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Free Printable Journal Prompts Cards — PDF Download Online

Pull one card, write for ten minutes, close the notebook. Print all 60 cards on 8 sheets of A4, cut along the lines, and you have the deck in your hands.

Download the PDF (11 KB) ↓ 60 cards · 8 A4 sheets · no email, no sign-up

What's in this printable deck

Daily

20 cards · Easy openers. Safe for anyone.

Weekly

20 cards · Personal, but not heavy.

Deep Work

20 cards · The ones that stay with you.

Self-Reflection

Describe today in five sentences, no editing.

Daily · 01
Self-Reflection

What am I avoiding writing about?

Weekly · 01
Self-Reflection

Write about the thing I've never written about.

Deep Work · 01

Cards print nine to a sheet with cut guides. The first page is a cover explaining the levels, so the deck makes sense to whoever you hand it to.

How to print journal prompts cards

  1. Download the PDF above — it starts immediately, there is no email step.
  2. Print on A4 at 100% scale. Card stock holds up better, plain paper works.
  3. Cut along the grey guides: nine cards per sheet, 7 sheets of cards.
  4. Keep the three levels separate, or shuffle the whole deck together.

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