Prompts and self-reflection

Using Prompts in Journal Writing

As a starting point, or prompt for your journal writing, you might want to choose a line from a song or something you overheard someone say. Anything can be chosen as a prompt.

• Why not try using some of these prompts? What is your internal weather like today?

• What’s on your mind?
• I wonder what I really want?
• What makes me happy?
• Me at my best.
• The present moment.

• The earth under my feet…
• When the sky cleared…

Check out Creative Writing Now for more examples of journal prompts.

The Isolation Journals may also give you some creative inspiration.

Using Self- Reflection in your journal writing

Before you leave the page, allow yourself a bit of time to notice what has come up for you in the writing. You could add a sentence at the end of your journal entry.

• What I notice is...
• When I read this, I feel...
• I see…
• I’m aware of…

Watch this video for more journalling tips and topics