Journaling & prompts
Writing as the shortest route to your own mind: methods, prompts and what to do with what surfaces.
6 articles
Six journalling methods, and which one fits you
Morning pages, scripting, prompts, gratitude, shadow work, bullet logging — what each is actually for.
The 369 method, and whether the numbers matter
Write it three times, six times, nine times. What the method is really doing, and how to use it without the numerology.
Gratitude journalling that does not feel like homework
Why the standard three-things list stops working within a fortnight, and the two changes that fix it.
Morning pages, and what they are actually for
Three pages of unedited writing before the day starts — why it works, and why you should not reread them.
Shadow work, done gently
Looking at envy, resentment and the parts you would rather not admit — without turning a journal into a wound.
Prompts for the days when you are stuck
Thirty questions for the flat, blocked, going-nowhere days — organised by what kind of stuck you are.