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15 Topics To Write About In Your Journal

Journaling can be really fun when you explore the many ideas when it comes to writing. Here are 15 of my favorites!

Danielle Rasouli
Jul 27, 2018
Ball State University
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Journaling is an incredibly useful tool to spark creativity for a larger project, to vent out frustration appropriately, or to just to have something to look back on a few years down the road. I use it for all of the above, and it definitely helps in all aspects. Back in the day, I used to consider journaling as "this is what happened in my day" and it felt bland and boring. I always gave up on my journals until I realized I could really write anything that I wanted. The options are limitless! But if you're looking for a head start, here are 15 journal topics you can write about:

1. A list of meals you know how to cook.

2. A wish list of items you hope to own one day.

3. A bucket list organized by the decade.

4. A list of trends you can see coming in style in the future.

5. Your earliest childhood memory.

6. A prompt about your New Year's resolutions that ended up falling through and why.

7. Your own definition of what a "perfect day" would entail.

8. A series of haikus.

9. A basic timeline of your life.

10. Your greatest accomplishment.

11. A letter to your childhood bully (or in a reversed case, a letter to the kid you picked on in your childhood).

12. A fear that you faced and got over.

13. A prompt about one of those "laughed at later in life" moments.

14. An experience about having an encounter with a famous person.

15. Song lyrics that you love.

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