Some journal prompts I like (writing and creative) :
Iām going to do a separate list for some chronic illness journal ideas bc Iāve found itās so helpful!
Write out the lyrics to your favourite song and/or do a drawing / painting / collage of your interpretation of the song
Diary entry about your day
Bujo style - plan out your week or month
Scripting (manifestation)
Vision board (manifestation)
Notes on a topic youāre learning about (for example I like to watch lots of nature or history documentaries and sometimes I make notes on them in my journal or if itās witchy stuff I write it in my grimoire)
Letter to past you / future you / someone in your life (remember they donāt have to read it, this has helped me so much in certain situations so I can get out whatever I want to say without upsetting people) / someone you love who has passed on / the god or deity you worship if you worship one / to your future children / future partner
Ideas for things (like stories you want to write, photo shoots, fashion, films, art etc)
Poetry (either that youāve written or that someone else has written that you like)
Get to know me page so if you want to look back on your journal in the future you can see what you were like then
Films youāve watched / books youāve read / favourite songs from the past month
Go sit in nature and draw or write about what you see or feel when youāre there
Stick in scraps from throughout your day (such as receipts, labels from things, stickers, pictures etc)
Your childhood (draw or write about childhood memories, hobbies, things you used to collect, stick in childhood photos, the toys you used to play with etc)
Write a list of things that make you happy
Write about your dreams and what you think they might mean
Brain dump (I sometimes do this before I go to sleep if somethings going on)
Stick in notes your loved ones have written to you
Goals in life / 5 year plan
Plan a day out or a holiday
Plan content you want to make for social media
Things that make you happy
Hobbies you currently have
List of things you collect
Things you want to learn or research
Stick in any colouring pages youāve done
List of Studio Ghibli films and tick off the ones youāve watched
List of your favourite things
List of things to do when youāre bored
If you normally write about your day, draw pictures of all the things you did instead of writing (a bit like in a comic book)
Advice people have given you that has been really helpful
Ideal morning / night routine
Notes from therapy / hospital appointments
Page of all your cinema tickets
List of people that inspire you
Crystals and their meanings
Write your dream wardrobe
Stick in photos and write a bit about them
Write about an event (a description of what happened, how it left you feeling, who was there and what they said and did, what you wish had happened instead, the reasons why you find it hard to let go, steps you could take to start to move on)
Notes on a language youāre learning
Collage about a film youāve recently watched
Write about a tarot reading you did
What does heaven and hell mean to you
Flip through a magazine and do a collage of pictures from it