31 Journal Prompts for Self Discovery
Over the last few years, I have been working really hard to re-discover myself. I have been a mom, or acting as a mom for my sisters, for more than half my life and I realized I didn’t know who I was outside of that identity. I knew that journaling for self-discovery would really help me discover who I am, what I believe, what I like to do, and what I want to accomplish, but I didn’t know where to start.
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At the beginning of my journey to learn about myself, I tried free journaling. Creating things from nowhere is not one of my strengths, so this style did not work for me. What did work for me was using journal prompts! It allowed me to focus on answering the one question in front of me without filtering my thoughts.
I hope you can use these journal prompts to help learn a little bit more about who you truly are!
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Journal prompts for self discovery
| 1 | Do you feel younger or older than you are? Explain. |
| 2 | How do you like your hair, your clothes, and your body to look? |
| 3 | What are your goals for the next 2 years? |
| 4 | What’s your favorite season? Why? |
| 5 | If you had to list 5 rules you’d like to live by, what would they be? |
| 6 | If you could turn any activity into an olympic sport, what would you have a good chance at winning a medal for? |
| 7 | If you could have lunch today with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be? |
| 8 | What are you most afraid of? |
| 9 | What is something that is popular now that annoys you? |
| 10 | If you could open a business, what kind of business would it be? |
| 11 | What’s your favorite genre of book or movie? |
| 12 | How different was your life one year ago? |
| 13 | What’s the longest you’ve gone without sleep? Why? |
| 14 | Do you text more or call more? Why? |
| 15 | What would your perfect room look like? |
| 16 | What memorable poetry have you ever read or heard? |
| 17 | What do you wish you knew about your childhood or your parents that you don’t know? |
| 18 | Which sport is the most exciting to watch? Which is the most boring to watch? |
| 19 | If you had a warning label, what would yours say? |
| 20 | How do you relax after a hard day of work? |
| 21 | What makes you nervous? |
| 22 | Imagine you could take off tomorrow for any destination for one week, where would you go, and why? |
| 23 | What mythical creature do you wish actually existed? |
| 24 | How would you describe your clothing style? |
| 25 | What’s the best and worst thing about getting older? |
| 26 | What is something you’ve learned about yourself from talking to others? |
| 27 | What is your favorite day of the week? Why? |
| 28 | What is your favorite room in your house? Why? |
| 29 | What’s your normal Sunday routine? |
| 30 | If you were given $5M to open a small museum, what kind of museum would you create? |
| 31 | Who was your most interesting teacher? |
4 Comments
Donna Garrison
Great list to get your writing flowing. I also like: If you could be anyone else in the world who would you be and why? or If you could live anywhere else in the world where would it be and with whom?
Nkem
I love this post! I’ve bookmarked it. I think your questions rival the 36 Qs to make someone fall in love with you or whatever. If I had a museum or gallery, it’d be full of photos of people who didn’t want to have their picture taken. People would be required to smoke ganja before going in, haha!
Morgan
Love this list!
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