{"name":"Journal Lock Curated Prompt Library","reviewedAt":"2026-08-18","license":"For personal journaling use. Attribution requested for republication.","prompts":[{"id":"name-the-noise","goal":"clarity","moods":["anxious","overwhelmed"],"minutes":2,"prompt":"What is taking up the most space in my mind right now?","followUps":["What part is fact, and what part is prediction?","What needs my attention first?"]},{"id":"one-true-thing","goal":"clarity","moods":["stuck","tired"],"minutes":5,"prompt":"What is one thing I know to be true about this situation?","followUps":["What am I assuming without evidence?","What would become simpler if I trusted that truth?"]},{"id":"future-perspective","goal":"clarity","moods":["motivated","overwhelmed"],"minutes":10,"prompt":"What will matter about today one month from now?","followUps":["What probably will not matter?","What deserves ten focused minutes today?"]},{"id":"uncensored-page","goal":"vent","moods":["anxious","overwhelmed"],"minutes":5,"prompt":"What do I need to say if nobody will interrupt, correct, or judge me?","followUps":["What feeling sits underneath the first one?","What would help me feel 5% lighter?"]},{"id":"body-message","goal":"vent","moods":["tired","anxious"],"minutes":2,"prompt":"If the tension in my body could speak, what would it ask for?","followUps":["Where do I feel it most?","What small response can I offer now?"]},{"id":"unfinished-sentence","goal":"vent","moods":["stuck","overwhelmed"],"minutes":10,"prompt":"Finish this without editing: I am tired of pretending that…","followUps":["What am I protecting by pretending?","What honest boundary follows from this?"]},{"id":"specific-good","goal":"gratitude","moods":["grateful","tired"],"minutes":2,"prompt":"What small detail made today better than it could have been?","followUps":["Who or what made it possible?","How can I notice it again tomorrow?"]},{"id":"ordinary-gift","goal":"gratitude","moods":["grateful","motivated"],"minutes":5,"prompt":"What ordinary part of my life would I miss if it disappeared tomorrow?","followUps":["When did I last appreciate it deliberately?","How can I care for it today?"]},{"id":"earned-pride","goal":"gratitude","moods":["motivated","stuck"],"minutes":10,"prompt":"What did I handle recently that an earlier version of me would find difficult?","followUps":["What strength did that require?","Where else can I use that strength?"]},{"id":"decision-fear","goal":"decision","moods":["anxious","stuck"],"minutes":5,"prompt":"If I were not afraid of making the wrong choice, what would I choose?","followUps":["What risk is real?","What risk comes only from uncertainty?"]},{"id":"reversible-choice","goal":"decision","moods":["overwhelmed","tired"],"minutes":2,"prompt":"Which part of this decision is reversible?","followUps":["What is the smallest test I could run?","When will I review the result?"]},{"id":"two-futures","goal":"decision","moods":["motivated","stuck"],"minutes":10,"prompt":"Imagine living with each choice for six months. What does an ordinary Tuesday feel like in each future?","followUps":["Which future gives me energy?","Which cost am I more willing to accept?"]},{"id":"next-visible-step","goal":"planning","moods":["overwhelmed","stuck"],"minutes":2,"prompt":"What is the next visible action—not the whole project?","followUps":["Can I finish it in ten minutes?","What must be ready before I start?"]},{"id":"tomorrow-three","goal":"planning","moods":["tired","motivated"],"minutes":5,"prompt":"What three outcomes would make tomorrow feel complete?","followUps":["Which one belongs first?","What can I remove to protect it?"]},{"id":"friction-plan","goal":"planning","moods":["motivated","anxious"],"minutes":10,"prompt":"Where is my plan most likely to break, and what will I do when that moment arrives?","followUps":["What cue will remind me?","How can I make the better action easier?"]}]}