Photo of Asian woman in the spring smiling and holding a large bouquet of pink and orange tulips. — Journal prompts for spring

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Spring journal prompts

Check out these spring journal prompts to celebrate spring and the fresh start it represents as you journal.

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What was the hardest part of your winter? What made this experience so difficult? How did this experience make you feel?
What was the best part of your winter? What do you want to remember about this experience?
What will you miss about this winter? What will you not miss about this winter?
Are there habits or routines that were part of your winter that you want to leave behind this spring?
What are you most looking forward to this spring?
Where in your life do you want a fresh start? What does a fresh start in this area of your life look like? What’s one easy first step you can take to create a fresh start in this area of your life?
What positive impacts does the spring season tend to have on your mental health? What negative impacts does the spring season tend to have on your mental health? Are there ways that you can accentuate the positive impacts and mitigate the negative impacts?
What positive impacts does the spring season tend to have on your physical health? What negative impacts does the spring season tend to have on your physical health? Are there ways that you can accentuate the positive impacts and mitigate the negative impacts?
Are there activities you do in the spring that you don’t do other times of year? How do these activities influence how you feel about the spring season?
Do your habits and routines change at all in the spring? If so, how do these changes impact you positively? How do they impact you negatively?
Is your spring season more or less fast paced than other seasons? If so, how does this difference impact you?

What is your favorite spring memory? Describe the memory in detail (visual, emotional, scent, sound, etc.).
What sound do you most associate with spring? What feelings and memories do you associate with this sound?
When you were a child, what spring holidays did you celebrate? How did you celebrate these holidays? Did the way you celebrate these holidays change over the years as you got older, or because of other changes in your life? How did you feel about those changes when you were a child? How did those changes impact you then? How do you feel about those changes now?
What food do you most associate with spring? When did you start to associate this food with spring? What memories do you have of eating this food in the spring?
If you had to choose one image to encapsulate how spring feels to you, what would the image be? Describe the image in detail. What feeling does the image give you?
When you were a child, what spring activities did you do? How do you feel reflecting on these childhood memories now?
What scent do you most associate with spring? Why? When do you first remember making this association? What feelings and memories do you associate with this scent?

What is your favorite thing about spring? Why? When did this start to be your favorite thing about spring?
Read a poem about spring. What emotions do you connect to this poem? What memories do you connect to this poem? Why do you think you made those connections?
If you had to choose a symbol for how spring feels to you, what symbol would you choose? Why do you think you chose this symbol?
Start with the word “sunshine” 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?