Journaling For Self Discovery

A journal is the perfect way to record your journey of self discovery. Writing
about how you feel and jotting down your thoughts helps them to become
much clearer. Journaling prompts are a great way to get to know yourself, as
you answer each question another part of the puzzle that is you emerges. As
you go along your journey you will be able to look back and reflect on what you
have written.
Below, I have given you a whole years worth of journal prompts for self
discovery that you can use to help find out who you are. Take your time with
these writing prompts and answer one question each day. Happy journaling!

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365 Journal Prompts For Self Discovery

1. Your Personality, Likes, Dislikes

1. What are the 3 things you like most about yourself?

2. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?
3. What are your best traits?
4. What are your worst traits?
5. What is the biggest compliment you have ever received?
6. What do you need to make you feel safe?
7. Where is your safe place?
8. What do you worry about?
9. Do you worry too much? How can you deal with this?
10. What is your favourite song? What does it mean to you?
11. What is your greatest accomplishment?
12. What are you most thankful for?
13. What would your ideal day be?
14. Who is your biggest inspiration and why?
15. How would you describe yourself to a stranger?
16. How would you want other people to describe you?
17. What life lessons have books taught you?
18. Which fictional character would you most like to be?
19. What are your strengths?
20. What are your weaknesses?
21. What countries have you travelled to?
22. What lessons have you learned from traveling?
23. What is your favourite place?
24. Is there anything that has changed your outlook on life?
25. Who would you most love to meet?
26. What habit would you most like to break?
27. What excites you?
28. What place do you consider your home?
29. Are you good at decision making? How could you improve?
30. Are you an organised person?
31. Is there a part of your life that you wish was more organised?
32. What is most important thing to enable you to live an authentic life?
33. What matters to you the most?
34. What doesn’t matter to you?
35. What are your priorities?
36. What keeps you motivated?
37. What makes you proud?
38. What are 3 facts about you that not many people know?
39. How do you focus?
40. Could you be more focused? How will you achieve this?
41. What are you looking forward to?
42. How would you change the world?
43. What have you recently learned about yourself?
44. What is your favourite time of day and why?
45. What one thing can you not give up?
46. What is the best gift somebody could give you?
47. What rules or standards do you live by?
48. What could you easily live without?
49. What is your reaction when you don’t get what you want?
50. Do you have self control or is it something you need to work on?
51. How do you deal with obstacles that get in your way?
52. Do you deal well with rejection?
53. If you could be any animal what would it be and why?
54. Do you always tell the truth?
55. Are you able to forgive others?
56. Are you able to forgive yourself?
57. Do you have leadership qualities or are you strictly a follower?
58. Have you managed to overcome a fear?
59. When was the last time you were creative?
60. Do have problems releasing your creative side? Why do you think this
is?
61. Do you find it easy to ask for help?
62. Who would play you in the film about your life?
63. Can you keep a secret?
64. Do you dress for yourself or to impress other people?
65. What changes could you make to improve your health?
66. What are you passionate about?
67. Do you cope well when faced with a challenge?
68. Are you a leader or a follower?
69. Are you a confident person or do you find yourself doubting your
abilities?
70. When was the last time you did something spontaneous? How did it
make you feel?
71. How much do you love yourself right now?
72. What makes you uncomfortable?
73. Do you have any small rituals that give you comfort? What are they?
74. Are you a patient person?
75. Do you find yourself apologising a lot? Why do you think you do this?
76. Do you have self discipline? If this is a problem for you, what can you do
to improve?
77. What does your work mean to you?
78. What do you daydream about?
79. What is your biggest failure?
80. What is the biggest decision you’ve ever had to make?
81. What makes you unique?
82. What was the last thing you celebrated?
83. What are your beliefs, do you always stay true to them?
84. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
85. What’s the most difficult choice you ever had to make?
86. What would you like to do more of?
87. What would you like to do less of?
88. How is the pace of your life? Is it too fast or too slow for you?
89. Are you good at problem solving?
90. Are you kind to yourself?
91. Do you find it easy to feel empathy towards others?
92. Do you feel that you are a good communicator?
93. What are your pet peeves?
94. Do you have a strong work ethic?
95. Do you have spiritual beliefs that help guide you?
96. What quote inspires you?
97. If you could sum your life up in one word what would it be?
98. Do you ever break the rules?
99. Are there parts of your life that you find distracting?
100. Do you take the time to reflect on what is happening in your life?
101. How do you feel outside of your comfort zone? Do you see this as a
positive or a negative thing?
102. Do you find your life fulfilling?
103. Are you putting any parts of your life on hold? If so why?
104. What makes you feel young?
105. Do you work well under pressure?
106. What makes your life worthwhile?
107. What 5 words would you use to describe yourself?
108. Has anything changed your outlook on life?
109. Do you easily give up on things? Why is this?
110. Can you admit when you are in the wrong?
111. What do you need to make more time for?
112. Are you good at organising your time? How could you improve?
113. Do you display self destructive behaviour?
114. What makes your life more difficult?
115. What cause do you feel strongly about? How can you help?
116. Do you react well in a crisis?
117. What is your most treasured possession and why?
118. What can’t you live without?
119. Do you have fears of abandonment? Why could this be?

