May is here! Are you ready for the new month? The beginning of the month is a perfect time to start writing in a journal. Keeping a journal is beneficial to your overall mental health. Don’t know where to start? If you are searching for inspiration, check out the following journal writing prompts for May.
- How did April go for you? Your family and friends? List the highs and lows of the month.
- Write down 3 goals for May. Then, write down 10 goals for the rest of the year.
- Write down goals for the rest of 2026.
- It’s Monday! What are plans for the week?
- Happy Cinco de Mayo! Are you going to celebrate? Go out to eat or cook something at home?
- What made you laugh today? Why was this instant so funny to you?
- Write about what you were doing at 2pm.
- Write down 3-5 things that you love about yourself. Go into details.
- Free write for 15 minutes.
- Happy Mother’s Day! Write about your mom or your day.
- What do you do for self-care? Do you need to spend more time taking care of yourself?
- If you were giving a plane ticket to anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why?
- What is your favorite hobby? Why do you enjoy this hobby so much?
- What is your biggest fear right now? What can you do to alleviate your fear?
- When you meet someone, what is the first thing you notice? Why?
- Write a letter to your future self.
- Write about your best friend from high school? College? Now?
- Write down 3 things that you are grateful for right now?
- What is your favorite movie? Why?
- If you could place yourself into any television drama, what would you pick? Why?
- What song is your current theme song? Why?
- Are you hosting a barbeque or other event for Memorial Day weekend? Write about your plans.
- What traditions does your family or friends do on Memorial Day or the weekend? Do you place flowers on graves? Watch a parade? Volunteer?
- What does the Memorial Day weekend mean to you.
- Memorial Day! Write about your day.
- Watch the sunrise or the sunset. Then, record your thoughts about the activity.
- Who provides you with inspiration? Why?
- What is one thing you heard on the news (or read online) that bothered you? Why?
- Write a restaurant review.
- What are looking forward to in the upcoming summer months? Why?
- Writer’s Choice! Celebrate! You made it to the end of the month!
