Goal Setting Journal Prompts (Backed by a Study That Debunked a Myth)
For decades, a story circulated in business and self-help circles about a famous study at Yale, sometimes told as…
Gratitude Journal Prompts (Backed by the Original Study)
In 2003, psychologists Robert Emmons and Michael McCullough published a study that’s since become the most cited research behind…
Digital Journaling vs Paper Journaling (What the Research Actually Says)
In 2014, Princeton researcher Pam Mueller and UCLA’s Daniel Oppenheimer published a study that ended up getting far more…
How to Journal When You Don’t Know What to Write
In the 1980s, Julia Cameron was a working screenwriter and filmmaker, recently sober, and completely unable to write. The…
How to Start Journaling (What the Actual Research Recommends)
In the fall of 1983, psychologist James Pennebaker ran an experiment with a new graduate student, Sandy Beall, that…
Journal Prompts for Career Clarity (Starting With a Calligraphy Class)
In 2005, Steve Jobs stood in front of Stanford’s graduating class and admitted something most successful people rarely say…
Journal Prompts for Clarity (Joan Didion Explained It Best)
In a 1976 essay, Joan Didion admitted something that sounds almost like a confession from a writer of her…
Journal Prompts for Emotional Awareness (Backed by Real Brain Research)
In 2007, UCLA neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman and his colleagues published a study in the journal Psychological Science that gave…
Journal Prompts for Healing (A Real Idea From Therapy, Adapted for Your Journal)
In the late 1970s, an Australian social worker named Michael White and a New Zealand family therapist named David…
30 Evening Journal Prompts to Wind Down at Night
Most days don’t end when you close your laptop or turn off the TV. They end whenever your mind…
