Content tips

What to post on Reels when you have no ideas: 30 prompts

Most "content ideas" lists give you topics like "share a morning routine." That's still a blank page. Below are prompts you can film right now. Pick one, press record, answer it.

Questions you answer on camera

1. What's a small thing you do every day that nobody knows about?
2. What's the best advice you ignored?
3. What's something you were wrong about for years?
4. What job would you be terrible at, and why?
5. What's the most useless skill you have?
6. What did you want to be when you were 10?

Would you rather

7. Would you rather lose your phone for a week or your voice for a week?
8. Would you rather always be 10 minutes late or always be 30 minutes early?
9. Would you rather know how you'll die or when you'll die?
10. Would you rather have no music or no movies for a year?
11. Would you rather be famous for something embarrassing or unknown for something great?
12. Would you rather live without coffee or without dessert?

Hot takes

13. Breakfast food is better at dinner.
14. Most "productivity tips" are just procrastination with extra steps.
15. Texting back fast is underrated.
16. Sequels are usually better than people admit.
17. Working out in the morning is overrated.
18. Voice messages should be banned.

Small challenges

19. Look into the camera for 30 seconds without laughing.
20. Say something nice to the next person you see and film your reaction after.
21. Explain your job in 10 seconds.
22. Try a food you've always refused to eat.
23. Do 20 push-ups while answering a question.
24. Guess the price of five things in your fridge.

Honest lines about you

25. The thing I'm quietly proud of this year is...
26. Something people get wrong about me is...
27. The last time I really laughed was...
28. A habit I'm trying to break is...
29. Something I'm scared of but want to do is...
30. The version of me from five years ago would never believe...

How to film these without overthinking

Put the prompt on screen as text so viewers understand the video instantly. Start with your answer in the first second, not with "hey guys." Keep it under 30 seconds. Post it before you have time to talk yourself out of it.