Writestone

Journal prompts

Questions written to be answered in two minutes. Ten themes for every kind of day, and 7-day Journeys that build one day at a time.

7-day Journeys

One question a day for a week, each building on the last. Day one is free in the app.

7 Days of Gratitude

A small daily practice of noticing the good

  1. Day 1 Start simple: what's one nice thing that happened in the last day or so?
  2. Day 2 What in nature or your surroundings caught your eye this week?
  3. Day 3 Which person in your life do you rarely thank, and what would you thank them for?
  4. Day 4 What's a quality in yourself you're thankful for, even if it's hard to admit?
  5. Day 5 What challenge in your life right now is also giving you something?
  6. Day 6 Which person or moment from your past helped make the life you're thankful for today?
  7. Day 7 Looking back on this week, how has noticing the good changed what you see?

Calm an Anxious Mind

Untangle worries one gentle step at a time

  1. Day 1 How would you describe your mind today: busy, foggy, tense, or something else?
  2. Day 2 If you listed every worry, big and small, which one keeps coming back?
  3. Day 3 When that worry shows up, what story does it tell you about what will happen?
  4. Day 4 Which parts of that story are facts, and which are guesses?
  5. Day 5 Which pieces of this are in your hands, and which are outside your control?
  6. Day 6 What's one small, kind step you could take toward the part you can influence?
  7. Day 7 Looking back over this week, what helps your mind settle when worries get loud?

Get to Know Yourself

A week of noticing what makes you, you

  1. Day 1 Let's start light: what are three small things you love that most people don't know about?
  2. Day 2 What place, time of day, or activity makes you feel most alive?
  3. Day 3 How do you usually react when plans suddenly change?
  4. Day 4 Which values quietly guide your choices, and where did one show up this week?
  5. Day 5 What do you criticize in yourself that you'd easily forgive in someone else?
  6. Day 6 What part of yourself do you tend to keep hidden, and what would it be like to let it show?
  7. Day 7 After this week, how would you describe yourself to someone who's never met you?

Reset After a Hard Week

Land gently, sort through it, and start again

  1. Day 1 No need to tell the whole story. What kind of week has it been, in your own words?
  2. Day 2 How have the basics been this week, like sleep, food, and rest?
  3. Day 3 Without more detail than feels right, what's been weighing on you most?
  4. Day 4 What helped, even a little, as you got through the hard parts?
  5. Day 5 What could you drop, delay, or ask for help with in the coming days?
  6. Day 6 What's one small thing that would help you feel more like yourself again?
  7. Day 7 Looking back over these seven days, what feels different now from day one?

Design Your Next Chapter

Get clear on what's next and take a first step

  1. Day 1 Let's start with a daydream: what does a really good day look like a year from now?
  2. Day 2 What's working in your life right now that you want to bring into your next chapter?
  3. Day 3 Which area of your life feels most ready for change, and why now?
  4. Day 4 What do you want more of in your next chapter, and what might you trade to make room?
  5. Day 5 What story about yourself might get in the way, and what's a truer version?
  6. Day 6 What's the smallest first step toward this chapter that you could take this week?
  7. Day 7 Looking back at this week, what's one promise you want to make to your future self?

The People Who Shape You

A week with the people behind your story

  1. Day 1 Picture the people you see most. Who comes to mind first, and why them?
  2. Day 2 Who taught you something important growing up, and how do you still use it?
  3. Day 3 Who believed in you before you believed in yourself?
  4. Day 4 Which relationship feels harder right now, and what do you hope for it?
  5. Day 5 Whose voice still echoes in your head when you make choices, and what does it say?
  6. Day 6 How would the people closest to you describe what you bring to their lives?
  7. Day 7 After this week, who do you want to make more room for, and what's a first step?