Journal Prompts · Work Stress, on Paper

Work Stress, on Paper.

For evenings when the workday follows you home. Writing a few lines moves the loop out of your head and onto the page. Pick the prompt that matches today and stop after five minutes.

  1. What's the one work thing looping in your head right now?
  2. How much of today's stress came from your own to-do list, and how much came from other people's?
  3. Write the two-line version of the email you'll never send.
  4. What would you hand off tomorrow if you could?
  5. Did anything at work go smoothly today? Name it.
  6. What's the worst that could happen with the thing you're worried about? Write it down and look at it.
  7. One meeting, message, or moment drained you today. Which one?
  8. What are you treating as urgent that can wait?
  9. If a coworker described your day, what would they say?
  10. What's one boundary you wish you had held today?
  11. Finish this: Tomorrow at work, the only thing that counts is ___.
  12. What part of your job did you like today, even for five minutes?

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