328+ ‘Goal’ Writing Prompts
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Optimizing Future Goals
Write about a significant life goal you hope to achieve within the next three years and discuss how you plan to reach it.
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Yearly Growth
Consider one of your traits or skills that you would like to improve in the coming New Year and describe how you plan to do it.
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Gazing Back at Growth
Choose an achievement from the start of the year and an one from the end. Compare and contrast them.
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The Castle Ruin
Create a story surrounding the ruins of a once grand Irish castle. How did it fall into ruin and what secrets does it hold?
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Pot of Gold Quest
Describe your journey as a leprechaun to locate the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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Palpatine’s Transformation
Write about the factors and events that led to Palpatine’s transformation into Emperor.
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The Marathon Within
Write about a time when you had to work hard to achieve a goal and how it felt to reach it.
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Group Dynamics
Reflect upon your experiences working as part of a team in an extra-curricular activity.
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Mapping Life’s Milestones
Create a timeline of your life so far, marking the most significant events and changes.
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Unveiling Future Goals
Compose a letter to your future 2021 self, outlining your goals and aspirations.
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Path to Pokemon Professor
You decide to give up being a Pokemon trainer and instead enroll in a university to become a Pokemon professor. What is your journey towards achieving this goal?
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Ambitious Aspirations
Describe your greatest ambition and what you would do to achieve it, embodying the spirit of a Slytherin.
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Unfinished Business
Pen a tale about a ghost who cannot find peace until they complete their unfinished business.
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Unlikely Alliances
Force two typically rival characters into a situation where they must work together.
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Unexpected Alliance
Write a story where two characters who are often at odds with each other must team up to achieve a common goal.
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Unlikely Allies
In a critical crisis, an unlikely villain teams up with a superhero to save the world.
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Gender Roles Within The Qun
Write about the gender-based roles within Qunari society, and how it contradicts or aligns with the character’s personal beliefs.
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Reflection of Past Victories
Reflect on a past dream or goal that you’ve attained and analyze how it has shaped your life since.
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Visualizing Your Vision
Jot down your most desired dream or goal that you wish to actualize and share what it means to you.
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Embracing Personal Achievements
Write about your most rewarding personal achievement and reflect on the happiness it brought you.
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Intrinsic Motivation Map
Reflect on a goal that you accomplished purely because it was meaningful for you, without any desire for applause or recognition.
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Evolution of Personal Values
Consider how your essential values have developed or evolved over the years.
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Personal Mantras
Think of 3 to 5 mantras that you can use to uplift your spirit during difficult times.
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The Case for Self-Care
Write a persuasive letter to convince a skeptic friend about the importance of self-care.
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Mapping Mindful Moments
Describe a moment when you successfully used a coping technique during an attack.
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Future Gazing
Imagine your life 5 years from now, describe what kind of person you hope to be, and what steps do you think could help you get there.
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Love Letter to Myself
Compose a love letter to yourself that emphasizes your love for yourself and all your positive attributes.
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Visualize the Outcome
Imagine the result of successfully completing today’s primary task and narrate the outcome.
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Prioritizing Progress
Outline a big goal you have in mind and break it down into smaller, manageable segments that seem less overwhelming.
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Building New Habit Blueprint
Select a new habit you want to cultivate and establish a plan of action to implement it.
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Manifest of Change
Identify one aspect of your life you’d like to change and detail a plausible step-by-step action plan you could implement.
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Manifesting Positivity
Describe an ideal day in your life from the moment you wake up to when you go to sleep.
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Letters to Future Self
Write a letter to your future self about the things you hope to achieve and where you want to see yourself.
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Building Bridges of Perseverance
Write about a time when you had to try again and again to achieve a goal.
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Unmasking Insecurity
Identify an insecurity and write about a time when it held you back.
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Future Achievements
Imagine the future you have already achieved your biggest goal. Describe it in detail.
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Echo Chamber
Write about a situation when you tried to suppress a negative emotion and ended up making it worse.
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Unrealized Ambitions
Write about a goal or ambition you have always had but haven’t yet accomplished.
