Being REAL… Ideas, open thoughts, and questions. We are happy to help with ways to get the journaling process moving! Using these open ended questions and statements can help inspire new ideas. Be creative, dig deep, and think outside of the box.
Prompt Questions
What is the happiest moment you have ever had?
What is the saddest moment you have ever had?
What makes you think of true love?
What do you do when you feel really good about something?
Who is the person you love the most in the world?
What do you do when you have “you time”?
Who is your best friend?
What is your favorite place to visit?
Are there times you feel scared?
Do you ever feel anxious?
What are some of the moments or experiences that have made you who you are?
What personal values do you hold true to?
Are there any people who really upset you every time you see them? Why?
Are there any people who really make you feel great every time you see them? Why?
Do you feel like you missed out on anything as a child?
Are there any pets you have loved and remember all the time?
Do you like to go to weddings?
Are there any things you wish you did a lot more of?
Are there any things you wish you did a lot less of?
How do you feel about your friends and what they represent in your life?
Are there any qualities you wish you possessed or could work on?
Are there any values that you wish you did or didn’t have?
If you could take one thing back in your life what would it be?
Is there one specific opportunity in your life you wish you took?
What do you think the true meaning of happiness is?
What would you change about the world if you had unlimited money?
Are there any people or groups of people you would like to reach out to and help?
How do you feel about the relationships in your life?
How do you feel about the relationship you have with your parent(s)?
How do you feel about your relationship with your partner?
How do you feel about your relationship with your sibling(s)?
How do you feel about your relationships with your child(ren)?
Is there anything you do that you personally wish you didn’t?
What is your favorite color?
Are there any things in life you could do that would teach you new perspectives?
What is a personal challenge you would like to accomplish?
What is the best thing you can offer the world?
What would you like to see different in the world?
What would you like to see different in yourself?
What is your favorite food?
Who was the most influential person from your childhood?
Who was your favorite teacher in school?
Are there any things other people do that you wish you could?
Are there any things other people do that really bother you?
Is there anyone you would like to be more like? Why?
What makes you laugh the hardest?
What makes you cry the hardest?
Do you like to try new things?
What is the scariest thing you have ever done?
Have you ever made a decision you regret or wish you would have handled differently?
Do you worry about how other people see you?
Do you get easily embarrassed, if so, why?
What is one thing you could do today that would change your life the most?
What is one thing you could stop doing to improve your life the most?
How do you look at long term and short term health?
Are there any things you could do today to improve your immediate life?
Do you have any specific goals that you would like to achieve?
What is the biggest goal you have set?
Who is the person you go to when you are in bad times? Are you thankful for them?
What do you do when you feel vulnerable?
How do you feel about being vulnerable?
Do you have memories of things that have made you blush?
What was your favorite birthday(s)?
Do you feel that you are a positive influence at work?
Do you think you are a helpful person?
Do you think you are a positive part of society?
Would you help a needy stranger? Why or why not?
How many times have you truly forgiven yourself?
How do you feel about mistakes you have made in life?
Do you feel like you carry emotional weight into your everyday life?
Are there friends you have lost contact with that you would think would improve your life?
Do you have any habits you would like to change?
Do you have any activities you would like to join?
What was your favorite part of your last vacation?
Is there a place you dream of traveling to, why?
How do you feel about the political climate of the United States?
Do you think there is anything you can do to make the world a better place?
What are some of the parts of today’s society that you wish you could make better?
What is your favorite thing about social media?
How do you feel about telling the truth on social media?
Do you act like a different person than you really are on social media?
Do you have any problems with excessive screen time?
What is your favorite animal?
Who is currently the most influential person in your life?
What has been your biggest challenge to overcome in life?
Have you ever felt loss?
Who is your role model? Do you want to be more like them?
Are there times you feel weak?
Are there time you feel unheard?
What makes you happy about who you are?
Do you tell yourself the truth?
Do you feel like you lead or follow?
Who is the person you are most scared of?
What do you think about todays’ society?
How do you feel about the current economic climate?
Is there anything you’d like to politely tell an opposing politically viewed person?
What makes you believe in politics so deeply?
What can you do to help the political climate?
Do you practice hate in your life?
What do you feel when you dislike something?
What do you feel when you like something?
What do you feel when you are irritated?
What are some of the things you’d like to work on that are irritating to you?
Do you feel that you are honest in your everyday life?
What would you say is your strongest quality?
What is the worst thing you have ever done?
What is the most selfless thing you have ever done?
Can you think of a moment that changed you or your life?
What is the most relaxing place you have ever been?
Where is your favorite place to go and why?
What was the biggest surprise you have ever received?
What are some of the things you do to be playful?
What is your favorite part about life?
What are some things you want to do in the next year?
Have you ever had your heart broken?
What is the most significant experience you have ever had? In what way? Why so significant?
