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 did love (romantic or otherwise) teach me this year?
Love taught me this year that if you want to be healthy, you have to matter in these relationships as well. You have to care about yourself in some regard or it is not a healthy relationship; romantic or otherwise. I learned that you have to be able to feel happiness in the relationships you are in with other people and if you do not that means that the love isn’t genuine or the right one for you. I had to learn that self-love is just as important as being in a romantic partnership. This was a hard lesson, as I ended the relationship I had been in for ten years. I chose to end the relationship because I needed to be able to focus on myself and my own needs. I have not always during this year been able to do that because I am still learning my own value, but I am closer than I was at the beginning of the year because I started seeing that love has more than just a romantic meeting. I truly started to recognize that self-love, for me, was more vital. If I hate myself, why am I with anyone else until the house I live in feels good? The house obviously being ME. I needed to clean it out and start over. I have been needing to find myself appropriately. Love taught me that this year. I learned, which this is going to sound cliched, that love shouldn’t have to hurt. It should feel good, but it can’t if you honestly are not happy. Love matters, but it also sometimes is the thing that needs to be put to the side so that you can develop as a true human being that matters. I had to learn to love myself this year and I will continue to try to do that into 2026.
