r/JournalingIsArt • u/Dahija Moderator • Nov 23 '12

Prompts and Lists 1000 Prompts

Over the years, as I have worked on my journals, I have collected prompts to inspire me when I'm feeling indecisive about what to write/draw. I finally took all the prompts and put them into a single list instead of a multitude of separate documents. Here is this list. Please note that these prompts were gathered from everywhere...the internet, from books, and from friends, so the topics are varied. I tried to keep prompts that were not repetitive, but with 1000 of them, I may have slipped once or twice.

Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CE70wQ-njt5EuCuiAY21XSMik6hsSdi8nQo2Fz2yj0k/edit

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u/davidwalker2012 Nov 23 '12

That's just...amazing!

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u/Dahija Moderator Nov 23 '12

Thanks! It took me a long time to compile it all in one place, but I think it was worth it!

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u/udmeko Mar 17 '24

Thank you very much for this prompt. Will give it a try. And thanks to your prompt. It had got me writing again.

Thank you, thank you.

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u/VeryHandy Nov 23 '12

Thank you so much. I've always struggled with journaling because sometimes I don't want to write about my day. As obvious as it seems now I never considered prompting.

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u/Dahija Moderator Nov 23 '12

You are very welcome. I'm glad someone will get some use from it.

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u/mrsspaz Nov 27 '12

Wow, this is great! Writer's block cured FOREVER.

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u/Tarquinnff3 Nov 27 '12

Saved! Will definitely use in the future. Thanks!

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u/banjobobberson Dec 10 '21

Awesome. I just started journaling today. After two short pages i know this is going to be something i continue, but immediately knew it wont always be about my day of feelings. This is perfect, thank you!

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u/Dahija Moderator Dec 10 '21

You are so welcome! That's exactly what it's meant for...days you want to write, but not necessarily a recap of your day.

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u/Sea_Flounder_8909 Jun 11 '22

Ten years ago and still helping people. This will help my writers/journaling block. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

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u/Dahija Moderator Jun 11 '22

You are so welcome. I use it myself all the time!

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u/Druuuf Feb 04 '13

Great Collection! Bookmarked ..

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u/Classic-Complex6242 May 26 '22

9 years later and this is still so valuable. Thank you for this list!

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u/mysticdeer Aug 13 '22

Thankyou! I was just reading it then fell into an hour long daydream about living in the 14th century ha.... Very thought provoking and I appreciate it!

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u/chia-to Jul 31 '23

I have been searching for good prompts for my journal! Thank you! This is awesome! I added it to my home page as a widget from Google doc to access it easily when I journal.

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u/itradedaoptions Apr 15 '22

Woah! Mind if we upload these to our website https://writemore.io/prompts and attribute back to you? These are excellent

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u/Dahija Moderator Apr 16 '22

Not at all, please feel free to share :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '22

Thanks <3

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u/slynneblarp Sep 03 '22

That ya fantastic list! Thanks so much for posting it!

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u/Dahija Moderator Sep 07 '22

You are very welcome :)

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u/throwawayfnoj Dec 06 '22

Fantastic. Thank you!

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u/Dahija Moderator Dec 07 '22

You're welcome! :)

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u/Tangewystl Jan 15 '23

This is so great! Thanks for sharing.

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u/Dahija Moderator Jan 20 '23

You are very welcome!

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u/Somethingsterling May 24 '23

Youre an absolute hero, tysm

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u/Dahija Moderator May 25 '23

Thanks! :)

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u/kuyayan May 29 '23

I saved this to my reddit collection :o) have this🏆

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u/Dahija Moderator May 31 '23

Thank you!

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u/gOtRiCe1174 Jan 29 '24

This is so amazing. I found a website with journaling prompts but yours appears deeper and with more thought provocation. ❤️

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u/Dahija Moderator Jan 30 '24

I hope you enjoy it! :)

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u/greenqueen1987 May 15 '24

What website

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u/tempebusuk Mar 13 '24

Thank you! 😍

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u/Mopey_3 Apr 27 '24

Gosh these prompts are splendid! I hope many more people will find this post and appreciate all the effort and work you have put into this^ ! I just started journaling myself and this is such a great source of inspiration. I absolutely love writing answers to intriguing question so this list will come in handy for sure:]!

Thank you so much!

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u/heather3113 May 09 '24

What a wonderful find! I started a prompted journaling project on the units I supervise at a prison. This will keep them working for years to come! Thank you.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '24

This is amazing! Thank you so much! I am new to journaling and I often do not know what to write when the day was dull! This will help me a lot!! ✨

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u/Ok-Stand1794 May 29 '24

Wow this is a great list. Thanks for sharing!

