To help welcome our new 64-page, blank, 100% recycled notebooks, we gathered 64 creative journal prompts to help you fill the pages and learn more about yourself along the way. Writing down your thoughts, dreams, and everyday moments is a simple way to slow down and notice what’s good. And flipping back through old notebooks is a reminder of just how far you’ve come.

64 Creative Journal Prompts to Start a New Notebook

1. Practice writing Morning Pages.
2. Write mixtape playlists for different people or occasions.
3. Make a list of movies you want to see, books you want to read, and shows you want to watch.
4. Collect your favorite quotes.

   

5. Write out your intentions for the upcoming season.
6. Start a 100 Day Project.
7. Keep a daily diary using “Did, Saw, Heard, Drawn.”
8. List your current top five favorite things.

   

9. Draw what’s in front of you on your desk or table.
10. Try a blind contour drawing.
11. Make a collage using old magazines.
12. Make a list of things you love.

    

13. Create a word-and-image moodboard of the person you want to become.
14. Test every marker, pen, or pencil you own.
15. Draw a mandala.
16. List what you’re grateful for.

    

17. Write out your goals for the year.
18. Paste in a found photo and write a fictional story about it.
19. Save ephemera from daily life like tickets, packaging, or stickers.
20. Meditate by drawing slow, repeating lines across a page.

    

21. Draw a mind map for an idea.
22. Paste in photos from a recent trip and caption them.
23. List little things that make you feel calm or comfortable.

    

24. Press flowers or leaves and tape them in once dry.
25. Write a letter to your ten-year-old self.
26. Write your personal history.
27. Fill a page with scribbles.

    

28. Write a stream of consciousness.
29. Sketch something you’d like to build or make.
30. Jot down things you overhear.
31. Make a list of names you like.
32. Make a daily to-do list with checkboxes.
33. Write a letter to someone you love, saying all the things you’ve been meaning to say.
34. Make a list of all the places you’d love to travel to.
35. Draw a four-panel comic about something that happened to you recently.

    

36. Start a year-long project answering one question each day.
37. Write a poem. It doesn’t have to rhyme.
38. Write a goodbye letter to someone or something.
39. List the movies and shows you’re always happy to watch again.
40. Draw from life. Draw from imagination.
41. Make a “Currently” list.

    

42. Write a fake newsletter to someone you haven’t seen in years.
43. Try a Zentangle or repetitive doodle.
44. Write down a recipe you always make by heart.
45. Draw your own calendar spread and use the notebook as a planner.

    

46. List something you hear, feel, taste, smell, and see right now.
47. Start a Bullet Journal.
48. Draw along with an art challenge.

    

49. Plan your outfits for the entire week.
50. Research free or low-cost things to do in your area.
51. Doodle nonstop for five minutes.

    

52. Make a list of things you’re good at.
53. Watch a TED Talk and take notes.
54. Draw what you’re wearing today.

    

55. Pay attention to what makes you laugh out loud and write it down.
56. Answer a set of self-discovery questions.
57. Plan your future garden, home, or workspace.
58. Make a list of things that inspire you.

    

59. Keep running lists of gift ideas for the people in your life.
60. Write down your dreams or nightmares right after you wake up.
61. Pick a subject and draw it over and over again.
62. Use your notebook to take notes for a class or online course.
63. Document what a typical day looks like for you. Don’t forget the date.
64. When you feel the urge to pick up your phone, open your notebook instead and write about what you were about to do.

At Soul Flower, we’re inspired by mindful living, creativity, and everyday choices that feel good. From recycled paper goods to thoughtfully designed hippie chic clothing and boho gifts, everything we make is rooted in kindness for people and the planet.