Journal prompt

A sound you can hear at this very moment

Perhaps a sound you can hear at this very moment. Or a sound you were glad to hear today.

A short prompt from our Prompt Library, for a quiet minute wherever you are. A plain notebook and a pen will do, and a single line is plenty.

A few ways in

  1. You might sit still for a moment, indoors or out, and notice one sound.
  2. Some people like to name it in a word or two: rain, a bus, a kettle, a blackbird.
  3. Others love to follow it a little further: where it comes from, or whether they were glad to hear it today.

Example: 'The washing machine in the next room, and a pigeon on the sill. I was glad of the pigeon.'

A thought: Some people like to keep this to one sound. Others like to collect two or three. Either is fine, and skipping it today is fine too.

A journal is a writing hobby, not a treatment. A plain notebook is every bit as welcome.

Dark plum background showing a rainy window at dusk with an open notebook and a pen on the sill. Heading: "A sound you can hear right now." Text: "Perhaps a sound you can hear at this very moment. Or a sound you were glad to hear today." Label: Journal prompt, adults. Footer: From the Prompt Library.