5 Journaling Prompts to Spark Your Next Chapter
5 Journaling Prompts to Spark Your Next Chapter
Stuck at a crossroads? These 5 powerful journaling prompts will help you get unstuck, reconnect with yourself, and step boldly into your next chapter.
Let’s get one thing straight
You don’t need a ten-step plan right now.
You don’t even need all the answers.
What you do need is a way to get past the noise in your head and hear your own voice again.
And one of the simplest — but most underestimated — tools for that is journaling.
No, you don’t have to be a “writer.” You don’t have to have perfect sentences. You just have to be willing to be honest on paper.
How these prompts work
Think of each prompt as a flashlight — not to show you the entire road, but to light up the next step.
Write without editing yourself. No crossing out. No worrying about how it sounds.
Your only job? Tell the truth.
Prompt #1: “If I could be wildly honest, I would admit that…”
This is where the gold is. What’s the thing you’ve been avoiding saying — even to yourself?
For example: I would admit that my job has been draining me for years or I would admit that I miss who I was before the kids.
Prompt #2: “What I want more of in my life is…”
This is about desire without guilt. Don’t shrink it. Write the messy, impractical, “too much” answers.
Think: more laughter, more slow mornings, more passion, more respect.
Prompt #3: “If nothing was holding me back, I would…”
Forget the money, the time, the what-will-they-think. Imagine no limits for five minutes. What would you choose?
Prompt #4: “I’m ready to stop…”
Habits, patterns, relationships, beliefs — what’s ready to go?
This prompt is powerful because clarity often comes from subtraction, not addition.
Prompt #5: “One small step I can take this week is…”
This is your bridge between dreaming and doing. It doesn’t have to be big — it just has to be something you can act on now.
Why journaling matters when you’re on the brink
When you put words on paper, you create space between you and your thoughts.
That space is where truth sneaks in. And truth is the starting line for your next chapter.
→ Read more here: Why Clarity Is the Ultimate Superpower for Women on the Brink
Call to action:
If these prompts opened something for you, don’t let it fade once you close the notebook.
Book a free Clarity Call with me — together, we’ll turn what you wrote into a real plan for the life you’ve been imagining.
