34+ ‘Silver Linings’ Writing Prompts
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Gratitude in Hard Times
Write about a challenging experience in your life and specify certain aspects of that period that you’re grateful for.
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Celebrating Challenges
Choose a challenge you have faced in your life and write why you are grateful for having gone through it.
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Silver Linings
Reflect on a significant crisis that you’ve experienced and identify the positive outcomes that emerged.
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The Silver Linings
Write about a difficult situation you encountered and the positives that emerged from it.
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Heartbreak’s Silver Lining
Write about a positive outcome or life lesson that emerged from your heartbreak.
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Life’s Silver Lining
Write about a difficult situation you have faced and how it has positively shaped you.
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Holiday Blues and Silver Linings
Discuss how you cope with post-holiday blues and spotlight the little things that help.
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The Silver Lining
Find a stressful incident from your past and write about it showing how it made you stronger.
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Silver Linings
Write about a difficult time in your life and identify elements within that situation for which you are grateful.
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Cozy Apocalypse
Write a story about an apocalypse that isn’t frightening, but rather cozy and quiet.
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Silver Linings
Write a diary entry from a day when everything seemed to go wrong, yet ended surprisingly well.
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Lesson from Loss
Write about a significant loss you experienced and what you have learned from that process.
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April Showers to Power
Imagine that sudden rainfall in April has caused an unexpected power outage in your town. Write about the experience.
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Grateful for Growth
Reflect on a personal challenge you have faced and express gratitude for the growth it prompted.
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Silver Linings
Reflect on any positive aspects or personal growth that occurred during your heartbreak.
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Journey into Positivity
Recall a particularly difficult situation or period of time in your life, and consider if there were any positive aspects or lessons learned.
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Disaster at the Diving Board
Describe a situation where a high dive at the water park goes wrong, but ends up leading to a positive outcome.
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Dance in the Rain
Write about a difficult situation you were in and list all the positive things you garnered or learned from that event.
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Chasing Silver Linings
Write about a challenging situation in your life where you were able to find a positive aspect or a “silver lining”.
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Silver Linings
Reflect on a relapse or setback that ended up leading to unexpected growth or positive change.
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The Light Through The Gloom
Write about a difficult situation you navigated and the positive things you saw or learned despite the difficulty.
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Embrace the Wait
Think about a time when delayed results or waiting unexpectedly had positive outcomes.
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Silver Lining
Write about a particularly stressful event or period in your life, then describe the positives or lessons learned from it.
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The Silver Linings Diary
Find and articulate any positive aspects or ‘silver linings’ present in a tough situation.
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Finding Silver Linings
Write about a tough situation you faced and identify the silver linings or positive aspects that came out of it.
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Finding Light in the Dark
Pick a time in your life when you felt overwhelmingly unhappy, but now can see a positive aspect or outcome of that experience.
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The Silver Linings
Detail an unforeseen positive effect or growth that you experienced as a result of your depression.
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Finding Silver Linings
Write about a difficult situation from your past and try to find at least one positive outcome from it.
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Life’s Silver Linings
Write about a moment where depression led you to self-discovery or personal growth.
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Silver Linings
List down five anxious situations you have faced and uncover the positive outcomes that followed.
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Silver Linings in Space
You are an astronaut and your spaceship has been lost in space. Write a diary entry detailing your situation and survival strategy.
