Gratitude Journal With Prompts

Keeping a daily gratitude journal is a simple and powerful practice. It helps you to notice, appreciate and savour the good things in life.

It feels good to spend quality time with friends and family, to get a great opportunity at work or to receive a genuine compliment. Unfortunately, these good-vibes are often short lived. Daily gratitude journaling brings the little and big wins of each day to the front of your mind. As a result, you feel happier.

In this article I explain why you should start a gratitude journal and share with a downloadable 7 day gratitude with prompts that you can use to get started today.

Why you should start a gratitude journal today

Here are three reasons why keeping a gratitude journal is a no-brainer:

1. It is scientifically proven to increase your happiness.
2. It takes as little as five minutes a day.
3. Gratitude compounds. The more you practice, the more you will realize that you have to be grateful for.

After more than a year of daily journaling I wholeheartedly recommend keeping a gratitude journal as a way to start this life-changing habit.

How I discovered gratitude journaling

As a university student I worked a part-time job in a local patisserie. During a shift on a sunny Saturday afternoon, a woman arrived and asked to speak to the store owner. The woman explained that she loved the products made by the patisserie and wanted to thank the owner personally as part of her daily gratitude practice. The owner was absolutely delighted and I’m certain that this interaction made her days. As a bystander this simple act of gratitude also made my day and is a memory that I will likely never forget.

Start Small

Travelling across the city to thank someone that you appreciate in person, although wonderful, is not a sustainable way to start a new gratitude practice. Instead, I recommend that you start small and consistent. For example you can start by writing a sentence each day about something that you’re grateful for.

Gratitude Journal Prompts

To make things even easier I’ve created a 7 day gratitude journal with prompts to get you started. To access the journal as an editable PDF enter your email below:

If you’d simply like to try out the prompts yourself they are:

1. Someone who you appreciate
2. Somewhere that you love
3. A teacher who impacted your life
4. Your favourite season
5. Any simple pleasure
6. A good memory
7. Yourself

Will you start a gratitude journal?

Accountability can really help you succeed when building a new habit. Need a little accountability boost? Let me know in the comments below that you’re committing to write in the gratitude journal for the next 7 days and i’ll be here cheering you on!