2. Your Thoughts, Feelings, Emotions

1. What makes you feel at peace?

2. What would make you happy right now?
3. How do you feel right at this moment?
4. What is causing you stress right now?
5. What makes you feel alive?
6. What makes you sad?
7. What do you need to let go of?
8. What makes you angry? How do you deal with the anger?
9. What cheers you up when you are feeling down?
10. Do you always need to be in control? How do you feel when you have no
control over a situation?
11. Do you deal well with change?
12. How do you cope with stressful situations?
13. Do you believe crying is a healthy outlet for negative emotions? What
makes you cry?
14. When was the last time you cried?
15. What was the happiest moment of your life?
16. If you ran away where would you go?
17. What makes you laugh?
18. Are you easily embarrassed? Why do you think this is?
19. What is the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you?
20. What was the last thing to surprise you?
21. Do you hide your emotions? If so, why?
22. How do you deal with negative comments?
23. Who or what keeps you calm?
24. Do you carry emotional baggage? How can you deal with this?
25. Are your emotions unbalanced? How can you address this?
26. Are you easily frustrated? What is that frustrates you?
27. Do you find yourself feeling guilt over things that are beyond your
control?
28. Do you ever feel envious? Do you feel that this healthy?
29. What can you do to feel more content with what you have?
30. Have you ever grieved for a loved one? How did you process this grief?
31. What do you miss the most?
32. What do you need the most in life?
33. What makes you feel better?
34. What one thing always makes you smile?
35. What has made you smile today?
36. Do your emotions motivate you? Is this in a positive or negative way?
37. What causes you to be anxious?
38. What makes you joyful?
39. Do you have mood swings? What do you think causes them?
40. Who do you call to cheer you up?
41. Do you find it easy to talk about your feelings, or do you bottle things
up?
42. Are you often disappointed with life?
43. Do the changing seasons affect your emotions? Why do you think that
is?
44. What do you like to do to relax and wind down?
45. Are you easily overwhelmed?
46. Is there anything in your life that makes you ashamed?
47. Are you a nervous person? Why do you think that is?
48. What makes you nervous?
49. Do you feel you lack courage? What do you wish you had the courage to
do?
50. What emotion do you wish you didn’t feel?
51. What makes you feel powerful?
52. How do you deal with emotional pain?
53. What do you love about life?
54. Do you find it difficult to control your temper?
55. What helps you heal?
56. What are the little things that make you happy?
57. If you could choose to have any emotion right now what would it be?
58. Do you ever feel numb? What causes this?
59. What emotion do you feel most often?
60. Do you like surprises or do they unsettle you?
61. What makes you feel free?
62. Would you say you are an optimistic person?
63. Do you ever feel inferior? Why is this?
64. How does uncertainty make you feel?
65. Are you easily annoyed, what annoys you?
66. What is your biggest fear? Why do you think you are afraid?
67. Do you let this fear rule your life or do you deal with it in a healthy way?
 3. Your Past

