Journal prompts for Valentines
It feels like a long time since I put my last lot of journal prompts together. And now I am creating journal prompts for Valentines!
The month of love is upon us. The month where we are all conned in to spending more money than we can afford to show our partners how much we love them.
I sound like a cynic right? I don’t mean to but I think it is really important that we tell our partners what they mean to us all the time. Seeing how popular my post for Rob was, it seems you all agree.
That said any reason to have a nice meal and carve out some quality time together is good by me. And of course to focus my journal prompts for Valentines.
Keeping memories
When I look back over my journals, I love remembering all the significant moments. I like to see what has change and reflect on moments in my life that were important.
Why not love as well?
How amazing would it be to look back in 50 years time and recall falling in love and how it felt? I am sure the Grandchildren would love to hear it … Maybe!
It would be just like The Notebook! I love that film.
You could really impress the Grand-children by telling them about all the things their parents said when you interviewed them using my Children’s journal prompts.
Journal Prompts
1. How did you meet?
2. What was your first date like?
3. As of today, how long have you been together?
4. How did you know you were falling in love?
5. Who said I love you first?
6. When do you feel loved the most?
7. What is your favourite thing to do together?
8. What is your partners best quality and why?
9. What is your partners worst quality and how do you combat that?
10. What do you admire most about them?
11. Do you have the same goals for your future?
12. Are you very similar or do opposites attract?
13. Who is the most romantic? What makes this so?
14. Your best date?
15. What are you doing for Valentines day?
16. What lessons have you learnt from previous relationships that you’ve carried with you in to this one?
17. What one thing do they do that makes you laugh the most?
18. When do you feel closest to them?
19. How do you see your future?
20. Do you think love has changed you?
21. What does love mean to you?
22. 3 things you love most about them
23. How much has your life changed since you met them?
24. What attracted them to you?
25. Do you value the same things?
26. What excites you most about your relationship?
27. Do you make time together each day?
28. What is the one thing your bound to argue about?
29. How do you think you could be a better partner?
Will you join in?
There you have it, 29 prompts for your journal that will allow you to mark your relationship in 2020. Imagine how much these answers could change over 5 years, 10 years or even 50!
Will you try these prompts out and if so do you think you your partner might join in as well?
I have never actually seen the notebook, I think it’s about time I did. Oh I love this idea for journal prompts for Valentines Day. Perhaps I could join in with these prompts this year.
Valentines day is one of those weird ones, people focus so much on gifts and cards but the true celebration of love is being together and making memories rather than going all consumer on it. However, it is pushed extremely consumerist. At least that is my take. I feel like your journal ideas are in a much better spirit of the day.
What a lovely idea.
Thank you x
Aaaw, such a sweet post. Although these prompts don’t necessarily work for us singletons. Thankfully in my culture Valentine’s is called the ‘Friends’ Day’ (literal translation) and this includes absolutely everyone. No pressure to find a date when you’ve already got a bunch of people you love to spend the day with <3
I actually think I prefer that idea! I don’t spend anywhere near enough time with my girlfriends as we are all busy Mums. Next year it’s girl day! Love it x
I love these! Its a great way to document your very own love story!
I’m in love with this idea of journaling 🙂
Wow! Some great ideas here. I always think it’s far too easy to forget all this small things and why you got together in the first place.
Hmm great idea. Maybe I should start a jurnal.🤗🤗🤗🤗
I adore my journal x
What a lovely list. I’m going to pin this for later as we might sit down and do this together on Valentine’s Day. Thank you!
Ah, Claire, this is so gorgeous. I love how each question really made me stop and consider before I came up with an answer. I do something similar for Flora each birthday but I’ve never done anything like this for or with Alan. I don’t think he’d sit down and do this but I can, even if I keep the answers to myself for now 🙂 Thank you, it’s a lovely idea x
Creating a love journal can definitely be an amazing idea, especially to remember all those good times when you grow older. It is a memory that can last forever, generations to come, safely kept in the family.
This would be quite good for a Q&A session on the Valentine’s evening if you are having a date night! few drinks and giggles.
You had me at the Notebook:) I loveeee that book and movie.
I don’t really journal, but I do digital scrapbooking. My oldest kids are now 9 (twins) and they absolutely LOVEEE going through albums I made for their dad and I before they were born, they are fascinated by it:) so it’s a great idea. I loved going through these questions and especially the one about what I love most about my partner – it was interesting to see that the answers remained the same 13 years late.
Such a lovely idea to write journals. What a lovely list of prompts. I bet it’s lovely to look back and read them.
Thank you! They are very special to write and even more so to look back on x x
I love this idea! My hubby and I have told the kids so much about when we were younger and how we met as of course our kids want to know everything lol! It would be nice though to get some sort of photo album together for photos and notes about us from past to present 🙂
Thats a really lovely idea Rachel. Memories are so special x x
What a great idea. It reminds of the game mr and Mrs we played over the festive period. We had to sign a disclaimer before playing it (as a joke). It definitely brings back some lovely memories
Oh I bet you had some fun playing that x x
My mummy loves scrapbooking and would love to take these prompts and make some artwork for me to look back on when they are older x
Thank you Bella, that sounds like a lot of fun x
Thank you for the journal prompts – I love to write in a journal but struggle to know what to write sometimes if you know what I mean.
