I am back with some Journal prompts to reflect on 2020, a year that was full of crazy! And hasn’t it been utter madness. But for that reason I think it is important to look back and record this time. I did the same last year so it makes even more sense to do it for 2020.
I talked about the importance of recording this historic time before. It’s been a time where life felt completely upside down. Therefore writing about it really helped me to make sense of it.
Benefits of keeping a journal
Keeping a journal can be so valuable. I will often look back through my many journals and it offers some happiness and is actually one of my favourite things to do. Often I will work through journal prompts again, it is really interesting to see how your answer change over time.
Quite often, difficult times will become a distant memory once we’ve come out the other side. It doesn’t mean it should be forgotten. These difficult times help us to grow, they are a part of our history.
This year in particular, was one where we all experienced the same event. Of course we all have our own version of Coronavirus, therefore we will have dealt with it very differently, but this was a global event. This for me is even more reason to document it.
Journal prompts to reflect on 2020
- What was the highlight of 2020?
- One low point of 2020?
- What was your favourite activity of 2020?
- Where was your favourite place you visited this year?
- The best lesson you learnt this year?
- What goals did you achieve this year?
- Did you make any changes this year?
- What’s your favourite picture taken this year?
- The favourite time spent with family?
- What upset you most this year?
- How will you remember this year?
- What are you most grateful for this year?
- 5 words that best describe this year?
- What was your best read this year?
- What was the best TV show of the year?
- Which film was your favourite?
- What was the kindest thing you did for yourself?
- The best purchase you made this year?
- What are you leaving behind in 2020?
- What will you carry forward in to 2021?
- Your favourite good news story of the year?
- Have you got goals for the year ahead?
- What are you most looking forward to in 2021?
- Did you have something that you had to cancel in 2020?
- What did you miss most this year?
- How are you feeling about the current situation?
- Do you think things could have been over if dealt with differently?
- What would you personally have done differently?
- What were your best coping strategies?
- Did you start any new hobbies you will carry forward in to 2021?
Goodbye 2020
Let’s be real for a minute, 2021 doesn’t mean that things will change overnight. Far from it I am sure. But I want to walk in to 2021 with a clear and positive focus.
Time to put this year to bed, well and truly. No matter what the year ahead has to hold for us all, I can assure you better times WILL come, even if we have to wait a little longer than we’d hope.
Which is why I’ve already made a start on my journal prompts. I want to complete them before the ball drops to mark the start of 2021. I want to leave as much as possible of 2020 behind me. Although, as I’ve said I want a reminder of this mad time. But one that leaves me with a fresh start come the 1st January.
Have you found Journal prompts a helpful tool for this year? Or would it be something you’d like to get in to for 2021?
These are amazing questions to ask oneself to reflect on how the year has been and the areas it has impacted us in. Thanks for sharing.
Happy holidays 🎄
Thank you! I love to journal and it’s a great way to record a period of time x
Even the toughest year could teach us something. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you. I really think you’re right x x
I’d really like to begin journalling but I never want to start something I can’t finish. These are some great prompts, I think I’ll write some of these down to remind myself that 202 wasn’t just a car crash!
Rosie
It did feel like it at the time but reflecting on it will certainly show you that it was not all bad x x
Some lovely questions and ideas here. I’d like to try to keep a journal but I never know whether I’d keep it up!
Tash – A Girl with a View
I thought that, but the beauty of a journal is you can pick it up as little or often as you want. I tend to do it every few days now x x
Christ, 2020 man. I don’t know where to start with thinking about this year so I think I’d probably benefit quite a bit from these prompts. It’s all gone by in such a blur! xxx
It doesn’t feel like 5 minutes since it started, now it feels like a distant memory! Definitely the oddest time in our lives so far I’d say x
I love journal prompts a lot! They come in really handy. These are great journal prompts to reflect on an eventful year like 2020. I’ll try and make use of some of these prompts. Great post x!
