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Mindfulness is a very important concept that people nowadays are not paying enough attention to. Most of us wake up and follow our daily routine until it’s time to sleep again. We live in deadlines and often focus on what we should be doing later today instead of focusing our attention on our current tasks.
What are the benefits of mindfulness?
Our society has created a generation that relies on coffee to function daily. Days blur together and we can barely remember the things we did this past week. It can lead to an extremely unproductive and unfulfilling life if you disregard the little moments that create the entirety of your life.
You want to break free of that monotonous lifestyle and start to pay attention to the things you do in your everyday life. Doing so can help you gain an insight that can help you change the way you are living your life. It can help you become the person you want to be.
Mindfulness Journal Prompts
Mindfulness isn’t something that you suddenly develop overnight. Since we are often on autopilot, you have to constantly remind yourself to pay attention to what you are currently doing. Having a journal is one of the easiest things you can do to help you change your lifestyle.
When starting out your journey to being more mindful, the most difficult part is that you can run out of things to say, especially if you’re not used to paying attention to your actions yet. There seems to be a lot of things to say but when you get your pen and journal, it’s difficult to think of a single word to write.
1. What am I feeling right now?
2. What task did I procrastinate on today?
3. What are my meals today?
4. What do I want to do tomorrow?
5. What made me smile today?
6. What is my actual morning routine?
7. What did I dream about?
8. If I were someone else, how would I react?
9. When should I say “no”?
10. What past events do I still think about?
11. List of my favorites
12. If I have a million dollars, what would I buy?
13. What am I thankful for?
14. What things do I do on autopilot?
15. Doodle my day
Here are some of the most fun and useful mindfulness journal prompts you should start writing about today.
1. What am I feeling right now?
We always feel something. Even during the times that we feel empty, there is still a lot to say about that emotion. Just detailing how you are feeling can give insight into how in touch you are with your feelings. You can choose to discuss what caused you to feel such. By delving into your emotions, you can be more mindful about what events affect you.
2. What task did I procrastinate on today?
The thing about procrastination is that we stress over the task until it’s over and since it caused us too many negative emotions, we tend to be quick to forget about the task. While it can be good to lower our anxiety levels by moving on, we forget the fact that there are lessons to learn from our mistakes. Being mindful of how much we procrastinate can help us pay more attention to scheduling our tasks, so we are never overloaded at any point.
3. What are my meals today?
Sometimes, you don’t need to dig deep to be more mindful. Simply remembering simple things such as what you ate for breakfast can help you be more mindful. You can be more intentional about being healthier or just see if your taste in food is evolving.
4. What do I want to do tomorrow?
Planning for the future is great, but what happens in a year or decade is often vague. Instead, focus on simple actions you can start tomorrow. Write them in your journal and check out the next day if you actually did the things you wanted to do.
5. What made me smile today?
Every time something makes you smile, then just write it down in your journal. Sometimes, we feel so sad that we often forget that there are small things that actually made us smile today. Pay more attention to these little joys every day and you’ll realize just how amazing your life actually is.
6. What is my actual morning routine?
Detail what you actually did early this morning. Be honest about what you did, instead of writing down how you wanted your morning routine to go. There’s no shame in staying in bed for another 5 minutes after your alarm went off. Being mindful is all about understanding your actions, instead of forcing how you wanted to be.
7. What did I dream about?
This is bordering the line of a dream journal, but it can also be a prompt for your mindfulness journal. Sometimes, our dreams can reveal the feelings that we are trying to drown out in our waking moments.
8. If I were someone else, how would I react?
The thing about expressing our emotions is that there is not much thought done between feeling and reacting. Sometimes, however, we regret the things we did. By replaying an event in your mind and thinking about how other people would or should react, you can pay more attention to how you react when similar events happen.
9. When should I say “no”?
For some people, especially women or people who have undergone emotional abuse, saying no becomes difficult. However, setting boundaries is also important. Practice being more mindful of the things that are crossing your boundaries, so you don’t automatically say “yes” when you are uncomfortable.
10. What past events do I still think about?
Sometimes, things haunt us even though we thought we already moved past them. These memories just appear in our minds without any prompting, causing us to feel embarrassed or anxious even though these things are already in the past. Writing them down when you think of them can help you get these things out of your mind. It’s a simple way of processing the things that still bother you.
11. List of my favorites
Have you ever been asked about your favorites only to realize you don’t know what it is? Of course, we have our preferences, but we have not paid enough attention to ourselves that we didn’t know what we want. Listing your favorites randomly will give you an insight into the things that actually make you happy when you aren’t even being mindful about them.
12. If I have a million dollars, what would I buy?
We go to work, get paid, pay the bills, and then go back to work again. This cycle is one of the most monotonous yet necessary things we do to survive. But what will you do with your money if you can buy anything? This simple question can give you an insight into what you should save for, and help you become more mindful about how you spend your money on your splurge days.
13. What am I thankful for?
The things we take for granted are sometimes the things we should be most thankful for. Your pet, the delicious food you had for dinner, or simply just having a roof over your head are some of the little things that we forget to be thankful for. Write these in your journal and be more mindful of the blessings you have.
14. What things do I do on autopilot?
Since you want to be more mindful is to prevent yourself from autopiloting. This will also help you develop mindfulness by simply paying attention when you get lost in thought. The next time you do these tasks, you will start paying more attention to what you are currently doing, noticing small things that you haven’t before.
15. Doodle my day
When words aren’t enough to pay attention to what you’re doing, how about drawing a doodle? This can be a quick way of being more active in your journal. You don’t have to be great at drawing to doodle on your journal. The most important thing is to capture your thoughts with a few squiggly lines here and there.
Pro-Tip: Create daily prompts
If you are not writing in your journal enough, maybe creating daily prompts can help you stick to developing the habit. You can pick any of the 15 mindfulness journal prompts mentioned above to write about every day. Try to write about something new every day. Then, at the end of the week, you can review the previous 7 days and pay attention to any recurring things that might help you become a better person.
Start Your Mindful Journal Now
There’s no better way to start your journey than today. There’s nothing to lose and everything to gain. You might not be used to it and fail to write a few times, but when you get more mindful, it will be easier to write everything. Journaling will become a part of your routine and you will see positive changes in your daily life.