Do you feel that you educate yourself throughout life?
Would you like to go back to school or work on more education?
What is the one thing that interests you the most?
When was the last time you had your stomach turn?
Are there any thing that give you anxiety?
Who was the last person I said I love you to?
Do you believe in love at first sight?
What is the biggest challenge you face in parenting?
What is the biggest challenge you face in life?
What makes you feel successful?
What is your favorite book and why?
How often do you take time to pull away from work?
Is there anything specific you believe you are hard on yourself about?
What do you like about you?
What do you dislike about you?
Do you ever make a wish about anything specific?
Who was the last person that told you they love you?
What is the silliest thing you have ever done?
Do you have any goofy things you do when you let loose by yourself?
Is there anything you have wanted to learn?
What is your favorite thing to read about?
What is your favorite thing about today?
Do you stop to take in the everyday moments of everyday life?
What do you think you could do better with your manners?
What is the best part of your favorite movie and why?
When was the last time you went out of your comfort zone?
How do you feel outside of your comfort zone?
Do you stop and look at the interactions when you are outside of your comfort zone? What is that like?
Do you take on new activities in your life?
How do you feel about joining a group activity?
Are there any activities you could do to surprise your partner?
Are there any team sports you and your significant other could join?
Are there any dreams you have wanted to fulfill in your life?
Do you notice anyone you can help throughout your day?
How do you feel about giving and being selfless?
Do you expect a reward when you do the right thing? Why?
What makes you feel the most lost in life?
How often do you stop in each emotion you feel and learn from them?
What do you do when you are in a strong or high emotion state?
What do you do when you are in a weak or low emotional state?
Is there anyone that you know you should talk to or make amends with?
Do you think there are places you could help others more?
When was the last time you really helped someone out? How did that memory make you feel to recall?
What is the one thing you look forward to the most?
When was the last time someone showed you a random act of kindness?
When was the last time you practiced a random act of kindness? How did you feel?
How do you handle heavy or hard emotions?
How do you handle when you are wrong about something? Why?
How do you handle when you are right about something? Why?
What topic do you talk about the most when you talk to friend?
Do you do a fair share of talking in a conversation or do you over or under talk? Why?
What do you believe is the best quality about yourself?
Do you listen as much as you talk? More, less, why?
Do you like to give people new ideas?
How do you feel about intimate touch and closeness? Why?
When was the last time you did something just for the fun of it?
Do you have a partner in crime?
Do you have someone you always spill your heart to?
How do you feel that time seems to just slip by quickly in life?
Are you proud of yourself?
What reminds you of warm moments?
What is your favorite smell and why?
What is the most special memory you have?
Do you cry during movies? What movies, parts, and why?
Do you think of and work on emotional intelligence?
What at work makes you feel comfortable?
What at work makes you feel uncomfortable?
What at home makes you feel comfortable?
What at home makes you feel uncomfortable?
What makes you feel comfortable?
What makes you feel uncomfortable?
When was the last time you really cried hard? Why? How did you feel?
When was the last time you danced? When was the last time you danced with your partner?
What was the last romantic gesture you made?
What was the best walk you have ever taken? Why?
Who would you like to take a long walk with and why?
Who makes your heart race?
What’s the most fun thing you’ve done in the last day, week, month, and year?
Do you wish you were more spontaneous?
If you could have one super hero power what would it be? Why?
What would you like the future to look like for you?
What would you like the future to look like for the world?
Is there anything you can do to shape a better world?
Do you think many small things can make big things happen? Why or why not?
How do you feel about your neighbors?
How do you feel about your community?
Do you think you can offer anything to help your neighbors or community?
What would you do with $1 million dollars?
Would you fly to outer space if you had the chance?
What was your favorite part of this past week?
When someone touches your heart, how does it make you feel?
Have you ever fallen in love?
Have you had a good romantic relationship? Why?
Have you had a bad romantic relationship? Why?
What is one thing a partner can do to show you their love?
What do you do to show your partner love?
Do you think you show your partner your best self?
Do you have any hidden insecurities that affect your life?
How do you address your insecurities?
What are your biggest insecurities you have overcome? Why?
How do you feel about organized religion? Why?
When was the last time you were happy with yourself?
What makes you feel content with yourself?
What makes you feel content with your life?
What have you learned by journaling?
What can you do to improve your life contentment today? Journaling, easy answer… ?