I know exactly what you mean. That’s why I started these monthly posts. Glad to help x x
I love this! I recently made a scrapbook of all lovely things I’ve kept from my children. This is a fab idea, this Valentine’s Day (we don’t really celebrate valentines) me and my husband will have been married 9 years. I think I’ll start putting things together, I love the idea of a journal full of memories!
I have all my journals, I love going back through them. Some of the entries are so random that I think i’d like to watch my loved ones find them after I pass away! They’d think I was insane!
A really interesting one, such a unique different idea , and so personel for a Valentines day, my Wife would really appreciate this idea.
Thank you Liam. I hope it wins you some brownie points 🙂
This is such a lovely post with some great prompts. (I really need to watch The Notebook. I hear it’s amazing). Thanks for this. You’ve given me some good ideas.
Oh you really must watch it! It is such a beautiful film x x
This is quite clever! I love it!
Thank you so much x x
Awh this is a lovely idea! I really do agree that we don’t need to go spend fortunes on each other. I’d rather go over these lovely questions and make my partner feel loved and special. Thanks for sharing a great idea! Xx
Thank you Nanny M, I think it is a lovely way to spend some time with your partner x
This is lovely, and great promts so you can look back and reflect and let the memories come flooding back
I’m already looking forward to reading these back in a few years x
These are lovely journal prompts and it’s always nice to have something nice to look back on read. I did a similar thing a while ago for when I was feeling a bit down of things I loved about myself, my life and my partner x
That is such a good idea Rhian. We do need to remind ourselves how amazing we are and those around us x x
I really love this idea and what a memory to leave to future generations or review with your significant other-like a time capsule. You have some good journal prompts there. Thanks for the boosts of inspiration Claire!
Thank you so much Donna. Its very much a time capsule, an opportunity to capture memories before we forget them x
I love this idea especially because as time goes on memories fade and I know I’ll begin to forget some of the specifics of all these amazing moments. It would be great to have a record of them so when I read them back I can remember them in detail!
Thank you so much Emma. I agree, all too often time changes our memory of things, with a journal it is there forever.
Awh lovely journal prompts for the romantics among us! I love your themed journal prompts as they really give you a chance to look into different areas of your life! xxx
Thank you Jenny. I honestly didn’t know just how much of a softie I could be! x x
These are really great ideas! I love this. Will be doing some of this for Valentines Day this year!
Aww thank you! I hope you both enjoy x x
Oh I love this . What lovely questions and would be lovely to do that on an evening out with the other half 🙂
Thank you Kira. I think my Man is getting sick of my journal prompts involving him! Well maybe a little!
This is a nice way to remember why you love who you love!
Thank you, I think so too x x
Hi Claire, to echo many of the other comments, this is a great way to celebrate, but I must admit that if I need one day or month a year to show my husband that I love him, that to me that is a sad state of my journey and marriage of 40++ years. Love should be shown on a daily basis, in small things you do or say, and not once a year. Having said that, I do not expect others to agree with me on this, this is my personal opinion, and we do not do anything special for Valentine’s day, other than to again show AMS (his initials) that I still love him and if possible more than 40+ years ago.
I love the idea of answering the prompts for future grandchildren to enjoy!
Sadly, I don’t have a romantic partner to share my Valentine’s with, but at least I can spend my money instead on the sales and discounts at the mall? Haha. I’ve seen The Notebook, I don’t remember why but that film made me cry! Lovely post, these are great prompts.
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What a fantastic collection of prompts for Valentines Day. I will definitely be using some of these, thank you!
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy x x
Some great ideas, it is hard to forget the little things, especially when you have been married a long time
This a really neat idea. I don’t know where I’ve been hiding, but I never heard of journal prompting. You got me interested and now I’m interested in reading your other post. How did you come upon journal prompting?
I have always kept a diary, but about 6 years ago I found some posts on pinterest that inspired me x
This is a great list. It slows your thinking down and makes you appreciate the depths of one another. I think it would be very interesting to do it year by year and to see if anything changes or stays the same.
Lots of lovely ideas here. I think it would be interesting to write some of these.
Thank you Lyndsey x x
This is such a great idea! I can already imagine answering it a few years down the line and seeing how our answers may have changed 🙂
I don’t keep a journal, but I do love a good Q&A. My husband and I met in Japanese night class, over ten years ago. I’ve forgotten most of my Japanese, but I gained a husband so I guess the lessons were still a good investment, haha.
Love this idea – have never thought of it before – will have to give it a go
It’s a lot of fun Kate x
This is such a great idea! I definitely want to include a few of these in my journal.
Glad you like them Natalie x x
I love this idea! I think I might give this a go.
Thank you for the prompts!
This is a great idea, I love a lot of these prompts and will definitely have to give this a try!
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy them x
Number 23) how has your life changed. That one is enough for me, changed my world. Great idea and hopefully I won’t forget it this year..
Real love is the most wonderful and life changing experience x x
Oooh this is such an amazing idea my darling! I love this so much!
Love, Amie ❤
The Curvaceous Vegan
Thank you Amie x x
I absolutely love this and will use the prompts this weekend with my husband. Thank you 🙂
I really should start journalling. It seems like a great way to preserve your memories.
It is a really great way to remember what happens and changes year to year x
I used to religiously write in my diary and I vert rarely do now, but these are some great prompt ideas.
Thank you. It can be hard to make time for a journal x
These are some great prompts and I agree it’s really important to tell the ones you love how much they mean to you
Laura x
Thank you Laura. Its very important they know x