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Today’s prompt · Monday, 9 November
“Name three things your body did for you today.”
Category: Gratitude
Gratitude
10 prompts
- What is one small thing that made you smile today?
- Who made your life easier this week, and how could you thank them?
- Describe a comfort you often overlook.
- What is something you have now that you once wished for?
- Write about a smell, sound or taste that makes you feel at home.
- What went right today, however small?
- Name three things your body did for you today.
- What ordinary object are you quietly glad exists?
- Who taught you something you still use every week?
- What did today give you that yesterday did not?
Reflection
10 prompts
- What is one small thing you don’t want to forget about today?
- What gave you energy today? What took some away?
- What would you tell a friend who felt exactly as you do right now?
- What are you carrying that you could set down tonight?
- When did you feel most like yourself this week?
- What lesson keeps repeating in your life?
- Where did you say yes when you meant no?
- What did you avoid today, and what was the avoidance protecting?
- If today had a title, what would it be?
- What is the honest answer to “how are you”?
Growth
10 prompts
- What is one thing you are quietly proud of?
- Which habit would your future self thank you for starting?
- Describe a fear you have outgrown.
- What would you try if you knew you could not fail?
- What does a good day look like for you, hour by hour?
- Who do you want to be a year from now?
- What did you handle better this month than last year?
- What advice do you keep giving other people but not taking?
- What is one small thing you could practise for ten minutes a day?
- Where are you still waiting for permission?
Letting go
10 prompts
- What worry can you hand over to tomorrow?
- Write a letter to something you are ready to release. You will not send it.
- What expectation of yourself could you soften?
- Describe a time you forgave someone, or yourself.
- What is draining you that you could say no to?
- Write down the thought that keeps looping, then answer it kindly.
- What are you still apologising for that was never your fault?
- Which version of your life are you grieving, and what was good about it?
- What would you stop doing if nobody would notice?
- What does “enough for today” look like?
Dreams & wonder
10 prompts
- Describe a place where you feel most at peace.
- If today were a colour, what would it be and why?
- Write about a dream you have not told anyone.
- Imagine your ideal ordinary Tuesday five years from now.
- What would you do with an entire free day, no obligations?
- What are you curious about right now?
- What did you notice today that nobody else would have?
- Describe a sound you love in as much detail as you can.
- What would you make if you had a free afternoon and no audience?
- If you could keep one hour of this week forever, which one?
Hard days
10 prompts
- What is the smallest possible thing that would help right now?
- Write the sentence you are afraid to say out loud.
- What would you say to yourself in the third person, gently?
- What has helped on a day like this before?
- Name what hurts, without explaining or justifying it.
- Who could you tell, even a little?
- What do you need permission to feel today?
- Which part of this is genuinely yours to carry?
- If today is a write-off, what would rest look like tonight?
- What is still true and steady, even now?
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How to use a prompt
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Skip what doesn’t fit
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