Journal prompts — no deadline for grief

Journalling

Prompts for self love, anxiety, fear and more

Find out things about yourself you didn’t realise with mind dumps, you never know what might come up when you just let the pen flow

Get all the main fears, worries, angers and general thoughts out of your head

Light bulb moments and realisations from taking a different perspective and asking yourself uncomfy questions.

What do I love about myself?
I can put myself first by…
How can I honour my feelings right now?
If I spoke to myself the way I speak to my friends I would say…
3 things I love about myself are…
What does slef-kindness mean to me?
What does anxiety feel like to me?
When am I hardest on myself and why? How can I be kinder to myself in this moment?
What does joy look like to me?
List 5 things I love about my body.
List 5 things I love about my personality.
What does my ideal day look like?
Who am I most inspired by and why?
Who would I love to meet? What would I say to that person?
How do I like to relax?
What am I most proud of in my life?
What piece of advice would I give to 5 year old me?
How do I want to be described by my friends?
What qualities do I admire in others?
What do I love to do for, or give to others?

How do I feel right now?
Is this feeling different to how I felt yesterday?
How do I want to handle this emotion?
What advice would I give a friend going through the same thing?
What am I judging myself for in this feeling?
Write a letter to my future self.
Write a letter to somebody I’ve lost.
Write a letter to my younger self.
What am I most worried about right now? How long have I been worried about this?
How is this affecting my day to day?
If my worries prove true, how will that change my life?
What would happen if I stopped worrying about these things? How would my life be different?
What actions can I take to begin releasing my concerns?
How can I track my progress in my actions? What would progress look and feel like?
How can I reward myself for releasing these worries?
What brings the most nostalgia?
What do I wish I did more of now in my adult life?
Why do I
Write a letter to my inner child.

Yung Pueblo

What is going through my mind right now?
Today, I’m really missing…
Something that triggers my feelings of grief is…
The day I lost my loved one I felt so…
Whenever I begin to feel overwhelmed by the feelings of grief I will…
The most challenging time of day is…
One thing I can do today to make this lighter for myself is…
I wish I could forgive myself for…
A memory I’d like to forget is…
Something they said I’d like to forget is…
The trauma I’ve experienced is so hard to process because…
I wish I could stop thinking what if…
I wish I told them…
I hope they forgive me for…
I feel bad for…
I hope they’re proud of me for…
I wish I could say…
I blame myself for…
I need to be kinder to myself about…

My favourite thing about them is…
Their favourite quote they’d always say is…
I’ll always remember their…
How would I describe them in 3 words? What do those words mean to me?
What do I wish they knew I loved about their personality?
What do people now say about them that I wish people had said to their face?
My favourite moment with just the two of us is…
The best trip we had together was…
We loved hanging out at…
We had the most fun when…
When I was sad they would always comfort me by…
Their favourite song was…
Their favourite movie was…
Their favourite place was…
Write about when they made me smile
Write about when I made them smile
Write about the funniest situation
Write about my favourite moment we had together in detail:
What made it special? Why is it my favourite? How did I feel in that moment? How can I carry that memory with me?

If I could tell them how proud I am of them I would say…
If I could tell them how much I love them I would say…
If I could tell them how I feel right now I would say…
I could honour them by…
I could honour them by creating…
I could honour them by thinking…
I could honour them by feeling…
I could honour them by giving…
Write about what these quotes mean to you.
“It is perfectly okay to admit you’re not okay.”
“Be the things, you loved most about the people who are gone.”