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u/blarffy Jan 19 '22

This is an indispensable resource. Thank you.

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u/Dahija Moderator Jan 19 '22

You are so very welcome :)

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u/_GenderNotFound Mar 10 '22

Wow that's cool!

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u/TinyFlowersOfSun_ Apr 05 '22

Oh you delicious human. This is incredible and everything I've been looking for 🙌

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u/Dahija Moderator Apr 10 '22

You are so very welcome!

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u/Koperenroos Apr 08 '22

Thank you for sharing😊

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u/value_counts Jun 26 '22

This is a good mine

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u/PracticeForeign Oct 27 '22

Thank you sooo much!!!! JUST WHAT I NEEDED. Today I used #56 :)

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u/Dahija Moderator Nov 09 '22

Awesome! How did it turn out?

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u/Gumpenufer Jan 01 '23

Just rediscovered this in my saved posts and wanted to say "hats off" for collecting and sharing these, OP.

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u/Dahija Moderator Jan 04 '23

You are so very welcome! I hope you still find it useful. :)

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u/Kindergoat Jan 11 '23

This is really great, thanks.

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u/Dahija Moderator Jan 13 '23

:)

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u/theunfinishedletter Jan 27 '23

Just came across this. Can’t believe it’s a decade old. It’s extremely useful - thank you!!! ❤️

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u/Dahija Moderator Jan 28 '23

I know, right? Seems like only yesterday it was like my first post ever on this subReddit. :)

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u/photons_be_free Feb 17 '23

Thanks this is great

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u/Dahija Moderator Feb 20 '23

You are very welcome! :)

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u/stormybormy23 Mar 02 '23

Thank you!!

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u/ConnectionEdit Mar 21 '23

Cool! Thanks so much!!

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '23

this is quite good! Could I use it for English conversation group?

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u/Dahija Moderator Mar 29 '23

Sure! :)

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '23

thanks 😊

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u/inflorais May 23 '23

You are a life saver!

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u/Ameliorating-man Jul 10 '23

I apologize in advance for this shameless plug but I wanted to at least extend this idea to you. I run a free daily newsletter subscription where I said out a daily journal prompt for you to write to. All of the prompts are prefaced with a short conversation about the topic of the day which is inspired by my favorite books, podcast episodes, TED Talks or anything else I find interesting. My website is www.ameliorating-man.com

I have always loved writing and the idea of journaling always excites me but I found it hard to guide my writing freely everyday. I would also google "journal prompts" but everything was so generic and boring it left me very unmotivated. I also really enjoyed Ryan Holidays daily stoic journal but unfortunately you only have one year of content with his book. I would still recommend it though for sure. I mean I would like to think my site is worth at least checking out and please don't feel pressured to subscribe to the email list or anything, I just wanted to extend the offer.

Thanks for listening to me rant if you made it this far! 🤟🏻

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u/Aikea_Guinea83 Aug 05 '23

Took up journaling again last week after years and found this post. Thank you OP, what a great list!

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u/Dahija Moderator Aug 05 '23

You are very welcome! Let me know how it goes. :)

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u/Coffeelover39 Oct 30 '23

Ty this is such an awesome list

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u/MuzicIsMyLife Dec 02 '23

WOW, thank you for this. This took a lot of doing. I've saved it for future reference so I can go back from time to time and answer some of those questions and put them in my journal.

I've been looking for a daily questions type of journal where they email you questions every day but have been unsuccessful. This helps tremendously.

Thahnk you.

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u/Dahija Moderator Dec 04 '23

You are very welcome. I hope it ends up being useful for you. :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '24

Thank you so so so much!!! i’m much appreciated 😻😻😻

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u/devpresso Jan 14 '24

hey, considering this is 11years old, i am in awe of this compilation. came across this in 2024, thanks so much

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u/Dahija Moderator Jan 17 '24

Enjoy! :)

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u/MissKris117 Feb 02 '24

Wow!!! 😮 Thank you SO much for this!!! 🙏🏾 You’re the best!

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u/purple_rhapsody Feb 19 '24

Wow, this is just amazing! Thanks

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u/ClockAffectionate758 Feb 25 '24

This list is amazing. I found it by chance when looking up journaling tips for myself, but I have a volunteer activity for English language conversation. sometimes I run out of ideas for conversation. For my students managing a conversation that involves longer/more detailed descriptive ability this is awesome. No one word replies will do. So cool.

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u/Skylark15 Jul 10 '24

What an amazing list, thank you for sharing it 😻