30 Jumpstart Journal Prompts for Adults
Journaling has been known to help improve mental health through managing anxiety, navigating depression, aid in relaxation, and improve self-confidence. It is a tool many use to achieve goals, inspire creativity, and take control of your life. Journaling is a secret sauce that can often be overlooked or feel overwhelming to begin.
I’ve created thirty prompts to help get you started in your journaling practice. If the habit of journaling is new to you I encourage you to set the bar lower than you may want. Consistent small steps will often get you farther than sporadic large leaps.
Using pre-written journal prompts vs creating your own will allow all your energy and time to be used for writing your response, and not wasting a moment of what you have to offer. Time is precious, and therefore utilizing tools that allow you to do what only you can do can be the missing piece to successfully achieving habits and goals.
30 Journal Prompts to Get You Started
Today is a new beginning. How do you feel life is going?
What would equal a successful year for you?
What will delay or stop your defined success for this year?
Can you establish a mission statement for your year?
What will you value this year?
Write a list of everything you WANT. Don't be shy, don't apologize, just write it down.
Write out how it will FEEL to achieve or obtain the things you want.
List your current stresses, and highlight what you can control.
How can you bring more peace into your day?
"People pleasers usually start as parent pleasers." Mel Robins
Does this resonate with you? Why? When's the first time you remember saying "no" to your parents?
Do you have any toxic energy in your life? How can you step away from it?
The art of noticing: The small and simple, what is catching your eye?
Reflecting on this past year, what are you grateful for?
When was the last time you genuinely helped someone?
What does your relationship with exercise look like? When/how do you feel most in tune with your body?
How can you honor your body better, directly related to movement?
What other career would you have loved to do, and why?
Who do you look up to? List all of them and highlight or star who's currently a beacon in your life.
Where do you feel most confident?
Health Audit: Mental, spiritual, physical, financial. Rate them 1-4 (intentionally not allowing a neutral ground). If low, what's holding you back?
What do you have right now that you used to wish or pray for?
Our values create our habits, our habits create our destiny. Agree? What are your habits?
"What does a "yes" look like? In your relationships, business, as a partner/parent/friend?
- Via Robin Arzon, specifically pitched at minute 41:20 of the Goal Digger Podcast
What are you reading? What are you watching?
What is the last challenging thing you've accomplished?
When do you feel most alive?
Most stress stems from the way you respond, not the way life is. True or false? How can you adjust your attitude to change your stress levels?
Do you feel imposter syndrome? Or perfectionism? Or decision paralysis? How can you accept the feeling, and live with it? Vs allowing fear to cripple your success?
Write down a list of your life's accomplishments, and read it back to yourself as if you're talking about someone else. You're a badass, keep your chin up!
When was the last time you felt like a beginner?
I choose to write on one prompt a day for five minutes, sometimes less and sometimes more. On the days I have considerably more time I will open up another journal and dive deeper there. I have a well organized three-journal system that I have found a lot of success from. Finding and establishing a system that will help you stay consistent with your journaling practice will be a key component of maintaining the habit.
If you’d like to receive five journal prompts every Monday, join the rest of my journal prompt crew with my weekly email. These emails consist of five prompts and not much of anything more. Fill out the form below.
Happy writing!
