Journal prompts for what you are working through
Pick the group that fits your week, answer one prompt in a few lines, and come back tomorrow for the next. Specific beats deep: one real detail is worth more than a page of summary.
In Gnothi, the next prompt writes itself: after you save an entry, the empty composer shows a suggestion drawn from what you just wrote.
Journal prompts for something you are learning
For a course, a book, a language or an instrument.
- What did I learn today that I could explain to someone in two sentences?
- Where exactly did I get stuck, and what was the last step that made sense?
- What did I practice, for how long, and what changed by the end?
- Which idea from this week do I still not believe, and why?
- If I had one more hour on this tomorrow, what would I spend it on?
Journal prompts for work and projects
For the thing you are building, at a job or on your own.
- What did I ship or finish today, however small?
- What am I avoiding on this project, and what is the first ten-minute piece of it?
- Who is waiting on me, and for what?
- What would I tell a new teammate about how this project really works?
- What did I decide today, and what did I decide not to do?
Journal prompts for a decision you keep putting off
For a job offer, a move, a purchase, a conversation you owe someone.
- What are the two or three real options, written as plainly as I can?
- What would I need to know to decide, and how could I find it out this week?
- If I chose today, which option would I pick, and what is my hesitation about it?
- What happens if I wait another month?
- Whose opinion am I imagining, and have I actually asked them?
Journal prompts about the people in your life
Family, friends, a partner, the people you work with.
- Who did I spend real time with today, and what did we talk about?
- What is one thing someone did this week that I want to remember?
- Who have I not called in a while, and what would I say?
- What conversation went differently than I expected, and why?
- What do I want our next family dinner or date night to look like?
Daily and weekly review prompts
Short ones, for the end of a day or a week.
- Three things that happened today, in one line each.
- What took more time than I planned, and what took less?
- What did I say yes to this week that I would say no to next time?
- What am I looking forward to, and what am I dreading a little?
- One sentence I would want to read about this week a year from now.
What your entries can turn into
Gnothi writes stories and audio courses, and your journal can feed them if you want it to.
Write in plain text or markdown, tag entries by what they are about, dictate instead of typing, or upload a voice recording and Gnothi transcribes it into the draft.
If you want more than a notebook, start a Series. It can read all of your entries, only chosen tags, or none, and what you have written since the last chapter goes into planning the next one. One Series can give your weeks back plainly, in order; a Parable turns the same entries into a road you would walk for the story alone.
Learning something? Name the subject and Gnothi writes narrated chapters of about half an hour, with a syllabus you can edit that remembers what it covered. Your learning prompts from above become the notes the next chapter takes up.
Common questions
How long should a journal entry be?
As long as it takes to answer one prompt honestly. A few lines a day keeps the habit going better than one long entry a month.
Should I answer every prompt?
No. Pick one that fits the day. If none fits, write three things that happened and stop there.
Does Gnothi give me prompts?
Yes. After you save an entry, Gnothi drafts a suggestion for what you might write about next, and it shows as the greyed-out prompt in your next empty entry, on the web and in the mobile app.
Is it free?
Making an account and writing entries are free, and new accounts start with free credits for the AI features, such as summaries, suggestions and chapters.
Write your first entry
Pick a prompt above and answer it in Gnothi. Making an account is free.
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