Your daily prompts for October 2025: Autumn

October here’s and autumn is in full swing! It’s a season of rich colours, crisp air and woodland walks — as well as valuable reminders from Mother Nature that change and letting go are all part of the rhythm of life. And you know what these themes beautifully lend themselves to? Journaling, of course!

This month your prompts are all about squeezing as much joy as possible out of this fleeting season, and connecting with yourself and the natural world around you 🍂

I hope you have a wonderful month.

Happy journaling!

Hannah x

A few things to remember:

• Some of the prompts are lighthearted and playful, and others encourage you to take a bit of a deeper dive — but it’s entirely up to you how long you’d like to spend on each. They’re designed for you to be able to take as much or as little time as you like.

• Likewise, it’s completely up to you whether you’d like to complete the journals prompt everyday or just pick and choose the ones that speak to you the most. Do what feels good to do. If daily journaling feels unrealistic or pressured, then please don’t feel that you have to. Even journaling a couple of times a week can bring amazing benefits to your wellbeing and mindset!

• Most of the prompts here are designed for you to explore with writing, unless otherwise stated. But please feel free to adapt them if you’d rather draw or collage or use any other creative techniques!

• Tip — each time you want to get to these prompts you can log in to the Members area and head to this page (I’d recommended bookmarking it for quick access) or if you’d like to be able to access them offline, you could copy & paste all the prompts and save them in your notes app on your phone, or print them out on a piece of paper at the start of the month. Your choice, of course!

Lastly, I’m here to support you so please just send me an email on hannah@journalforjoy.co.uk if you have any questions at any point.

Happy journaling,

Hannah x

The prompts

1. List 10 of your favourite things about the autumn season.

2. Set an intention for the remainder of autumn, considering what you are craving the most right now, and what you want to savour.

3. In what ways has life changed for the better since springtime? See if you can find at least one thing to celebrate.

4. Fill a page with colours inspired by autumn, to make an abstract piece of art.

5. Create a watchlist of autumn movies or series you’d like to enjoy this season (or a reading list of books, if you prefer!).

6. What’s an autumn activity that sparks joy in you? Can you plan this in for the month ahead?

7. Write a haiku about the seasonal shifts happening in nature right now.

8. What’s a lesson you can learn from nature in this season? Write it down in the centre of your page and decorate it, so it becomes like an affirmation card.

9. How do you want the rest of autumn to FEEL? Why?

10. Draw a piece of clothing that you’re excited to dig out now that the weather is cooling down. Label your drawing with all the reasons that you love it!

11. Go for a woodland walk and actively look for signs of autumn. Take photos of your findings, or record them in your journal.

12. What do you have in bountiful supply, right now? Make a list and tap into gratitude as you write.

13. Create an autumn self-care checklist that you can refer to throughout the season.

14. If I could bottle up one feeling from this season, it would be _____________.

15. Draw a polaroid-shaped frame on your page. Inside, draw something that you personally associate with the season of autumn.

16. Are there any areas of your life that you are finding it hard to embrace change? Why, or why not?

17. List 5 autumn colours and associate each of them with something you feel grateful for. I.e. gold: sunsets to round off a happy day, red: your favourite lipstick, orange: freshly squeezed juice.

18. Make a collage inspired by the colours of autumn.

19. Create something inspired by the beauty of letting go.

20. What are your favourite autumnal foods or flavours? List them (or draw them!) – then plan to enjoy at least one of them in the week ahead.

21. Recall a happy autumn memory. Write about it in as much detail as you can remember.

22. If you could travel to any part of the world to experience the beauty of autumn, where would you go?

23. If autumn had a personality, what do you think it would be like?

24. Picture an autumn in five years time. Where would you like to be? How would you like to feel? Explore this with free-writing.

25. Draw five falling leaves on your page. Inside each of the leaf shapes, write down something you’d like to let go of to make way for more joy or peace.

26. Draw a mushroom. Make it a character.

27. If you could toss something onto a metaphorical bonfire, something you no longer want or need in your life, what would it be?

28. Find a particularly pretty fallen leaf and stick it in your journal. Beside it, write down the reasons it caught your eye.

29. Write down 3 ways you can feel closer to nature in the coming days.

30. Draw a pumpkin shape. Fill your shape with reasons to be grateful today.

31. (One for Halloween!) If I were a witch, I would __________________________.