Ruth| Ruth loves Glamour
I hope they are really useful Ruth. I have enjoyed them xx
I can’t wave goodbye to 2020 any quicker and harder enough! This year has been one we’ll never forget! I love this journal prompts for the crazy year that 2020 has been! x
Lucy | http://www.lucymary.co.uk
Crazy almost doesn’t cover it. I still feels so surreal, like we could all wake up from a collective nightmare… Please let us wake up soon!
Definitely keeping this post in mind! I was journaling the most in June when the movements began and I was unbelievably drained, but kind of faded away. So I’m looking forward to getting back into it and writing about both the bad and the good! 🙂
Anika | chaptersofmay.com
It is so important to document the good and bad. It is so easy to gloss over difficulties but I honestly believe both play a huge part in who we are x
I’m not one to journal very often but I love these questions and I will most definitely give them a whirl!
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Great prompts to give closure to the year and take the best things forward and leave the old behind. Thank you.
I really love this questions . Will be adding them to my journal this evening after l have settled the girls
I was wondering what to write in my closing 2020 Journal and these prompts are so inspiring. I am going to select the questions from here and use it to write how I felt about the past year
Hi Claire..I might start journaling myself I loved all the questions good to reflect on
That’s lovely to hear. I hope they are really helpful x x
These are some great journal prompts to help people look back on 2020. It has been such a strange year.
I want to use these as blog post prompts. Whatever gets the creative juices flowing, right? 🙂
All the best, Michelle (michellesclutterbox.com)
I’ve set up a Bullet journal ready for 2021 and I’m so excited to start using it
Oh I loved setting mine up this year. Enjoy putting it to use x x
I have kept journals for years. I find the process very cathartic. As for 2020, good riddance to it, and here’s to a better 2021.
2020 has definitely been a mixed bag of emotions. These are some great prompts to document what has been a very strange year. Wishing you a happy new year.
These are really great journal prompts! I will definitely be using a few. Thank you!
This is just what I’ve been looking for, I want to do more journalling in the coming year as part of my wellness journey.
That’s great! I hope they help you in your journalling journey x x
I have kept a diary of this year, mainly for my own records but these prompts are brilliant. May have to do a round up post using them
I think it was such a key year and very much needed documenting x x
Although I don’t journal often, I do appreciate the times that I do and look back on them. I hope 2021 will be a better year but as you said, nothing will change overnight.
I love looking back over my journals. Its like reading a history book. So often we remember the big moments, but I think there are so many more smaller moments we need to remember x x
Loads of great ideas here. I think there’s a lot we could write about for this year.
Probably a whole book! 100 years time people would think it was made up x x
Thanks for sharing these. I write a weekly post but I think I will incorporate some of these into it for this week. As much as I want to forget 2020 its still part of the boy’s childhood and should be remembered for the positives it did bring too.
Yes I agree, I think its a really important time. We can’t block it out of our memory completely x x
i used to keep a journal , and for some reason i stopped but so want to get back to it as it was a great fun looking back on my year
I really don’t get on with journaling, I’ve tried several times but it’s just not for me. Great questions though to think about at the turn of the year.
Great prompts, thank you for sharing! I will definitely be bookmarking your post to come back to as I really want to try and keep a journal/diary of some kind this year and keep up with it all year lol! x
Thank you for sharing these – I want to start journaling this year and wasn’t sure where to start. Going to get writing now! 🙂
Really hope they are helpful x x
These are fab ideas, I’ve always thought creating a journal would be good for me. I always have things on my mind and thinking about stuff, be great for me to empty my brain!
Oh you should definitely start one, it is so helpful x
These are some great prompts! I did a summary page for 2020 and really tried to focus on the positive and the interesting as well as the bad. I think keeping a rounded view of the year will really help when reflecting on it. More than anything though, I’m glad I have a journal of 2020 that I can look back on in the future!
I think having a journal or diary to look back on is so important for the future us x x