Journal prompts for death, imagination, and the mundane

Most of us move through the day balancing grocery lists, grief, and the occasional existential spiral. This prompt series invites you to explore what it means to hold death gently in one hand and your to-do list in the other. These questions aren’t about morbidity—they’re about aliveness.

Use them to reflect, weep, dream, or just stay awake to your own life.

What small act of care would you want someone to do for you after you die? (Water your plants? Whisper your name into the wind? Keep your playlist alive?)

What do you want to be remembered for that has nothing to do with your job?

What feels worth doing, even though everything ends?

What is the most ordinary thing you hope someone remembers about you?

Write your obituary — but only include the weird, quiet, beautiful parts.

What is one ritual (mundane or magical) that makes you feel alive right now? Describe it in vivid, sensory detail.

What part of your life are you living like it’s forever? What would change if you remembered it’s not?

Imagine a death‑positive future. What does it look like to live in a culture that isn’t afraid of endings?

What’s something you’ve made, physical or relational, that you hope outlives you?

What would your death teach your future self, if you let it be a companion instead of an enemy?