35+ ‘Productivity’ Writing Prompts
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Changing Seasons, Changing Mood
Pen down a personal essay reflecting on how changing weather and seasons influence your mood, productivity, or overall wellbeing.
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Improving Studying Strategies
Write about your studying habits and strategies, and look for ways on how you can improve them.
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Adjusting to Change
Reflect on how you personally adjust to the annual shift in time due to Daylight Saving Time.
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In The Author’s Studio
Describe what an ideal writing space looks like for a successful professional author.
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Spring into Action: Maximizing Motivation
Find a motivational quote related to getting things done and write about how you could implement the idea in your life.
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Passion & Productivity
Consider something you’re extremely passionate about and how it makes you feel and act.
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Setting up Systems
Write about a system or routine you’ve implemented in your daily life and the difference it has made.
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Social Media Detox Challenge
Write about your experience distancing yourself from social media for a day and reflect on how it affected your daily routine.
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Homework, Help or Hindrance?
Argue for or against the effectiveness of homework in advancing student learning.
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Utopia of the Careless
Develop a dystopian society where human emotions are deemed as inefficient and thus suppressed.
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Distractions, Distractions
Write about the various at-home distractions that impede your work and how you manage them.
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Home Office Blues
Discuss how setting up your home office was a challenge, and how you made it work for you.
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Blurring Boundaries
Describe the difficulty in separating your work from your home life, and how it has affected you.
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From the Grasp of Old Habits
Write a letter to your future self about one habit you wish to relinquish and why.
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Recapturing Past Solitude
Recall a past time when you turned isolation into productivity or creativity. Describe the activity and how it changed your understanding of being alone.
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Understand the Distractions
Identify distractions that might hinder your productivity and list ways to minimize these distractions.
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Reflection on Productivity Tools
Describe a productivity tool or method you have tried and how it has impacted your routine.
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Self-Care Inventory
Write a list of self-care activities, both physical and emotional, that make you feel good.
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Sleep Schedule Review
Describe your current sleep routine and explore how it affects your daily life.
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Burning Out
Describe signs of burnout you’ve experienced and how it has impacted your productivity and overall mental state.
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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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Spot The Change
Describe the changes in your behavior or lifestyle that first hinted you were experiencing depression.
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Working from Home Anomaly
Narrate a story about an individual who transitions from a traditional office job to a remote work situation.
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Quenching Writer’s Block
Imagine a method or ritual that helps to overcome the dread of writer’s block and rekindle your creative enthusiasm.
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“The Future of Unemployment”
Imagine a future where technology has eliminated all jobs. How would humans fill their time?
