Journal Entry Ideas for When You’re Stuck
Even if journal writing is something we like do on the regular we all get stuck every now and then with nothing in particular we want to write about. Here are some of my journal entry ideas for those times.
Ten Things Lists
- 10 things you fear
- 10 things you love
- 10 favorite things
- 10 ways to describe yourself
- 10 things that make you laugh
- 10 quotes you love
- 10 affirmations to use daily
- 10 reasons to smile
- 10 people you’d like to meet
- 10 good memories
5 Things Lists
- 5 things I can do to cheer myself or someone else up
- 5 things I love about…
- 5 things I want to learn to cook
- 5 things I’d like to get
- 5 things I’d like to
- 5 things I can do to brighten my day
- 5 books I want to read
- 5 songs I love and why
- 5 pretty things
- 5 special people in my life and why
Misc. Journal Entry Ideas
- Write out chapters of your life story. They don’t necessarily have to be long. Use headings to specify certain events or funny things; special moments, things you accomplished or places you went. eg. My Life Story- The Time I spent in Paris
- cut and paste pictures of things you love or boots you’re crushing on
- keep souvenirs and write about them; fortune cookie fortunes, ticket stubs, card someone gave you…
- write out instructions of something you’d like to do/make and later write your results
- write out how you feel at that exact moment eg. I feel happy today because…
- make a collage of special things, pictures, sayings, quotes, dates…
- make a note of that favorite color lipstick you love or the new shade of blush you think looks great on you
- make a note of your favorite piece of advice and how it’s helped you
- write out a secret you have or something nobody knows
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