Whether you’re an avid journal-er or simply want to dabble in a new hobby, journaling is a great way to help discover what you’re looking for and what you may be feeling.

Taking a moment to reflect on daily activities, memories, and personal values is a great way to get in touch with your thoughts and feelings and start the day off right.

Taking the time to journal helps reduce your stress and anxiety, improves your mood, create an organized routine, boosts creativity, and helps improve your mindfulness.

Because of these tremendous benefits to self-reflecting and journaling, we’ve compiled a short guide with a list of journal prompts for when you’re feeling stuck. Take a moment to find a quiet place to reflect on these specific themes.

Here are 20 Journaling prompts for self-discovery:

-       What are your strengths in relationships? 

-       What do you value most in your relationships?

-       What do you look forward to in the upcoming years? ( 5 years, 10 years, 15 years)

-       How can you better show your appreciation for others?

-       List four things you would like to tell a family member / loved one.

-       What are your career ambitions? List three things that can help you achieve those ambitions.

-       How can you improve your career within the next year?

-       What values do you consider the most important in your life?

-       Finish the phrase “my life would feel incomplete without…”

-       Talk about a choice you regret. What did you learn from that experience?

-       List three things you fear, and three things you love.

-       Describe your favorite activity.

-       What four things bring you the most joy?

-       Write a love letter to a place or an object that makes you happy.

-       List 10 things that motivate you.

-       Write a letter to yourself five years from now.

-       Complete the phrase “tomorrow I’m going to finally…”

-       List five things you want to accomplish before retirement.

-       Write a letter to someone you’ve lost (whether they died or are no longer a part of your life). What did you learn from them?

-       Where or who is your happy place?

Luli Marini, Intern for Daily Therapy Dose

Sources:

• https://psychcentral.com/blog/ready-set-journal-64-journaling-prompts-for-self-discovery#takeaway

• https://medium.com/the-happy-human/the-ultimate-list-of-self-discovery-journaling-prompts-8e3296b0b662