10 Journal Prompts for 2021

I love journal prompts. I’ve written a few lists of my own journal prompts, as well as writing prompts (which you can use as journaling prompts, natch). I’ve also reviewed, and praised, the 52 Lists books by Moorea Seal more times that I can count.

For 2021, I wanted to start the year on a positive foot—with a focus on self-reflection, not changing myself based on fear, and keeping my self-care routine top of mind. For me, that comes down to journaling.

I wanted to share 10 of the journal prompts I’ve been following this year to help me narrow in my focus for 2021. I hope these journal prompts help you relax, help you think, and help you think of ways you can keep 2021 positive, no matter what happens.

10 Journal Prompts for 2021

1. How did you feel about your home in 2020?

2. What feelings do you feel when you think about home?

3. How was I present in 2020?

4. How was my work in 2020?

5. When I focus on work, how do I feel?

6. What were my biggest struggles in 2020? What can I learn from these?

7. How did you take care of your body this year?

8. What is one way you can think your body this year?

9. How did you nurture yourself this year?

10. What resources helped you thrive most in 2020?

I hope you find these helpful! Let me know if you use them in your journal.

Monthly Journaling: 31 Prompts for October 2020

Happy October! Another month, another exciting set of journaling prompts.

This month, I wanted to focus on finding little joys throughout your month (make sure to check out my Inspiration Sunday post on this subject!), as well as Fall memories, focusing on your mental health (and how that feels in your body), and connecting with yourself through writing.

These prompts are a great way to get yourself writing every day, or just give yourself a few minutes to relax and tune out (and get away from a screen!). I hope you find these helpful!

Monthly Journaling: 30 Journal Prompts for September 2020

Ready for a short and sweet post? Good!

Today, I wanted to share 30 journaling prompts I’m using in my bullet journal this month. These are great, general prompts to get yourself in the habit of writing every single day. You don’t have to choose just one to write every day—you can pick one or two. Or you can just follow the numbers and take your time. Whatever works for you!

I hope you find these prompts helpful. Make sure to follow me on Instagram for more journal prompts!

3 Journal Prompts for Setting Boundaries

This month, we’re going to talk about establishing boundaries: in your business, in your personal relationships, and beyond. Establishing boundaries is so important to everyone and something we don’t talk about enough! I hope you find value and comfort in these blog posts. You can read all posts in this series by clicking here.

Today’s post will be pretty short & simple. I wanted to share a few journaling prompts to help you explore your need for boundaries, what boundaries you want to set, and how you can set those boundaries.

As I’ve shared in previous posts, this past year has been a huge one for setting boundaries. Before I was laid off in July 2019, I worked constantly. Sometimes, I would drop everything I was doing when I got a Slack message. I have always worried about being viewed as lazy, needy, or inconsistent, so I made sure to be available 100% of the time. After I the layoff and as I started freelancing, I realized that this simply wasn’t a sustainable option for me. Especially as COVID-19 hit and we were quarantined, I realized that sometimes I just needed to say, “No I can’t do that” to just about everyone in my life. Dropping everything to go do a work task or dropping work tasks to go help Forrest were both unsustainable options.

Establishing boundaries around my work life and my home life were important especially because I work from home. I used these journaling prompts myself to help clear my mind, get all my thoughts out on paper, and created a plan for boundaries.

I hope you find these helpful!

Thanks for reading!