journal prompts and playlist for thought daughter evenings

favourite activity? people watching and writing in my journal

I present to you the thought daughter evening playlist:

February passed by so quickly that it felt like a fever dream. Can February come again? Why’d you move on so swiftly when I finally started embracing your warmth? March has already set its foot into our lives, and my mind has been wandering a lot on the random things I observe when I step outside. The girls in front of me on the escalator as I made my way to the platform were talking about how excited they were to wear the new dress they bought for a CAS concert. I found myself smiling at their passionate excitement for a moment they’ll probably remember for a long time. I quickly changed the song from a Lizzy Mcalpine classic (I love her I adore her) to a CAS song because I just had to dive into their discography and keep walking as if I were that quiet mysterious girl who is the main character of a music video, with earphones plugged into her phone, a large jacket on, an emotional support tote bag and her hair rustling as the wind brushed against her hair and her face. I can’t help it. I love it. A lot of us do it, don’t we? During our silly little walks, during car rides, looking out the window, or while we silently people watch. It’s such a warm, fuzzy, and ‘I don't know what it is, but I love it so much’ feeling that I just can’t explain.

I thought to myself that I wanted to write something about this moment in my journal. I did. What I also did was make a playlist about it. Everything’s just so much better with a little bit of music on. With just the right music, the right song, and the right lyrics, ordinary things transcend into something extraordinary; they become almost magical, like something worth romanticizing.

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I’ve collected some of the journal prompts I’ve used during moments like these, when I’m the main character of a music video in my world, when I’m people watching, when I’m looking out the window, when the concept of life and existence whirl in my mind or as they say, when I’m just experiencing a thought daughter evening.

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1. Find a quote or a good lyric and go into depth on how you interpret it, what it reminds you of, and how it made you feel.

2. Write about your comfort character. What made them stand out for you?

3. Write about a song you can never get over like it’s ingrained in your veins.

4. Write about something you loved as a child, something that slowly faded away as you grew up.

5. Write about a special person you’ve lost touch with over the years. You could also write a fake letter to them.

6. Write about the little mundane things in life that you noticed today, like a conversation between strangers, a child’s excitement over his new toy, the way a cute puppy looked at its human, or the way a lover’s glance lingers over their beloved. Anything really.

7. Write about an outfit that you think fits your sense of style and how you can add your element to it.

8. Write about a film character you’d want to switch lives with.

9. Make a list of words that alter your brain chemistry because they sound so heavenly.

10. Talk about the people you wish you could talk to but couldn’t. What made you interested in them?

11. Describe the kind of friends you’ve always wanted for yourself, the friends you can call home.

12. How often do you say ‘yes’ when you really mean ‘no’? What’s holding you back from saying ‘no’?

13. How do you envision your most confident self? What do they do on a daily basis? How is a day in their life like?

14. What is something you’re attached to that isn’t benefitting you?

15. How do you make your own space in the world? What does it mean to you?

16. Do you ever wonder about all the people around the world and how we are all so different in cultures and languages yet so incredibly similar in the most mundane ways?

17. Can pleasure exist without pain?

18. Do you need to go through pain to create art that is worthwhile? What do you think about this popular belief?

19. How did the first music artist you ever fell in love with influence your life?

20. Write about a summer you still go back to.

21. What is a piece of your memory you always want to keep close to you?

22. Write about something you wish you could go back to and turn things around, to get a different outcome. Create your own story.

Keep writing. Create your own story. Weave your own world.