prompts.json

{
  "gratitude": [
    "Describe your happiest childhood memory?",
    "What is a popular song that you enjoy (and why do you like it)?",
    "What is one of your favorite songs from your childhood?",
    "Who is the one friend you can always rely on?",
    "What is the biggest accomplishment in your personal life?",
    "What is the biggest accomplishment in your professional life?",
    "What is your favorite memory of your father?",
    "What is your favorite memory of your mother?",
    "Describe your favorite pet (or former pet)?",
    "List 10 hobbies and activities that bring you joy?",
    "What is a mistake that I’ve made, which ultimately led to a positive experience?",
    "Describe a family tradition that you are most grateful for.",
    "Who is a teacher or mentor that has made an impact on your life and how did they help you?",
    "What do you like the most about your town or city?",
    "Describe your favorite location in your house and why you like it.",
    "What is one something you’ve learned this week that you're thankful for?",
    "Who made you smile in the past 24 hours and why?",
    "What is a recent purchase that has added value to your life.",
    "What is biggest lesson you learned in childhood?",
    "List 10 ways you can share your gratitude with other people in the next 24 hours.",
    "Describe your favorite smell.",
    "Describe your favorite sound.",
    "Describe your favorite sight.",
    "Describe your favorite taste.",
    "Describe your favorite sensation.",
    "How can you pamper yourself in the next 24 hours?",
    "Name and write about someone you’ve never met, but who has helped your life in some way.",
    "How is your life more positive today than it was a year ago?",
    "What do other people like about you?",
    "List 10 skills you have that most people don’t"
  ],
  "dreams": [
    "What would you do if you knew you could not fail?",
    "What would you do if money were no object?",
    "What would you ask for if a genie granted you three wishes?",
    "What’s your wildest dream?",
    "What would you do if you could live a day without consequences?",
    "What grand adventure do you wish you could go on?",
    "If you could become an expert in any subject or activity, what would it be?",
    "What would your perfect day be like?",
    "Close your eyes and imagine the kind of world you would like to see.  What is it like?",
    "How would you like to make this world a better place?",
    "What qualities do you want in a romantic partner? What are the top ten characteristics that you look for in a  romantic partner?",
    "What are the top ten qualities a friend should have (treats people with respect; listens but doesn’t judge; has a quirky sense of humor; is an artist; lives with passion; doesn’t sweat the small stuff; is loyal and trustworthy)?",
    "What would make you feel spiritually fulfilled?",
    "What famous world festivals would you like to attend?",
    "Where do you want to be 5, 10, or 15 years from now?",
    "What line of work do you plan on pursuing in the future?",
    "Write down how you can improve your life.",
    "Write about children you plan to have, and what you wish for them.",
    "Write letters to your future children and grandchildren that you can give to them when they are older. These letters will help them understand the type of person you were at their age.",
    "Write about places you wish to see, vacations you plan to have.",
    "Write about home improvements you would like to make."
  ],
  "self-discovery": [
    "Write a letter to someone you need to forgive.",
    "Write a letter to be read by each of your loved ones after you’ve passed away.",
    "Write a fan letter to your favorite actor/actress.",
    "Write a letter to the editor of your favorite magazine telling them what features you would like to see included in the magazine.",
    "Is there something you’re reluctant to tell someone?  Write a letter to help you organize your thoughts.",
    "What frightens you?",
    "What brings you joy?",
    "What makes you sad?",
    "What worries you? Is there a pressing problem you need to work out?",
    "Write a letter to someone that upset you, but you aren't ready to confront in person.",
    "Write down the things you wished you had said to your parents, or other loved ones before they passed away.",
    "Write down confessions of your deep down secrets that you can't tell anyone",
    "List the 5 people you spend the most time with, why, and how they’re affecting you — your behaviors, your thoughts, your life.",
    "List the top 5 people you admire, and why.",
    "Who is your favorite person in all the world and why?",
    "What is your favorite song/musical piece and why?",
    "List your top 5 favorite books/movies, and why",
    "If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be and why?",
    "What was the most painful thing you ever went through? What did you learn from it?",
    "If you didn’t have to worry about money or people’s opinions, what would you do with your life?",
    "What was your childhood dream and why? What happened to that dream and why?",
    "What about your life makes you miserable? What do you know you need to give up?",
    "How do you spend your time? On a weekday? On a weekend?",
    "How do you spend your money?",
    "Create an ideal budget for your time and money based on percentages (Ex with finances: 10% donations, 40% to live on, 20% to support family, 15% taxes, 10% savings, 5% fun stuff, or something) Why is this your ideal budget?",
    "What is a book you wish someone would write?",
    "What is the next thing you want to learn? And to what degree?",
    "Define the following: Success. Wisdom. Love. Faith. Truth. Courage. Joy",
    "What do you think God is like?",
    "List all the things you think you SHOULD do, that you don’t want to do.",
    "What you SHOULD NOT do, that you do. Why?",
    "If your house burned to the ground, what are the top 1–3 things you would want to save? (not including people — assume your family is outside already)",
    "Who can you serve? OR Who do you want to serve?",
    "Write a letter to someone who believed in you even when you didn’t believe in yourself."
