Getting started with journaling can seem overwhelming, especially when you're staring at the pristine, blank pages of a new notebook.
You may wonder: Where do I begin? What do I write? What do I include and what do I leave out?
While you could simply start writing and let the thoughts flow, even that can pose a challenge at times.
Journaling prompts for beginners can be a helpful tool to ease you into the process. They provide a structured starting point, reducing overthinking and the feeling of being overwhelmed by a blank page.
Here are 20 journaling prompts for beginners to get you started:
Question Prompts
- How am I feeling?
- What do I need?
- What am I looking forward to?
- What is most important to me right now?
- How can I experience more joy, happiness and/or peace in my life?
- What changes do I need to feel healthier, happier and more fulfilled?
- What do I feel I am currently lacking in my life? What do I need more of?
- Where do I currently have too much excess in my life? What do I need less of right now?
- Who or what do I need to let go of or at least distance myself from?
- If I could change one thing about my present life, what would it be?
- A recent source of joy has been...
Sentence Starter Prompts
- I find pleasure in...
- I feel most at peace/relaxed when...
- I feel most loved when…
- I am aware of...
- I need stronger personal boundaries with...
- I need to tell the truth about/be honest with…
- I want/need to forgive…
- I am regretting...
- I am disappointed about...
- I am resentful about...