Fun Journal Prompts To Brighten Your Day – Because Fun Is Self Care Too!
These fun journal prompts for adults are the perfect way to unwind and reconnect with your playful side, because grown-ups need fun too!
Fun journal prompts
Sometimes as an adult, it’s easy to forget that we’re still allowed to do things just for fun. These fun journal prompts are here to help you connect with the part of you that remembers how to have fun. Fun is also a great way to get to know yourself, so maybe you’ll learn a bit about yourself while you’re at it, too!
What’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve laughed so hard you cried at?
You can travel by teleportation anywhere for one day, you have unlimited funds that can only be used for this trip, and you can take one person with you. Who do you bring? Where do you travel? What do you do?
What’s the theme song to a sitcom about your life?
What’s do you like to do that has no point other than being fun?
If you accidentally invented time travel one day, what’s the first thing you would do?
Describe your evil twin. Now, describe your angelic twin.
Who is your “fun mentor”? Who is someone you know personally, a fictional character, historical figure, or celebrity who really knows how to have fun in your opinion?
Write a one paragraph plot for a sci-fi movie you’re going to star in.
What’s the tiniest little thing that always makes you feel happy?
Write a love letter to your favorite song.
Describe yourself as if you were a tree.
You’re an eccentric billionaire now. Describe a day in your life.
If your personality was a city/town, what city/town would it be?
What stupid joke do you think is actually really funny?
If you could be animal for a day, what animal would you be? Why?
Explore the multiple facets of your personality by describing a spring, summer, fall, and winter version of you.
You have to come up with your own reality show and be a participant on the show. What’s your reality show?
What fictional book’s world would you like to be transported to for a visit?
Start with the word “pancake” and write down the first word that comes to mind next. Now write down the first word that comes to mind after that word. Try to feel rather than think the next word. Continue until you’re at the bottom of the page. Look back at the page; which word association was the most surprising to you? Why do you think you made that connection?
Imagine you’re on a beautiful moonlight stroll. What do you see? What are you thinking about?
Invent a new scent and describe it.
What’s one mundane thing that strikes you as funny?
You live in a fairytale. What does your house look like? What magical powers does it have?
Describe or draw a symbol or image that represents fun. Why do you think you chose this image/symbol?
If 13-year-old you showed up to be you for a day in your everyday life now, how would it go?
What’s your secret talent?
If you could only wear one color for the rest of your life, what color would you choose? Why?
Invent a new annual celebration and describe it.
If you had to choose a new name for yourself, what name would you choose? Why?
What’s the most fun you’ve ever had in one of your dreams?
What music genre is your personality? Why?
What’s your favorite memory of having fun as a child?
What’s the most fun you’ve had in the last year?
If you were a ghost, what would you haunt and how would you haunt it?
What new invention would you be famous for?
What fictional character would be your best friend forever?
What’s your catchphrase?
What song best sums up the last year of your life?
What color is your personality? Why?
What’s the best non-cash prize you could win? Why?
You can choose one magical superpower to have for life. What superpower are you picking?
What’s something you’re really great at?
What’s something kind of trashy that you love anyway?
What fictional character best represents your fun side?
What food would you use to describe your personality? Why?
What’s your favorite way to have fun by yourself?
What’s your favorite way to have fun with other people?
What does your utopia (ideal) world look like?
You have to give your memoir a funny title. What are you naming it?
You’re going to a costume party as the goofiest version of yourself. What are you wearing?
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