Prompts
Journal Prompts for the Slightly Haunted
Prompts for making contact with yourself without turning the notebook into a courtroom.
What this tool does
These prompts help name depletion, avoidance, inherited rules, anger, envy, rest, grief, and the next small repair. They are for clarity, not performance.
Answer one prompt in three bullets. Done counts.
Bad-week version
Use it when
- You feel vague but do not know what the feeling is asking for.
- You want a practical prompt instead of a three-page memoir assignment.
- You need to ask what would make tomorrow ten percent less stupid.
How to use it
- Choose one prompt that stings in the useful way.
- Write for five minutes.
- Circle one sentence that seems true.
- Turn that sentence into one small repair.
- Stop before journaling becomes hiding.
Worksheet version
Copy these prompts into a notebook, notes app, spreadsheet, or the nearest envelope that is already judging you.
Common traps
- Writing beautifully instead of honestly.
- Using journaling to avoid the physical action.
- Trying to solve your childhood before sending the email.
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Journal Prompts for the Slightly Haunted is one handle from Build a Life That Doesn't Eat You Alive. The full book connects it to habits, boundaries, money, work, rest, and bad-week repair.