Journaling

1. What’s something that you’re looking forward to?

2. What’s a simple pleasure that you’re grateful for?

3. What’s something that you're grateful to have today that you didn’t have a year ago?

4. Write about a happy memory.

5. Write about someplace you’ve been that you’re grateful for.

6. What’s something about your body or health that you’re grateful for?

7. Open the door or window and look outside. What’s something you’re grateful for outside?

8. What’s an accomplishment you’re proud of?

9. What’s a possession that makes your life easier?

10. Open your phone or photo album and find a photo that you like. Why are you grateful for this photo? What are you grateful for in the photo?

11. What have you been given that you’re grateful for?

12. What’s something or someone that makes you feel safe?

13. What artist, author, or musician are you grateful for?

14. What do you like about your job?

15. How are you able to help others?

16. What public service or organization are you grateful for (i.e. the library or fire department)?

17. What book(s) are you grateful for?

18. What piece of clothing or furniture are you grateful for?

19. Write about a friend that you’re grateful for.

20. Write about a teacher or mentor that you’re grateful for.

21. Write about a family member that you’re grateful for.

22. What did you accomplish today?

23. What’s a tradition that you’re grateful for?

24. What’s one of your personality traits that you’re grateful for?

25. What mistake or failure are you grateful for?

26. What skill(s) do you have that you’re grateful for?

27. What’s something that you bought recently that you’re grateful for?

28. What’s something that you made recently that you’re grateful for?

29. Look around the room and write about everything you see that you’re grateful for.

30. Write about 3 things you’re grateful for today.

1. Describe one of your fondest memories that you have that make you feel really happy to think about.

2. Who do you cherish in your life?

3. What’s one great thing about your life right now?

4. What’s one thing you’re really good at?

5. Describe a special moment you shared with someone recently.

6. Look around and find something that makes you feel happy and inspired when you look at it.

7. Describe a moment where you felt proud of yourself. Why did you feel proud?

8. Describe your ideal day, from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed. Describe it with as much detail as possible.

9. What’s one of your favorite things to do online? (watch Netflix, play games, read stories, etc.).

10. What are 3 things that you would tell your younger self?

11. Who inspires you, and why?

12. What’s one thing you could do, every day, to cultivate happiness in your life?

13. Do you have a happy place, somewhere you go that makes you calm and happy? Describe it in detail.

14. What are you most grateful for in your life?

15. Describe yourself when you feel happy – how do you carry yourself? How do you feel? What do you think about?

16. Describe someone that you know who is happy. What can you learn from them?

17. Who, in your life, makes you feel loved? What do they do that makes you feel loved?

18. Write down a list of 20 things that make you smile. These can be small and simple things such as cats, the sun, walking in nature, etc.

19. Describe yourself using 3 words.

20. (Finish the sentence): I feel happiest when…

1. Write a list of 10 things you love about yourself today.

2. What makes YOU unique?

3. If you could run away, where would you go and why? Furthermore, would you take anyone with you or go by yourself?

4. Reflect on one of the greatest life lessons you’ve ever learned. What was it and what did you learn?

5. How have you changed from the person you were 5 years ago?

6. Write a letter to your teenage self.

7. Reflect on the happiest moment of your life. Explore where you were, what you were doing, and who you were with? Reflect on every detail.

8. Write about your day or week so far. Did something good or bad happen? Are you feeling happy or sad? Did you learn or do something new?

9. Let your mind run free and have some fun writing your bucket list!

10. What is your most treasured possession and why?

11. Write a list of your priorities for the week, month or year. Are these aligned to what you really want to be doing in life?

12. Share one of your innermost secrets, something you’ve never told anyone.

13. What can you do or change in your life to focus more on your health and wellbeing? Be honest.

14. Make a list of the people in your life who genuinely believe in and support you. Explore why their support means so much to you.

15. Choose 3 photos of yourself across your lifetime and write about where you were, what you were doing, what you were like at that time, etc.

16. Who means the world to you and why? What traits of their’s do you value?

17. Write a letter to your body telling it how you feel. This could be a love letter or letter of apology if you have been critical of your body in the past.

18. How would you like to be remembered? You could try writing your obituary.

19. What challenges have you overcome in your life? How have they made you stronger?

20. Write the story of your family. You could explore your ancestral line, growing up with your family, etc. Tell that story

21. If you could change one thing, what would it be and why? Or perhaps you wouldn’t change a thing. Why?

22. What makes you feel at peace?

23. How does journaling help you?

1. The protagonist is digging in the garden and finds a fist-sized nugget of gold. There’s more where that came from in this hilarious story of sudden wealth.

2. Write a poem about something ugly—war, fear, hate, or cruelty—but try to find the beauty (silver lining) in it or something good that comes out of it.

3. An asteroid and a meteoroid collide near Earth, and fragments rain down onto the planet’s surface, wreaking havoc. Some of those fragments contain surprising elements: fossils that prove life exists elsewhere in the galaxy, for example.

4. The story starts when a kid comes out of the school bathroom with toilet paper dangling from his or her waistband. Does someone step forward and whisper a polite word, or do the other kids make fun? What happens in this pivotal moment will drive the story and have a deep impact on the main character.

5. Revisit your earliest memories of learning about faith, religion, or spirituality.

6. Use all of the following words in a poem: bit, draw, flex, perilous, bubble, corner, rancid, pound, high, open.

7. Write a poem about a first love.

8. Write a personal essay describing an exotic animal you’d like to have as a pet.

9. Silvery flakes drifted downward, glittering in the bright light of the harvest moon. The blackbird soared.

10. Write a tongue-in-cheek, satirical tribute. Tell bad drivers, rude customers, and evil dictators how grateful you are for what they’ve done. Do it with a wink and a smile.

11. Three children are sitting on a log near a stream. One of them looks up at the sky and says…

12. There is a magic talisman that allows its keeper to read minds. It falls into the hands of a young politician.

13. We’ve seen cute and cuddly dragons, mean and vicious dragons, and noble dragons. Write a story about a different kind of dragon.

14. Use all of the following words in a poem: dash, hard, staple, billboard, part, circle, flattened.

15. Write a story set in the distant future when humanity is at a fork in the evolutionary road. Some humans are evolving; others are not.

16. The kids were raised on the mantra “Family is everything.” What happens when they find out their parents aren’t who they pretended to be? Will the family fall apart?

17. Write a poem about one (or both) of your parents. It could be a tribute poem, but it doesn’t have to be.

18. Turn ordinary animals into monsters that prey on humans: dog-sized rats, killer rabbits, or a pack of rabid mountain lions. Give the animals intelligence and set them loose.

19. A twinkling eye can mean many things. Write a poem about a twinkle in someone’s eye.

20. What determines an action or person as good or evil? Who gets to decide what or who is good or evil? Write a personal essay about it.

21. Write a poem about your body.

22. The protagonist is about to drift off to sleep only to be roused by the spontaneous memory of an embarrassing moment from his or her past.

23. Write about the happiest day of your life.

24. Use all of the following words in a poem: feast, fire, modify, squash, robbed, forgotten, understated.