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?
Which disappointments from this year still live in my body, and what permission do I need to release them?
I don’t honestly believe a disappointment from this year still lives in my body because this year was so much about listening to myself. I could say that it is that I didn’t listen to myself sooner, but I feel like even that is in part starting to melt away from me. I feel disappointed that I didn’t advocate stronger for my own needs in terms of medical related things, but I am starting even to have healing in that area of my life. I am realizing that while there are still changes that need to occur in my life, I do not feel disappointment attached to them at this point. I feel an ease and peace with where I am headed. I have felt a lot of positivity in my life lately. I have felt like I am headed in the direction that I am supposed to be going. It isn’t perfect, but I know where I am going and that is good enough. I may complain daily about different aspects of life, but you know what? I am allowed to complain if it helps me to get through my day and allows me to be okay in this life and the mess that is the world. I am recognizing I am allowed to be an Ebenezer Scrooge on certain things and not feel like this is a problem. While I am actually not that bad, what I mean is that I am allowed to actually not want to be the most outspoken person on the planet. I am allowed to be a social worker that helps other people and then go home and watch NETFLIX shows until I fall asleep. I am allowed to have a life of peaceful tranquility that doesn’t involved a lot of hoopla.
