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
Journaling gives me the ability to forget minor details and focus on the present.
Kyle Weirauch
Journaling is more than merely putting pen to paper. The very act focuses your mind on a specific thought or memory. When writing out a thought or memory, your focus is divided between what you are thinking and the act of writing itself. Splitting your focus this way prevents your mind from wandering in different directions. This means you are more centered on that moment, your thoughts, and your journal.
This is what brings me peace when journaling. I am able to quiet all of the other thoughts that generally flood my mind on a day-to-day, moment-to-moment basis. It doesn’t matter what I am writing about; I get relief from my racing thoughts and overthinking multiple things at once.
Weekly Inspiration
Journaling With Drawings
Art journaling does not have to cover both pages. Writing on one side allows you the freedom of journaling and creating separately.
Pin by simplelifeoflady.com
Daily Journaling
There are no rules to the amount of journaling you have to do. Write a little or write a lot. The choice is yours.
Pin by Linda Schader
Art Journaling
One drawing, one quote, and multiple add-ins create one important message.
Messages to yourself are as important as pages of writing.
Pin by Audrey
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
26.01 Write about your first trip to a fair or amusement park.
Who were you with? How old were you? Were the rides fun and exciting, or were you scared? I can’t remember the first one I went to. My memories are a mix of different times that we went as kids. But my most memorable time at the carnival was the time I was sick. They only came once a year, so I was determined to make it. I did make it, but just barely!
26.02 How often do you say “I love you” to those who truly matter?
In my family, we say it often, daily. There’s no such thing as going a day without it. I say “I love you” when someone leaves or hangs up and randomly throughout the day. I lost my dad suddenly when I was in my 20s, and it taught me that there may not be time later. Now is all we have.
26.03 Are you sensitive to what others say about you?
Is this something that you worry about? Do you worry about everyone who sees you or those closest to you? Does it matter if they are strangers? I grew up around people who always judged everyone they saw, and it left me with a fear of being the person who is getting made fun of or judged. I am learning to accept it and live with it, but it haunted me for many years.
26.04 When you are driving (or walking) and pass a cop, how do you react?
Does it bother you? Do you feel guilty or nervous? I am a complete wreck when driving past a cop! My gut churns, and I get shaky. I try desperately to watch them out of the corner of my eye or mirror and continue watching until I am well past them. Funny enough, I rarely speed and almost always follow all traffic laws. But yet, I am still a basket case when I pass a cop!
26.05 What is your resistance?
All projects, desires, or goals have a final endpoint. If you have yet to reach that endpoint, what is the resistance holding you back? What are you afraid of? Is there something internal that is holding you back? Can you define it? Write it all down, and then write down three ways you can push past the resistance. Even if those ways are not something you feel capable of. Look for the way through.
26.06 Are you an overthinker?
Does something happen, and you rework that same event repeatedly in your mind? Does it do you any good? At the end of the day, when something happens, it’s over. The moment is gone, it’s past, you’re done, and no amount of overthinking will change what has already happened. That is what you need to remind yourself every time you catch yourself overthinking.
26.07 Word of the Week: Kvetch.
Look it up, write it down, and use it in a sentence or two. I try to keep my kvetching to a minimum, but sometimes I fail!
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.
