These are prompts from some other place besides a book that ask to examine certain aspects of yourself. I will not have created these prompts myself, so I want to pay respect that they came from somewhere.
This months’ prompts are going to be coming from this substack that I recently started following:
https://substack.com/@theebookclubx/p-180404522
December journal prompts
1. What did this year teach me about myself that I didn’t know before?
2. Which version of me am I leaving behind in 2025?
3. What am I proud of myself for, even if no one else noticed?
4. Which disappointments from this year still live in my body, and what permission do I need to release them?
5. What boundaries did I learn to set or wish I had set sooner?
6. Write about one person who made your year a little softer.
7. What small, mundane moments brought me unexpected joy?
8. What blessings arrived quietly, without fanfare?
9. What did I survive that I didn’t think I would?
10. What parts of my life feel like answered prayers?
11. What did love (romantic or otherwise) teach me this year?
12. How did I show up for the people I care about, and how did they show up for me?
13. What is one relationship I want to nurture more intentionally in the new year?
14. Which connections drained me, and why did I hold onto them?
15. What does a healthy, gentle love look like for the version of me I am becoming?
16. What habits helped me grow and which ones quietly held me back?
17. What fear dominated my decision-making this year, and how can I release it?
18. What is one truth about myself I can no longer ignore?
19. What did I learn about trusting my intuition?
20. How did I show resilience even when I doubted myself?
21. What do I want December-me one year from now to thank me for?
22. What kind of energy do I want to carry into the new year?
23. What is something I want to try, even if I’m afraid or unprepared?
24. What word or theme do I want to guide me in 2026?
25. What would a gentle, ease-filled life look like and what is one step I can take toward it?
26. What is one thing I forgave myself for this year, even quietly?
27. What old dream am I ready to revisit with a wiser, gentler heart?
28. What did this year reveal about what I truly value , beyond status, speed, or success?
29. Where did I experience unexpected beauty this year, and what did it teach me about paying attention?
30. What is one soft promise I want to make to myself as the new year begins?
What am I proud of myself for, even if no one else noticed?
I am proud of so many things in in this year. The proudest thing though is staying with my current job for almost 2 years. I am getting close to that bench marker. There have been trying times as a social worker that have caused me to feel overwhelmed, but this is because I survived. Maybe that is what I am actually proudest of for myself, I survived a year that I didn’t think I would. There were moments in my home life that were so overwhelming, work life was also hectic because I work with people often in crisis, and then I medically got sick where I have been trying to figure out what it is even. This year could have killed me. I realized that I am writing this. This year could have been the year that ended me with how much stress that I have been under, but I am sitting here writing this. I have truly survived a rough year full of reflection and getting to the other side of many things I never thought I could. No one else really understands that this has been my life, but I feel right now that it doesn’t matter who knows; I know and that is enough. I have survived all but like 25 days of 2025. I will survive, I assume, these 25 days as well. I am proud of myself for choosing me this year. That is a beautiful statement, I realize.
