Journal Prompts for August

Use these daily prompts to reflect upon your day:

Week 1

1. What was the greatest birthday you’ve ever had? What made it so special?

2. What is your superpower? Write about what makes you so good at that one thing…

3. You’ve just won $10,000. Make a list telling how you would use it.

4. Which fictional character do you relate to the most? Describe the similarities between

them and you.

5. What’s your funniest memory from childhood?

6. Your stuck in an elevator. Who would you most want to be stuck with? What would you talk about?

7. Imagine you wake up tomorrow with a new family in a new country…what happens next?

8. Ten interesting facts about myself are….

9. Would you rather live in an igloo or a tree house?

10. You went to the zoo and realized tigers can talk to you. What do you do? How would just that one unique feature change your life or goals?

11. You woke up this morning and could speak fluent Spanish. What would you do?

12. What is the best feature of your personality?

13. If you could create a painting of your mood right now, what colors would you use and why?

14. Look at your biggest challenge this week. What is one thing that you did right during your challenge?

Week 2

15. Imagine that you suddenly grew 5 inches. What would this small change mean in your life? Would it make you average or tall among your classmates or friends?

16. What would you do if you were locked inside your favorite department store overnight?

17. If you could only eat your favourite food for 10 days, how would your perception of that food change? Would you get sick of it? What about 30days?

18. Imagine that your last dream was real. What would it change?

19. Did you ever know someone who had "everything"?

20. When you hang out with your friends, do you prefer to stay at home or go out? What are your favourite things to do together?

Week 3

21. Describe yourself using the first 10 words that come to mind. Then, list 10words that you’d like to use to describe yourself. List a few ways to transform those descriptions into reality.

Week 4

22. Things you have done which you are most proud of….

23. Nobody knows that I . . .

24. If you had to evacuate your home because of a natural disaster, what 3things would you take with you?

25. If you could go back in time and change one thing from your past, what would it be?

26. What was your favourite cartoon in childhood?

27. How did you procrastinate on important tasks this week?

28. What grand adventure do you wish you could go on?

Week 5

29. When you get mad or grumpy, what’s one thing that helps you calm down?

30. Pretend that you could either shrink down to the size of a mouse or grow as large as a building. What would you do and why?

31. How has your August been?

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Written by Apoorva Sharma (11A)