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Breaking Bad Habits
Identify a bad habit that hinders your future goal, discuss how it has affected you so far, and outline a plan to conquer it.
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Dream Career Discovery
Divulge the details of your desired profession or career and escalate the prospects you associatively imagine.
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Celebrating Personal Triumphs
Write about a personal accomplishment that filled you with pride and happiness.
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Affirmational Future Vision
Write a series of affirmations about where you envision yourself in the future.
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Inner Critic to Inner Cheerleader
Journal about converting your inner critic into an inner cheerleader.
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Dream Leonardo
Consider yourself as the future Leonardo Da Vinci and write about the skills and qualities you would want to attain to become that.
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Pathfinder
Describe a goal you’ve set and achieved recently, and discuss the steps you undertook to reach it.
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Reflecting on Personal Victories
Write about a significant accomplishment in your life, detailing the event and your reactions to achieving your goal.
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Exploring Ambitious Goals
Consider and write about a significant long-term goal you have, detailing the steps to achieve it.
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Identifying Self-Doubt
Pick a dream or goal that you’ve put on hold due to self-doubt and explore why.
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The Power of Visualization
Write about a single goal as if you’ve already accomplished it in rich detail.
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Fulfillment Analysis
Write about a goal you recently achieved and explore how it has brought fulfillment or change in your life.
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Roadblocks and Detours
Think about a goal you failed to achieve. Write about the roadblocks that stood in your way and how you plan to tackle them in the future.
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The Five-Year Plan
Write about where you would like to be in five years and detail how you plan to achieve it.
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Unleashing Potential
Describe a time when a negative belief held you back from a achieving a goal. Now, reimagine the situation, but this time, you don’t hold that belief.
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Stumbling Blocks
Recount instances where you’ve stumbled in the past towards a goal, and how you worked through them.
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Roadmap to Recovery
Create a detailed roadmap that outlines your recovery goals and tracks progress.
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Setting Sights High
Write about your biggest, most daunting goal that you have for yourself in your recovery.
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Designing Emotional Shield
Describe a metaphorical shield that can protect your emotional well-being. How does it look? How does it work? How does it aid in your journey toward recovery?
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3-Year Projection
Describe where you see yourself three years from now.
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Resolution Reinforcement
Identify a specific goal that you struggled with achieving, how you pushed through, and how you can apply that determination to future endeavors.
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Manifesting Future Self
Describe your ideal future self, ten years from now.
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Positive Projections
Describe your ideal day, one year from now.
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Expansive Potential
List out the personal and professional goals you wish to achieve in the next five years.
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Pathway to Positivity
Visualize and describe a path and outline the steps you will take to bring more happiness into your life.
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Building Bridges
Write about a personal goal that feels out of reach and then describe how you could bridge the gap between your current situation and achieving that goal.
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Driven by Dreams
Write down a dream or goal that you’ve been striving towards. How does this goal contribute to your sense of purpose in life?
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Unpacking Triggers
Identify and write about situations or events that trigger your depressive episodes.
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Understanding Your Diagnosis
Write about how you felt when you were first diagnosed with depression.
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Moments of Triumph
Detail a time when you felt triumphant, achieving what seemed to be an unreachable goal.
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Living the Moment
Describe a “mundane” daily scenario, but frame it as the most interesting event you ever witnessed.
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Imagining Future Strength
Write about a past challenging situation, but reimagine how you would handle it today with your current knowledge, experiences, and resilience.
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Escape to a New Planet
Imagine if you had to create your own planet from scratch, what would it look like?
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Reincarnate as the antagonist
Imagine if you’re reborn as the antagonist in your favorite book. Write about your struggles, motivations, and ultimate goal.
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Past & Future Self on Birthday
Write a letter from your past self to your current self on your birthday and then a letter from your current self to your future self.
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Breaking Down Stigmas
Imagine you’ve organized a public talk aimed at breaking down stigmas around depression and suicide – write the speech you would deliver.
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Rally of Resilience
Craft a tale of a character battling depression who, despite their internal struggle, sets out to achieve a significant goal.
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Journey into Calmness
Write a detailed account of a specific moment when you felt completely at ease and calm.