Weekly prompts to help you think a little harder, write a little longer, and have a bit of fun in your journal. I provide the prompt and then a bit of discussion afterward to help you think beyond the prompt.
How To Use Weekly Prompts
Using weekly prompts can be as simple or as difficult as you would like. I do not use one every day, and sometimes I use several from the weekly prompts list at one time. Over time, I have learned that too simple doesn’t work for me. I like to push the question around in my mind, look at it from a couple of different perspectives, and see what comes out.
Imagine, if you will, the prompt as a unique piece of artwork. Put that piece of artwork on a pedestal and then move around it. Look from side to side, high to low, and anything between. I want it to speak to me, give me thoughts, and guide my thoughts into a deeper understanding.
In all seriousness, I do study the question. I don’t spend hours on it and sometimes not even minutes. A few seconds and a few pointed questions after. Generally, those questions begin with why. Why did the prompt spark that response? Does that matter to me, and why? Why did I choose that answer/point? My meanings and questions can be vastly different from yours. That’s okay! The prompts are supposed to spark YOUR thoughts and feelings.
Focus Quote
Journal writing, when it becomes a ritual for transformation, is not only life-changing but life-expanding.
Jennifer Williamson
You will often hear comments saying journaling has changed someone’s life, given them more insight into their minds, helped them connect with their inner self, brought more awareness to their lives, and on and on it goes. I journaled as a child. Iter I journaled off and on for years, but it wasn’t until I was robbed of the freedom to journal that I began to understand how it truly helps you. It does all of the above and more. Your journal is your best friend, your most trusted confidant, the one you can yell at or lose your cool with, and it will never let you down; it’s the one place you can go to be yourself with absolutely no judgments.
Journaling can change your life, but only if you allow it to happen by journaling in the first place. Your words and thoughts do not have to be cleverly phrased or thought out; you don’t need fancy sentence structure or deep meaning. They just need to be your words, thoughts, or feelings and in whatever format you feel like putting them down. Your thoughts and feelings can be put on paper in art, scribbles, collage, paint, lyrics, you name it. The options are limitless!
Weekly Inspiration
Creative Journaling
Your journal can be bits and pieces of a day or a week. There are no hard rules on what goes on each page.
Pin by Ragnhild Grimstvedt
Creative Spreads
Some people find it easier to use a pre formatted planner and to just journal bits at a time.
Pin by Linda Schader
Creative Journaling
Wax seals, doilies, scrap papers, anything is fair game in a creative journal.
Pin by Journal With A Purpose
The images that I choose for inspiration are not about the links. They are solely about the images and what they represent. I love seeing other people’s journals. I love the inspiration that hits me to go write in my own. Sometimes, that inspiration leads me to try something I have seen on their pages. Mostly, it just inspires me to write!
Weekly Prompts
20.01 Write about a person you have lost touch with, a friend or lover you choose.
Who is this person? What did they mean to you? Why did you lose touch? Is this someone that you would like to have back in your life? If not, why not? Sometimes, a person who was a significant part of a different stage in our life doesn’t really fit into our lives now.
20.02 Write about the last dream you had or can remember.
What is your interpretation of that dream? Was it funny, scary, boring, or meaningless? Have you ever tried to look up the meaning of the dream? I have had dreams for many years that stick with me. Some haunt me long after they are over, and some are reoccurring dreams.
20.03 Do you believe in free speech?
What exactly does free speech mean to you? Have you ever looked into its actual meaning and how it is protected? Do you agree that people have the right to say whatever they want? Do you think that YOU have the right to say whatever you want regardless of what others think?
20.04 Write about where you have (or would like to) watch the sunrise.
Explain the place and moment in great detail. Write about how you felt (or imagine you would feel) in that place or at that moment. Who were you with? Did you want someone to be there with you?
20.05 What was the biggest lie you ever told?
What were the circumstances surrounding the lie? Why did you lie? Did you ever get it resolved and settled? Did anyone get hurt? Most people have had moments when they get caught in a lie, sometimes caught up in a lie either by their own doing or accidentally. How you extricate yourself is what matters. Did you move on from that lie with forgiveness from others and for yourself?
20.06 Did anything tempt you today?
Food? A Person? Temptations can be all around. Sometimes, my temptation is to say the things I am thinking out loud. Actually, that temptation is daily. But did you give in? Did you allow your temptation to overrule your mind and heart? Was it worth it?
20.07 Word of the week: Pareidolia.
Can you pronounce it? Do you know what it means? Look it up, write down the meaning, or maybe head outside and find one for yourself.
I hope these weekly prompts inspire you to think harder, dig deeper, and write a little longer this week. Looking for more prompts? Check out the Divergent Dialogues category to see more weekly prompts, 31+ Fun Journaling Prompts, or head on over to my Pinterest board!
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Happy Journaling!
Sarah G.
