Random Journal Prompt Generator

Ways to use this list

• Morning pages: draw one prompt with your breakfast and fill a single page before you look at your phone.
• Class journals: draw a Kids prompt on Monday and give pupils the first ten minutes of the lesson to write about it.
• Gratitude habit: press Gratitude and answer one prompt every night before bed for a month.
• Family journal: everyone answers the same prompt in a shared notebook, then you read the answers aloud at the weekend.
• Birthday or new year reflection: press Goals and dreams and answer three prompts in one sitting.

Press Draw a card, tap the game or press the Space bar. Change the list in the box as you like: add your own, delete what doesn't suit you, or write *2 after an entry to give it double the chance. The game buttons switch the same list to a wheel, duck race, hat and more.

The full list (40 entries)

• What made you laugh today, and why was it so funny?
• Describe your perfect Saturday from breakfast to bedtime.
• Which animal would you love as a pet, and how would you look after it?
• Write about a time you were really brave.
• What did you learn this week that surprised you?
• If you were head teacher for a day, what would you change?
• Describe your favourite place using all five senses.
• Who helps you every day, and how could you thank them?
• What would you put in a time capsule to open in ten years?
• Invent a new holiday. What is it called and how do people celebrate it?
• What did you believe a year ago that you see differently now?
• Write a letter to yourself five years from now.
• What does a really good ordinary day look like for you?
• Which small habit would make the biggest difference to your week?
• When did you last feel completely like yourself?
• What skill would you love to learn, and what is stopping you?
• Write about a place that changed how you see the world.
• What would you tell your younger self on their first day of school?
• Which conversation have you been putting off, and what would you say?
• List what gives you energy and what drains it.
• Name three small things that went right today.
• Who made your week a little easier, and what did they do?
• Describe a meal you remember because of who you shared it with.
• What is something in your room you are glad to have?
• Write about a teacher, coach or neighbour who believed in you.
• Which part of your daily routine do you secretly enjoy?
• What would you miss most about your town if you moved away?
• Think of a problem that turned out well in the end. What happened?
• What sound, smell or view always makes you feel at home?
• Write a thank-you note to someone who helped you, even if you never send it.
• What do you want to be able to do by the end of this year?
• Describe your dream job and a normal day in it.
• If time were no problem, how would you spend a whole month?
• What is one small step you could take tomorrow towards a big goal?
• Which place do you most want to visit, and what would you do first?
• What would you like people to say about you when you are not in the room?
• Write about something you have always wanted to try but have not yet.
• What would your perfect home look like in twenty years?
• Make a list of ten things you want to try this year.
• Which instrument, sport or language would you master overnight?

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