?
150. What is magic?
151. Which is worse, failing or never trying?
152. When do you make excuses?
153. Unique.
154. List bad habits.
155. Childhood games.
156. List family traditions.
157. Something you overheard today.
158. Choose a poem.
159. List things that motivate you.
160. Grace.
161. Get a map and plan a route.
162. Qualities you look for in a boyfriend?
163. Your pet.
164. Your definition of beauty.
165. Plan a perfect date.
166. List things that happened on the day you were born.
167. Myth.
168. List of questions.
169. Your perfume?
170. HTML colour codes.
171. List pet peeves.
172. Robert Frost write a poem titled The Road Not Taken. Name a road you’ve always wanted to travel. Where do you hope it takes you, and what might you see on the way?
173. Hug.
174. Ways to relax…
175. Your favourite albums?
176. Authors whose work you enjoy.
177. The worst nightmare you’ve ever had?
178. 5 things you can’t live without?
179. Every child deserves…
180. What would you change about the world?
181. List things to collect.
182. Plan an exercise routine.
183. I wish I had enough money to……
184. Cocktail recipe.
185. List summer goals.
186. Best advice given.
187. Religion.
188. Your favourite piece of classical music.
189. Your talents?
190. What 5 traits do people first notice when they meet you for the first time?
191. List of 10 boy names.
192. Designer inspiration.
193. How much will power do you have?
194. Your favourite place and why?
195. Place your playlist on shuffle, write the lyrics to first song played.
196. List people you love.
197. Think back to the toys of your childhood.
198. Choose some scenery.
199. Favourite days of the year.
200. Today’s horoscope.
201. I wish everyone loved……
202. Advice to your best friend.
203. What does your sleeping position say about you?
204. Is there a heaven?
205. Things I always did with my mam when I was young…
206. Who would you like to thank for something they did for you in the past?
207. Favourite holiday.
208. Design something.
209. What did you buy today?
210. Favourite colour palette.
211. Are you competitive?
212. Create a pattern.
213. Your pet.
214. Find a new poem.
215. Independent.
216. What does love mean to you?
217. Ten ways to improve yourself.
218. Miracle.
219. Your karaoke song.
220. Here is what others see me as …
221. Your favourite weather.
222. What is your personal secret to happiness?
223. What does real success in life mean to you?
224. Things that happened ten years ago today…
225. Vision.
226. Your blog.
227. Your favourite season.
228. Honestly.
229. Mission in life…
230. In three words, describe your life.
231. Dreams for someday…
232. What do you think of the saying YOLO?
233. Best advice received.
234. What are means to you?
235. Most valued idea.
236. Most fun day ever.
237. Are you brave?
238. Happiest moment lately.
239. Who am I really?
240. Yesterday, I was…
241. What kind of day are you having, and why?
242. Your wedding song?
243. In what areas are you optimistic, and in what areas are you pessimistic?
244. Describe your life in colour.
245. What do you see in the mirror?
246. Future.
247. Interior design inspiration.
248. Success.
249. The headlines today are…
250. Write down today’s stresses.
251. What is your earliest memory of home?
252. Qualities you look for in a friend?
253. A promise I must make myself.
254. Cloud.
255. Something you learnt the hard way?
256. Urgent challenges.
257. What would your superpower be?
258. Lost.
259. How much self-control do you have?
260. Who do you talk to when you have a problem?
261. Paint a picture.
262. Where would you like to be lost?
263. How old were you four years ago? Describe some things you can do now that you could not do then.
264. Book review.
265. Choose a religion.266. List of things to photograph.
267. A place you relax.
268. Favourite family photo.
269. Describe how university was for you?
270. A photo that makes you happy.
271. Complete.
272. Use a newspaper for inspiration today.
273. Your house rules?
274. When I am old I will…
275. Who or what has had a strong influence in your life?
276. Write about climbing.
277. What’s the meaning of your name?
278. Make an emotional graph whilst listening to a song.
279. Doodle here
280. List places you would not visit.
281. What other profession would you do?
282. Power.
283. What does it feel like to be wrong?
284. Would you jump out of a plane?
285. What have you won?
286. Favourite brands.
287. Where do you feel most comfortable?
288. A woman who inspires you.
289. Which is least important to you–money, power, fame–and why?
290. Describe a dream that you had recently. Provide as many details as possible.
291. Why is it important to be honest?
292. A ridiculous law held in your country.
293. Why do you work where you work?
294. What’s your least favourite mode of transportation?
295. Place your playlist on shuffle and write the first ten songs that are played.
296. Where do you people watch?
297. Collect some wallpaper.
298. Movie Review
299. Draw optical illusions.
300. If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
301. What headline really got to you today?
302. Write about a difficult time in your life when you showed strength.
303. Best lesson you’ve ever learnt?
304. Something expensive you won’t buy yourself.
305. What historical events happened the year you were born?
306. Legend.
307. Does Never Never Land really exist?
308. Favourite candles.
309. List of fictional places you wish you could visit.
310. Do you look after yourself?
311. Seven things I love to do.
312. How does the weather effect you?
313. What do you think of animal testing?
314. Escape.
315. List five things you would buy if money wasn’t an object?
316. If you were a doctor, what kind of doctor would you be?
317. Open up a random book to page 33, and take the first sentence at the top of the page and start writing from it.
318. A-Z list of words that mean something to you.
319. Sometimes I pretend to be.
320. Describe your relationship with your grandparents.
321. As a writer, my dream come true would be…
322. List 3 things that went right today.
323. Trace your hand, write words on how you feel today inside.
324. Favourite superhero?
325. I promise to…
326. What effect does music have on you?
327. What can you see out of your window right now?
328. Name one thing you have always been good at doing.
329. What is your favourite form of exercise?
330. A festival you would like to experience?
331. The problem with being me is that…
332. Today’s fashion inspiration.
333. Families are important because…
334. Are you doing what you believe in or what you believe you should be doing?
335. What era inspires you?
336. A myth or legend that intrigues you.
337. What really moves you?
338. Take a walk, what did you think about?
339. What must I do tomorrow?
340. What’s making you mad today?
341. Write a letter to your future daughter about growing up.
342. List of 10 girl’s names.
343. Write down something no one knows about you.
344. Give yourself a pep talk?
345. When I was a child I didn’t realise that…
346. Your starsign.
347. List of your firsts.
348. What would you tell your future self to stay more positive?
349. Book Review
350. Words that mean something to you.
351. List of things you look forward to.
352. Was today a good day?
353. Something that helped to shape your outlook to life?
354. Write a description of a winter’s scene.
355. Your Christmas shopping list?
356. Events to remember this year…
357. What did Christmas mean to you as a child?
358. What does Christmas mean to you now?
359. How was your Christmas?
360. What’s great about today?
361. Would you change anything about this year?
362. What are you proud of achieving this year?
363. What I learnt this year…
364. Words to describe 2014.
365. What are your resolutions for the upcoming year?
’90s Teenagers in Their Bedrooms, Adrienne Salinger
In 1995, artistAdrienne Salingerwanted to depict the authentic lives of young people in ‘90s America — a contrast to the perfect Beverly Hills 90210 types portrayed in the media. She photographed teens in the most intimate space of all: their bedrooms.
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