Brain dump prompts

What's already on your mind before the day has started?

1. What's already on your mind before the day has started?
2. What would make today a good day, even if nothing else got done?
3. What are you dreading today? Name it.
4. List every task you can think of for today, big or tiny.
5. Who do you need to reply to, call or check in with?
6. What did you forget to do yesterday?
7. What's one thing you can let go of today?
8. How much energy do you actually have right now?
9. What appointments, deadlines or errands are coming this week?
10. What's the first small step to get going?

1. What's still buzzing in your head from today?
2. What got done today, even the small stuff?
3. What didn't get done, and does it really need doing tomorrow?
4. What do you need to remember for tomorrow morning?
5. What conversation are you replaying? Write it out.
6. What are you looking forward to?
7. What surprised you today?
8. What's one thing you'd do differently?
9. What can wait until the weekend?
10. What would help you sleep easier tonight?

1. Write down everything you feel you should be doing. All of it.
2. Which of those things actually has a deadline?
3. What are you carrying that isn't yours to carry?
4. What keeps popping back into your head?
5. What would you drop if you were allowed to?
6. What's the smallest thing you could finish in five minutes?
7. Who could you ask for help, and with what?
8. What's making noise in your head that isn't a task at all?
9. If you could only do three things this week, which three?
10. What do you need right now: rest, food, a walk or a talk?

1. What open loops are you holding for work?
2. Which emails or messages are waiting for you?
3. What projects are stuck, and what's blocking each one?
4. What ideas have you had lately but not written down?
5. What did you promise someone and haven't done yet?
6. What meetings are coming up, and what do you need for them?
7. What's the one task that would make the biggest difference?
8. What are you procrastinating on, and why?
9. What do you want to raise with your manager or team?
10. What would you automate or delegate if you could?

1. What's worrying you right now? List every worry, even the silly ones.
2. Which of these can you do something about?
3. Which ones are completely out of your hands?
4. What's the worst case, and how likely is it really?
5. What would you tell a friend with the same worry?
6. What's one action that would make this feel smaller?
7. When did a similar worry turn out fine?
8. What are you afraid people think of you?
9. Where do you feel this worry in your body?
10. What can you put off worrying about until tomorrow?