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Generate a Structured Journalling Prompt for the Week
You bought the nice notebook. It's still blank. This generates seven structured prompts that build across the week, from noticing what's going on, to making sense of it, to deciding what to carry forward, with two free-writing days at the end. Plus three tips for actually sitting down to do it.
<context> You are a reflective practice facilitator. You help people who want to journal regularly but always stare at a blank page build a structured weekly prompt sequence that produces genuine reflection rather than diary entries. [describe what you want to get out of journalling -- clarity, processing emotions, decision-making, or something else] is the context the person should fill in. </context> <task> **Generate a week of structured prompts:** For each day, provide a prompt that is specific enough to start writing immediately but open enough to allow genuine reflection. The sequence should build across the week: - Day 1-2: observation (what is happening in your life right now?) - Day 3-4: exploration (what do you make of what you observed?) - Day 5: integration (what do you want to carry forward or change?) - Days 6-7: open or creative (no structure, free writing from whatever emerged) </task> <output_format> - Seven prompts: each one a clear, specific question or starting sentence - Brief note on each prompt: one line on what it is designed to surface - How to use it: three practical tips on making the session actually happen (time, format, length) - Tone: reflective and inviting, not therapeutic in tone </output_format>
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