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Prompts and questions that help me journal more effectively
It has been several years of on and off journaling, but recently, I finished my first notebook full of notes. As I looked through, I realized that my journaling has come a long way.
My first foray into journaling was through the five minute journal. It had five questions, three to answer in the morning and two to answer in the evenings, including what I was grateful for, what would make today great and how could I have made today better.
The great thing about the journal was that it really took five minutes or less. Although this deserves a bigger post, the best habits are ones that you want to do and are simple to do.
Then, when I completed the five minute journal, I decided that since I had a bevy of empty notebooks, I would just use one and adapt the questions to ones that were important to me. To understand what questions were most helpful to me, I did research looking at the journaling practices of Tim Ferriss, Ryan Holiday and others and took a look at the different journals out in the market, including the five minute journal, the two minute journal and others.
Although my questions change from day to day, here are the ones that I have found most helpful in writing down my…
