✨ Creative

Write about a time you were inappropriately dressed for the occasion.

Write about something you don’t remember.

What if I did the opposite for 48 hours?

What if I couldn’t pitch my product directly?

What if I could only subtract to solve problems?

What would this look like if it were easy?

Write to please just one person" - what he was really saying was write for yourself. The second you start doing it for an audience, you've lost the long game because creating something that is rewarding and sustainable over the long run requires, most of all, keeping yourself excited about it. (7094)

Write down your answers, and keep in mind that thinking a lot will not prove as fruitful or as prolific as simply brain-vomiting on the page. (8023)

What I discovered, which is what many writers discover, is that I write in order to think. I'd say, "I think I have an idea," but when I begin to write it, I realize, I have no idea, and I don't actually know what I think until I try and write it. That was the revelation. (8084)

Which philosophers would Alain suggest for practical living? Alain's list overlaps nearly 100% with my own: Epicurus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Plato, Michel de Montaigne, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Bertrand Russell. (8344)

What is something you believe that other people think is insane? What is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift? What is your favorite documentary or movie?

What obsessions do you explore on the evenings or weekends?

What topic would you speak about if you were asked to give a TED talk on something outside of your main area of expertise?

If you could have one gigantic billboard anywhere with anything on it, what would it say?

Your room is probably the place you spend the most time of your day during all quarantine period. Consequently, your room should be decorated in a way that suits your character and makes you willing to spend your whole day in it. So, why don't you redecorate it and transform it into a place you feel it expresses you?

Creativity: "If you could create a new holiday, what would it celebrate and how would people observe it?

What incredibly common thing have you never done?

What topic could you give a 20-minute presentation on without any preparation?

What’s something that a lot of people are missing out on because they don’t know about it?

Write a letter from your 80-year-old self to your current self about what matters.

Write a story set in a world where time moves backwards. What would change about how you live?

If your life were a novel, what genre would it be, and where are you in the plot right now?

Write a scene from the perspective of a stranger watching you go about your day.

Invent a character who is the opposite of you in every way. Write about a day in their life.

Write a myth that explains something you believe about the world.

If you could live in any fictional world for one year, which would you choose and what would you learn?

Describe the most vivid dream you can remember as if it were a short story.

Write a letter to an object that has been with you for most of your life.

Imagine your childhood home has been abandoned for decades. Describe exploring it.

If you could give one piece of advice to every young person, what would it be?

What question do you most want answered before you die?

What creative project have you been wanting to start? What has been stopping you?

Describe a piece of art, music, or writing that changed something in you.

Write a poem about a feeling you have never been able to name.

What would you create if no one would ever see it?

Describe the landscape of your imagination. What does it look like when you close your eyes and let go?

Write the opening paragraph of a novel about your life.

If you were a place, what place would you be? Describe it in detail.

What music would play in the background of the most important scene in your life so far?

Describe a memory tied to a specific smell, sound, or texture.

If you could have a long conversation with any person who has ever lived, who would it be and what would you ask?

Describe a sunset or natural phenomenon that you remember clearly. Why does it stay with you?

Journal prompt - Life is a game. What are the rules?

Does anyone else romanticize breakfast in their journals?

How to journal like him (Jose Naranja)? My journals make me to never look at them again. His journaling reminds me of that Leonardo Da Vinci himself

What does “love” mean to you?

What desires or passions have you kept hidden from yourself and others? How can you explore these desires in a safe and healthy way?

How can you explore the dark, unknown aspects of your creativity? What new ideas or projects might emerge from this exploration?

When you adopt this attitude, the most important thing isn’t the outcome anymore or to please others, it’s about producing something that’s honest, sincere, and truthful.

Write a short love letter to some object or place that makes you happy.

Write about your favorite activities and hobbies as a child. Do you want to return to them in adulthood? How can you make that happen?

Write the truest sentence that you know.

Write what you’re curious about. What would you like to learn? What would you like to discover or rediscover?

Write about what you’d make with your hands, if only you had the skills.