Journaling Prompts: 10 Questions To Ask Yourself Every Day
Improve your self-knowledge and become a better thinker
I’m not really a fan of journaling prompts because it’s turned into a gimmick. Every journaling app or article about the topic uses them. And people come up with the weirdest prompts.
It almost seems like they think you need to trick people into writing more. But a person who believes in the power of writing doesn’t need to be seduced to write more.
However, writing doesn’t always happen by itself. Sometimes we need to give ourselves a little push to get started. And that’s how I use journaling prompts.
I stick to prompts that trigger self-reflection — and I stick to a small list of questions that I keep repeating to myself. That’s the secret of journaling. It’s useless to journal once or twice a year. The purpose of journaling is to track your progress over a period.
By asking yourself the same questions consistently, you can see how you respond as your life circumstances change. It’s similar to Peter Drucker’s feedback analysis; a practical, long-term strategy for knowing yourself better.
To give you some inspiration, here are 10 journaling prompts I regularly use.