1. What one thing would you change about your childhood

2. If you could go back to when you were a child, what would you say to yourself?
3. What were the good things you remember from your childhood?
4. What is your biggest regret?
5. What was the best birthday you ever had?
6. What did you want to be when you were younger?
7. What is your happiest memory?
8. What family traditions did you have as a child?
9. Where were you, 10 years, 5 years, and 1 year ago?
10. What mistakes have you learned from in the past?
11. What time in your life do you always want to remember?
12. What song holds special memories for you?
13. What is your saddest memory?
14. What has been the most difficult time in your life?
15. If you could relive one day over again, what day would it be?
16. What has been the best year in your life?
17. Who was your biggest influence growing up?
18. Has your family life changed since you were a child?
19. What was your favourite thing to do as a child?
20. Have you said anything in the past that you wish you hadn’t?
21. Did you enjoy school? What life lessons did you learn from your time
there?
22. Did you find it easy to get along with your peers when you were growing
up?
23. Did you ever experience bullying? How did you deal with this?
24. What from your past do you wish you could do over?
25. Have any past experiences shaped the fears and anxieties you have
today?
26. What has been the most challenging part of your life to date?
27. During your childhood did you ever feel let down by an adult?
28. What were you doing this time last year?
29. Did you ever witness anything in the past that you wish you hadn’t?
30. What smell brings about good memories?
31. What was your favourite family vacation?
32. Were there secrets in your family? How did that affect you?
33. Does the way you were brought up influence the way you (will) bring up
your children?
34. If you have siblings, how is your relationship with them? Has it change
now that you are adults?

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4. Your Wishes, Hopes, Dreams, Future

1. What do you believe you deserve in life?

2. What one thing have you always wished for?
3. What skill have you always wanted to have?
4. What would you like to achieve in the next year?
5. What new hobbies would you like to try?
6. Where would you like to travel?
7. How could your life be better?
8. Is anything holding you back?
9. What are your goals for this month?
10. Is your life what you imagined it would be?
11. What small change would you like to make to your life?
12. What big change would you like to make to your life?
13. What is your dream job?
14. What is your vision for the future? How will you get there?
15. What gives you hope?
16. What do you fear most about the future?
17. Does growing old scare you?
18. You have decided to emigrate, where are you going to live?
19. What do you want most out of life?
20. What one thing could you do today to help you achieve your goals?
21. What could you do to improve your finances in the future?
22. Is anything holding you back from achieving your goals? How can you
deal with it?
23. Do you embrace the “new”?
24. Do you believe you deserve good things to happen to you? If not, why?
25. What new thing do you want to try in the next year?
26. What in your life are you still trying to figure out?
27. What makes you happy about your life right now?
28. What makes you sad about your life right now?
29. Are you satisfied with life?
30. What difference would you make to the world?
31. What do you want your legacy to be?
32. What gifts to you want to share with the world?
33. Do you have a dream life? What is it like?
34. What do you think your mission is in life?
35. Do you find it easy to commit to getting want you want in life?
36. Are your expectations of yourself too high?
37. Do you find it easy to follow through on a plan you have made?
38. What would give your life more meaning?
39. What are your career goals?
40. Where would you like to live in the future?
41. What are your personal goals?

