Night journal prompts

Free night and evening prompts to reflect on your day and notice what you want to carry forward.

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Put your phone down before you start getting ready for bed tonight and keep it down until morning.

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Write down what time you actually got tired tonight so you start learning your real bedtime.

ActionHabits

What are some things I can do to tire myself out physically so I don't lie in bed with a racing mind?

Self-ReflectionCoping

Before you go to bed tonight write down one thing you felt today that you didn't have words for at the time.

ActionEmotions

Is there someone I want to reach out to tomorrow and what has been stopping me from doing it today?

Self-ReflectionRelationships

Before you turn the light out tonight write one sentence about a moment today when you actually slowed down.

ActionMindfulness

Set your phone to do-not-disturb from when you get into bed tonight until after you've been awake for thirty minutes tomorrow morning.

ActionHabits

What from today am I already dreading tomorrow and is there anything I can actually do about it tonight?

Self-ReflectionClosure

When your legs get restless at night is that a sign you didn't move enough during the day?

SocialBody

Can we go to a 24 hour diner and just eat breakfast food at midnight?

SocialFun

How do you want to feel when you're hanging out with a large group of people tonight?

SocialFun

Write down one thing you're glad you did today and keep the note on your nightstand.

ActionGratitude

How can you be more intentional about the way you spend your evening me time?

SocialNeeds

What's still unfinished from today that I'm going to keep thinking about and do I need to resolve it tonight or can it wait?

Self-ReflectionClosure

Gently tuck your chin to your chest and roll your neck side to side tonight to release the tension that built up in your shoulders all day.

ActionBody

Write down right now what specifically you are dreading about tomorrow and next to it write the one concrete first step you'll take if it goes badly.

ActionEmotions

Stop everything you're doing thirty minutes before you want to be asleep tonight and give your body time to actually get there.

ActionNeeds

When do you stop answering texts at night?

SocialBoundaries

Set your alarm for tomorrow tonight and then put your phone across the room so you don't reach for it in bed.

ActionHabits

Set out your workout clothes tonight so the morning is one step easier.

ActionNight

What did I laugh at today and when did it happen?

Self-ReflectionFun

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