365 days of journaling
Prompts to help you notice, reflect, and develop a daily journaling habit.
Hello!
Welcome to 365 days of journaling. I’ll update this page monthly, providing daily journaling prompts to help you think, notice, and reflect on life.
Why am I doing this? I’ve been journaling every morning since I picked up The Artist’s Way in September 2024, and I can’t say enough about how much it has improved my mental wellbeing to work through lingering thoughts, anxiety, or simply letting go of things that I may have otherwise bottled up. I’ve learned that giving yourself time and space to reflect on what’s happening in your life (good or bad) can make it easier to process and understand yourself and the people around you. It also beats doom scrolling the moment you roll out of bed.
When I tell my friends about my morning pages habit, they usually ask what I write about. It varies! Sometimes it’s deep, loaded with feelings, and sometimes it comes out in the form of a to-do list. There’s no right or wrong way to do it.
Lately, when I feel a bit blank, I’ve been turning to journaling prompts, so I figured, why not share them here? I like to journal immediately after I wake up (once the coffee is ready, of course!), but I’ll leave it up to you to decide what time of day works best.
Once this list grows to a few months’ worth of journaling prompts, I will add an index at the top, so you can easily skip to the current month. Note, this is not specifically for writers. Wonderful if you are one and find these prompts helpful, but don’t hesitate to join in on the fun even if you don’t identify as a writer.
Happy journaling!
Alexis
P.S. Have a question, feeling stuck, or want to share an excerpt from a recent journal entry? Let’s meet in the comments!
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Index
Skip to the current month by clicking the link below.
January
My idea to start this glossary of journaling prompts came to me in February, so if we make it through the year, I’ll add January prompts at the beginning of 2027.
February
February 1
What feels different about how I move through the world now compared to ten years ago?
February 2
What am I no longer willing to rush for?
February 3
What expectation about midlife have I quietly rejected?
February 4
What feels steadier in me than it used to?
February 5
What feels heavier and lighter than I expected at this age?
February 6
What part of my life feels most “mine” right now?
February 7
What am I less interested in explaining or justifying?
February 8
What version of myself am I no longer trying to maintain?
February 9
What do I care less about now, and why does that feel like relief?
February 10
What do I care about more than I used to?
February 11
What feels truer now, even if it’s less impressive?
February 12
What kind of tired am I experiencing these days, and what kind of rest does it actually need?
February 13
What role am I quietly stepping out of?
February 14
What kind of love feels most sustaining to me at this stage of life?
February 15
What am I more confident about than I was five years ago?
February 16
What uncertainty feels easier to live with now?
February 17
What no longer feels worth my energy?
February 18
What boundaries feel necessary rather than selfish?
February 19
What feels unfinished, but no longer urgent?
February 20
What am I learning to accept about myself?
February 21
What feels quietly satisfying, even if it looks small from the outside?
February 22
How has my relationship to time changed?
February 23
What does “success” mean to me now, separate from what I was taught?
February 24
What am I no longer in a rush to figure out?
February 25
What kind of freedom matters most to me at this point in my life?
February 26
What feels possible now that didn’t before?
February 27
What am I learning to let be imperfect?
February 28
What question feels most alive for me as I move forward?
March
March 1
What feels like it’s slowly waking up in me right now?
March 2
What am I ready to loosen my grip on this month?
March 3
What feels possible now that didn’t a few months ago?
March 4
What part of my life could use more air?
March 5
What am I learning to trust about myself?
March 6
What feels worth tending to, even without a clear outcome?
March 7
What kind of energy do I want to protect this month?
March 8
What am I curious about right now?
March 9
What expectation am I willing to question?
March 10
What feels easier than it used to?
March 11
What am I beginning to say no to more naturally?
March 12
What does progress look like for me these days?
March 13
What feels like a small but meaningful shift?
March 14
What do I want more room for?
March 15
What am I learning about patience at this stage of my life?
March 16
What part of myself feels ready to be seen?
March 17
What feels steadier than it did last year?
March 18
What am I allowing to unfold rather than manage?
March 19
What am I more at ease with than before?
March 20
What feels aligned, even if it’s not fully formed?
March 21
What kind of balance am I craving right now?
March 22
What am I making space for, intentionally or not?
March 23
What feels worth my energy as spring approaches?
March 24
What am I ready to begin?
March 25
What am I no longer postponing?
March 26
What feels like forward motion without force?
March 27
What do I want the coming months to feel like?
March 28
What kind of freedom am I stepping toward?
March 29
What am I grateful for in my own evolution?
March 30
What feels newly possible?
March 31
What question do I want to carry into April?
April
Coming the last week of March.
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1988-2026
I might have you by a few.