5. Your Relationships

1. What does love mean to you?

2. What qualities do you admire most in others?
3. Who do you love and why?
4. Who would you like to reconnect with and why?
5. What do you look for in a friend?
6. Who do you trust?
7. Who makes your life better?
8. How do you help your friends and loved ones?
9. What time in your life did you need a friend most?
10. How do you show people that you love them?
11. Describe your best friend. What do you have in common? What makes
the friendship work?
12. What’s the best advice you could give to others?
13. How do you show appreciation to others?
14. How do you deal with negative people?
15. How do you deal with people who have different opinions and beliefs
from you?
16. Are you willing to forgive others?
17. Done you prefer a small or large group of friends?
18. Are you ever misunderstood by people?
19. You receive exciting news, who do you tell first?
20. What is the best advice you have ever been given?
21. Think about your past romantic relationships. What lessons did you
learn from them? What did each person bring to your life?
22. Have you ever had your heart broken?
23. What is your perfect date?
24. How do you deal with confrontation?
25. What qualities do you like least in others?
26. Do you feel that you have the support of friends and family?
27. Do you feel that you are valued by others?
28. What do you want other people to know about you?
29. Who do you look up to?
30. Who do you love unconditionally?
31. Who has your back?
32. What makes you lovable?
33. How comfortable are you meeting new people?
34. What is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?
35. Do you care what others think of you?
36. Are you easily influenced by others?
37. How is your relationship with your parents?
38. Do you believe in soul mates?
39. What are the 3 most important things in a relationship?
40. Can you accept people for who they are?
41. Do you feel accepted?
42. Is there a relationship in your life you would like to change? How would
you change it?
43. How do you fit into your family? What is your role?
44. Your family is always the people you are related to. Which non relatives
do you consider family?
45. Do you have any toxic friendships in your life? How can you deal with
this?
46. Do you find it easy to apologise to others?
47. Are you a good listener?
48. Have your views on love changed since you were a teenager? If so, why?
49. Are you a secretive person? Do you find it easy to confide in other
people?
50. Who are you closest to in your family and why?
51. Who knows you the best?
52. Do you share the same values as other members of your family? Is there
a big difference between your values and those of the older members of your
family?
53. Are you attracted to the same personality type as yourself or the
opposite?
54. What one thing do you wish someone would say to you?
55. Do you make friends easily?
56. Who did you last spend quality time with. Why do you think you connect
well with that person?
57. Do you think you are fairly judged by others?
58. Is there someone in your life you should be spending more time with?
59. Is there someone you should be spending less time with?
60. Have you ever loved someone who didn’t love you back? How did that
make you feel?
61. Have you ever betrayed a friend?
62. Have you ever been betrayed by a friend?
63. Have you ever felt controlled by another person?
64. Who, in your life makes you feel special?
65. Who can you share comfortable silences with?
66. Who are you most like in your family?
67. Do you think people look up to you?
68. Who can calm you down?
69. Who are you not afraid to be yourself with?
70. Do you think it is important to be honest with people even if that
honesty causes pain?
71. Do you have friends who have different backgrounds to you? Do you feel
this is important?
72. Who would you turn to in a crisis?
73. Have you ever been afraid of another person? How did you deal with
this?
74. Do you ever feel sad about people you have lost touch with who were
once important to you?
75. How do you think your work colleagues feel about you?
76. How do you feel about them? Do you have good working relationships?
77. Do you feel that you need more encouragement from others?
78. Can you communicate well in a relationship? Do you talk out your
problems?
79. Have you ever lied or cheated in a relationship? Did you come clean? Do
you regret it now?

6. Health and Wellbeing

1. How do you feel about your body? Would you change anything?
2. How could you take better care of your mental health?
3. What changes could you make to improve your physical health?
4. Are you getting enough sleep? If not, why do you think that is?
5. Do you lack energy? If so, what is causing this?
6. Do you get enough exercise?
7. Are you comfortable looking in a mirror?
8. How do you feel about others seeing your body, for example at the beach?
9. Do you worry about getting ill?
10. Are you afraid of death?
11. Are you self conscious?
12. What are your insecurities?
13. How in tune out you with your body? Do you know when it’s time to
rest?
14. Does stress affect your body? How can you address this?
15. What is your favourite part of your body?
16. Do you have a good relationship with food?
17. Do you have a healthy diet? What changes could you make?
18. Do you drink alcohol, if so are you drinking too much? Is there a way for
you to cut down?
19. How does alcohol change you as a person?
20. Do you feel that your job is affecting your health?
21. Do you overthink things? Does this cause stress and worry?
22. What area of your self care do you need to work on more?
23. Do you have a good work/life balance?
24. Do you get time just for yourself?
25. Is there something you need to give up or cut down on?