November Journaling Ideas (with Printables)

We’ve curated our November journaling ideas and calendars into one place, so you can pick and choose the journaling activities that are just right for you.

Especially with Thanksgiving at the end of the month, November is a great month for gratitude and appreciating all the good things in life. We also have lots of different journaling ideas for reflection, being present, thinking about both this year and the next, and plenty more.

You can get all the calendars as printables to print out and use for guidance alongside your daily journaling.

One-Word Journaling

Our one-word journaling is all about quick and creative journaling without an end goal. It’s a great way to get started with journaling.

• Radiance
• Unity
• Bravery
• Innovation
• Fulfillment
• Enthusiasm
• Imagination
• Excellence
• Confidence
• Collaboration
• Discovery
• Honesty
• Miracle
• Brightness
• Companionship
• Aspiration
• Community
• Justice
• Potential
• Intelligence
• Originality
• Sparkle
• Triumph
• Gentleness
• Energy
• Thanksgiving
• Gifts
• Fairness
• Resourcefulness
• Playfulness

Morning Journaling

• Your top three goals for the month.
• One positive habit to work on this month.
• People you want to reconnect with this week.
• One thing (you’ve been putting off) to work on today.
• Things you’re looking forward to today.
• One thing to do to step out of your comfort zone today.
• Fun activities you’re looking forward to this weekend.
• Family and friends you want to catch up with.
• Your weekend highlights.
• One simple thing you’d be happy to achieve this week.
• Weekend trips you could go on.
• One kind thing you could do for someone today.
• One king thing to do for yourself today or this weekend.
• Last time you had a lot of fun and how you can recreate that.
• Your favorite things so far this fall.
• Things you still want to do before the end of the season.
• Something that inspired you lately.
• A happy memory that comes to mind.
• One way life has been better recently.
• A recent achievement you’re proud of.
• One self-care activity to do this weekend.
• Things you’re looking forward to next week.
• One new thing to try today.
• Skills you want to work on this week.
• People you’re excited to see.
• Three things you’re grateful for today.
• One small thing to get for yourself today.
• Upcoming holidays and events you’re excited about.
• Something that’s brought you a lot of joy recently.
• Your favorite memory from this month.

Embracing How the Year Has Gone

November, being the penultimate month of the year, makes for an ideal time to look back at the year and try to embrace it as it was, which includes progress, setbacks, highs, lows, and everything else.

• Three positives from the year.
• A setback you didn’t anticipate and how you overcame/are overcoming it.
• Something you’re proud of that most people didn’t notice.
• How the year has shown you how resilient you are.
• Three things you’ve learned this year.
• Something positive you completely didn’t expect this year.
• Ordinary joys you’ve sometimes overlooked.
• Someone who was there for you this year.
• Your biggest achievement of the year so far and why.
• Routines or habits you’ve made progress on.
• Routines or habits you didn’t make progress on and why.
• Something the year has taught you about yourself.
• Something that didn’t go as expected this year, but you’re still grateful for.
• A way the year surprised you.
• Motivating words you’d say to yourself if you went back to the start of the year.
• Something you need to accept is taking longer than anticipated.
• In what ways the year has been ‘successful’ for you.
• Memorable stories from the year.
• What you’re thankful to your past self for doing this year.
• Goals you made some progress on, no matter how small.
• Goals that still excite you, even if you made little or no progress.
• Recount the people you’ve met with regularly or even once.
• Places you’ve been this year.
• Things that have required you to show patience this year.
• Something you’re ready to accept about the year.
• Ordinary things you’re grateful to have in your life.
• What inspired you this year.
• What you can take from this year into next year.
• Words to sum up the year.
• Moments from the year you felt like you were ‘living life’.

‘Ordinary Things’ Gratitude Journaling

There are so many ordinary, day-to-day things we can overlook that bring a lot of joy and meaning into our lives. This month of gratitude journaling can help you identify and acknowledge some of those things.

Discover more about our ‘ordinary things’ November gratitude journaling and get the printable.

Evening Journaling

Get the November Evening Journaling printable here.

Positive Thought Journaling

Read the ideas and get the Positivity Thought Journaling printable here.

Being Present Journaling

Get the Being Present Journaling printable here.

Be sure to check back here throughout the month as we add more calendars, and take a look at our fall-themed journaling and ‘making the most of the rest of the year’ worksheet, too, for more opportunities to journal, reflect, and make plans.

Meanwhile, see our other November ideas and printables here.