Statement Prompts
The things that I can control in this situation are…
I am having a hard time with my family life…
My children are changing and I want to be my best…
I am not having an easy time with my emotions…
I am really happy in my life right now…
I feel like I am in the best place for myself right now…
I have some great friends…
I really want to make more/new friends…
My children are doing great…
Work is really not going well for me as of lately…
We have a new boss and things have changed so much…
My finances have really been in a bad spot lately…
I wanted to be better at…
My friends have been really bad to me lately…
I have emotions and feelings that I do not understand…
We had the best day yesterday…
Last week we really had the best time…
Last week I really enjoyed…
Yesterday I really enjoyed…
I am afraid to go to an engagement by myself…
I have been having a really hard time in the dating world…
I feel a lot of emotions after a date…
I am scared to date…
The world seems to have changed so much…
The best thing I can offer to the world is…
I do my part for the world by doing this…
One of the most important things to me is…
The most important value of mine is…
The most important character trait of mine is…
The thing I value the most in others is…
I am insecure about…
This makes me feel really insecure…
I really didn’t like the way that person treated me…
I really liked the way that person treated me…
Our family is doing really great…
I am having a really hard time at work…
I do not like where my career has gone…
I think this will get me to the next step in my career…
I do not want to wake up in the morning…
My favorite smell is…
My favorite feeling is…
The last book I read and loved was…
A new activity I want to try is…
My favorite memory of my child(ren) is…
My favorite family memory is…
My favorite childhood memory is…
Something I have been thinking about doing for a while is…
My favorite part of the holidays is…
I really have been missing…
I saw the worst thing today…
I saw the best thing today…
I have met a lot of new friends lately…
I have been thinking about traveling to…
My most important quality is…
The thing that makes me feel the best in the world is…
The hardest thing I do every day is…
The most rewarding thing I do each day is…
My favorite pet ever was…
Some of my most fond memories are…
Some of my happiest memories are…
The last time I took care of myself was…
I am having a hard time with a recent loss…
Life has become very hard because of this…
Life has been going very well because of this…
I have had so much growth because of…
I feel like I didn’t grow because of…
The first goal I have is…
Some of my other goals are…
I would like to accomplish these three things in the next year…
I believe my situation would be better if I…
These are the goals I have set for myself…
The last time I made myself go somewhere I was uncomfortable was…
The best thing I can do for myself today is…
The best thing I can do for my partner today is…
The best thing I can do for my family today is…
The best thing I can do for my friends today is…
The one thing I want the most is…
Sometimes I dream about…
The things I want for my children are…
I can be a more positive person by…
The last time I was really creative was…
The last idea I showed true dedication to was…
The last thing I did to better my situation was…
When I feel like I am having a hard time I…
When I am really happy I…
My worst habit is…
These are the bad habits I want to work on with myself…
These are the good habits I want to work on with myself…
I believe the cutest things ever are…
I wish more people would appreciate…
The last time I really challenged myself was…
The craziest idea I have ever had was…
The scariest moment I have ever had was…
This is the group I am around when I feel my best…
This is the group I am around when I feel my worst…
These are the personal activities I really like to do…
I need to use my voice more when people…
I feel like I am being taken advantage of and I really want to nicely tell someone…
I was asked to do something I don’t think is right…
I have some friends that are not doing well…
I am scared of what my results are…
I feel anxiety when I go…
I feel happiness when I go…
I feel sadness when I go…
When I stop and am able to to feel my own feelings I like to… (Journal)
I want to work on…
The best thing I have ever done for myself is…
The last time I told my closest people I love them was…
This is how I currently feel in my life…
These are the best solutions I have for this problem…
Sometimes I feel things I can’t explain, I want to learn more about…
When we argue we always…
When we are at our best we always…
When we are communicating well we make sure we…
The last small thing I did for someone else was…
I really can’t wait for…
That was the craziest thing I have ever seen in my whole life…
Wow, I never thought I would feel this way…
I tend to feel intimidated when I…
I tend to feel anxiety when I…
This is the last time I will deal with…
I learned this new strategy for…
The best way to fix this is…
I feel angry about…
I need to let this go and move on with my life…
I have spent too much time worrying about…
I have not spent enough time on…
My favorite “me” activity is…
The way my children make me feel is so…
The way my husband makes me feel is so…
The way that my parents make me feel is so…
The way my siblings make me feel is so…
I was told this is what it is like to be kind…
I want to pass this along to my children…
I want to set a new goal about…
I am really scared about the outcome of…
The worst thing I have ever done is…
The thing in my life I need to find forgiveness for is…
I feel like I am changing in this way…
I am having a hard time communicating this…
I feel hopeless and this is why…
The political climate makes me feel so…
I feel uncomfortable when I see this…
I want to do this for my neighbor…
I want to do this for my family…
I want and need to give an apology to…
My responsibility in this argument was…
I could have handled that better by…
The next time that happens I want to…
The best feeling in the world is…
The best place to go and be a kid is…
The last time truly played was…
I feel so lucky because of…
I’m glad I was invited to…
It would help me a lot if I…
I think I see a pattern and it looks like…
The most important for the upcoming year is…
The last thing I want to do is…
I feel best when I…
I wanted to revisit my times with a specific person and tell them…
I really want to tell my partner…
This is the thing I love the most…
I really want to help others by…