  ],
  "fun": [
    "If you could have dinner with anyone currently alive, who would it be?",
    "If you could meet any fictional character, who would it be?",
    "If you could change one thing about your present life, what would it be?",
    "If you could live anywhere you wanted, where would you live?",
    "If you could go back in time and change one things from your past, what would it be?",
    "If and when I raise children, I'll never...",
    "I have never been more frightened than when...",
    "Persuade a friend to give up drugs.",
    "Five years from now, I will be... ",
    "Write about a day you'd like to forget.",
    "Invent and describe a new food. ",
    "Describe an event that changed your life forever, or make up and describe an event that would change your life forever.",
    "Describe someone who is a hero to you and explain why.",
    "Write about a time in your life when you struggled with a choice and made the right one.",
    "Imagine yourself in a different century and describe an average day in your life.",
    "Which character from a book would you most like to meet and why? ",
    "Three goals I have set for myself are... ",
    "What would you do if 300 mice had just gotten out of their cages in a pet shop where you worked?",
    "Think about an incident that happened to you and exaggerate in the telling.  Make it into a tall tale.",
    "If you were ruler of the world, what things would you banish absolutely for all time (rain on weekends, eggplant, and so forth)?  Make a list.",
    "If you could go back in time anywhere and anywhere, where/when would you go and why?",
    "What law would you like to see enacted which would help people?  How would it help?",
    "What commercial on TV do you dislike beyond all others?  What about it is particularly annoying to you?"
  ],
  "creativity": [
    "What would you do if you were locked inside your favorite department store overnight?",
    "What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself invisible?",
    "What would you do if you were able to communicate with animals?",
    "What would you do if you could travel into the future?",
    "What would you do if you could travel into the past?",
    "What would you do if someone just gave you $1 million?",
    "What would you do it all the electricity in the world just stopped?",
    "What would you do if you could travel free anyplace in the world?",
    "What would you do if the dinner served to you in a fancy restaurant came with a fly in the mashed potatoes?",
    "Write a list of at least 50 things that make you feel good.",
    "Describe the perfect day.  Put in as many details as you can.  Make it a possible day, not a 'dream day.'",
    "Who is the person from history that you would most like to meet and talk to?  Why?  What would you like to ask?",
    "Who is the person from literature that you would most like to meet and talk to?  Why?  What would you like to ask?",
    "Compile a list of words that describe you as a child.  Compile a second list that describes you as you are now.  How are these lists the same?  How are they different?",
    "Compile a list of inanimate or animate objects to which you might compare yourself metaphorically.  (I am a windmill.  I change direction or my thoughts whenever someone talks to me...)",
    "Tell about what triggers anger in you or someone else.",
    "Invent a monster and describe it.  Tell where it lives, what it eats, and what it does.",
    "What is your favorite kind of weather?  Why?",
    "What is the best book you have ever read?  Why did you like it?  Did reading the book change you in any way?  What way?",
    "Write about what you didn't do this weekend.",
    "What current fashion in clothing do you particularly like or dislike?  Explain. journal writing prompts",
    "Convince someone why music or art or computers are important in your life.  Make them appreciate your viewpoint.",
    "If you had $100,000, how would you spend it?",
    "Be a building you know well.  Talk about your life and memories.",
    "You are to tell a person from a distant planet or from another era what pollution is.  Make that person understand what causes it and why it is bad.",
    "If you could do something that you never have done before, what would it be?  Why would you want to do it?",
    "Begin a list of questions that you'd like to have answered.  They may be about the future or the past.",
    "What do you consider your greatest accomplishment to date and why?",
    "Write one characteristic or habit about yourself that you like and describe it.  Or write about one thing you don't like about yourself.",
    "What is your hobby?  Why do you enjoy it?",
    "If you could go somewhere where you've never gone before, where would you go and why?",
    "What's, if anything, would you be willing to fight or even die for?  Explain your answer.",
    "If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?  Why would you make this change?",
    "Is there a machine you feel you could not live without?  Explain."
  ],
  "life": [
    "What was your favorite toy?",
    "Did you ever get lost?",
    "Who was your best friend in elementary school?",
    "Did you ever run away from home?",
    "As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?",
    "What was your favorite subject in school?",
    "Who was your favorite teacher?",
    "What’s your first memory?",
    "What was your favorite cartoon?",
    "What book did you read over and over again as a child?",
    "What is your most vivid memory of the kitchen in your childhood?",
    "As a child, who was your favorite relative?",
    "Write about what you think you will be like and what you will be doing 10 years or 20 years from now.",
    "Did you ever stick up for someone?",
    "Describe your neighborhood bully.",
    "Write about a baby-sitting experience.",
    "Describe a great fort you built for a great game you played as a child.",
    "Write about an enemy who eventually became your friend.",
    "Write about a time you cheated and got caught.",
    "Write about a privilege you earned.",
    "Write about the stray animal you brought home.",
    "Did you ever send away for something that turned out to be a disappointment?  (Or order something over the Internet)",
    "What is it like to go shopping with your mother? journal writing prompts",
    "Write about a time you performed in front of an audience.",
    "Write about a difficult decision you had to make.",
    "Write about learning to skate, to ride a bike, to climb a tree, or to turn a cart wheel.",
    "Did you ever get lost in a strange town?",
    "Were you ever locked in or out?  What did you do?",
    "What was it like to spend your first night away from home?",
    "What was it like to come back home after a long vacation?",
    "Write about a disappointment.",
    "Write about something minor that turned into a big deal."
  ]
}