Audio Journaling Prompts

Audio journaling, like written journaling, is a process for self-expression and reflection. It helps us slow down and calm our minds 😎, so it doesn’t come as a surprise that it aids to improve the health of our brains 🧠. In fact, the mental health benefits of journaling are similar to those achieved through meditation and other mindfulness practices 🙏🏼.

To get started, hit “record” 🎙and say whatever comes to mind. It could be a word, a thought, a feeling, or just start with an update of your day ahead. You can also time box your audio journaling time to 10 or 15 minutes and then just let your mind wander. This is known as stream of consciousness journaling or “The Artist Way”. If you prefer, you can also try prompts to guide you.

🎙Audio Journaling To Calm Your Mind Before The Day Starts

How are you feeling today and how is your energy? #mood
What are you the most excited about today? #goals
What are your most important priorities? (max. 5)
Are you nervous or worried about something?
What are your wellness goals today? #selfcare

🎙Audio Journaling To Calm Your Mind After Work

List the priorities you got done today.
What was the best thing that happened to you today?
Did something bother you? Why?
What is one thing you learned or discovered today?
What is something that you wish you had said or done differently?

🎙Audio Journaling For Better Prioritization And Productivity

List everything you got done today. What was the best thing on your list?
How could you have done more of that?
Identify the percentage of “essential”, “self-care”, and “useless” tasks.
How will you reduce the amount of useless tasks tomorrow?
A perfect week will end with ______. List your priorities that can help you get there.

🎙Audio Journaling For Making Big Decisions

What excites me about making this big decision?
What is worrying me about making this big decision?
What is the best that could happen? And how realistic it is?
What is the worse that could happen? And how likely is it to happen?
Why is now the right time to make this decision?

🎙Audio Journaling Your Way To Lower Anxiety

How is your body feeling? Your chest, your breath, your pain, etc.
What is worrying you? Start with the most obvious things.
Choose one worrying element you have control over. Can you change anything?
If what you’re worrying about actually happened, what would you do?
And what is the best possible outcome?

🎙Audio Journaling For Goal Setting

Describe your ideal work life, personal life, and relationship goals in 5 years.
Do you know anyone that has a great life? What’s aspirational about it?
Choose one lifestyle adjustment that would impact your life positively.
Choose one mindset adjustment (i.e. empathy, bravery, practicality, etc).
What are 5 to 10 specific things you can control you would like to do in the next 5 years? #bucketlist

🎙Audio Journaling For Personal Growth

What is one compliment you’ve recently received?
Is that a compliment you would have received a year ago?
What is a unique strength you know you possess?
How can you leverage your strength more often?
Think of a new strength you would like to have in 6 months.

🎙Audio Journaling To Boost Your Positivity

Focus on 5 things or people you got lucky to have in your life.
Remember one very positive or happy moment. Where were you?
Visualize what were you doing, saying, wearing, etc?
If you could do anything and be anywhere today, where would that be?
What is one achievable happy thing you could be doing in 1 month?

TRY GOAL-BASED JOURNALING

Audio Journaling to Declutter the Brain 🧠

Ask yourself. What are the things you did this week that gave you joy? What are the ones that helped you with your goals? And which ones were a total waste of time?

Audio Journaling as a way to Gain Momentum 🚵‍♀️

There is study upon study that attests to the idea that one project, however small it may seem, can be enough to provide the structure that enables life’s extras to fall into place.

Audio Journaling: Own Your Ostrich to Gain Self Awareness 🙈

We all have our inner ostrich. There are situations or truths about ourselves that we simply don’t want to face or admit, but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes, when we need to achieve a goal or keep moving in the moment, it’s okay to set some things aside and not dig too deep.

Audio Journal like a Libra to Lower Anxiety ⚖

Psychiatric reports do however reveal that listing your concerns and estimating the likelihood of them occurring is a useful tool for lowering anxiety levels.

Audio Journaling to Eliminate Writer's Block ✏

It helps us to kiss goodbye to the inhibiting perfectionist many of us possess - blurting out random thoughts may seem sloppy but it helps with our flow and helps us to develop a stronger sense of voice.

Audio Journaling to Strengthen Your Love Language 🎁

Pick up your phone and record 5 ways you can show love to yourself this week and see which route works for you!

Audio Journaling to Gain Perspective 🤔

Try to remember that sadness, just like happiness, is completely subjective. There will always be somebody ‘happier’ than you, and always somebody ‘sadder’ than you, and these games of comparison do not invalidate how you feel.

Audio Journal your Perfect Week in Advance 💯

Whilst it may seem that a perfect week is something that occurs organically, through time blocking and goal-setting you can allow yourself to realise which parts of the week require further focus on wellbeing.

Audio Journaling to Take Back Control ✌

There is a great tendency during these testing times to live in the future, planning for a life beyond covid. With end dates uncertain, and anxieties high, it is crucial to embrace the here and now. 🙌

Audio Journal to Own Your Inner Boss 😎

Being humble is great. You won’t offend anyone, and you will coast through life quite comfortably. You know what’s also great? Recognising and owning your strengths.