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 connections drained me, and why did I hold onto them?
The connections that drained me were all work related. The office politics are what got to me this year. It was trying to navigate a system of so many personalities. Having to manage hidden meanings, hidden agendas, hidden needs for power, and so much more contexts that I personally do not fully comprehend. I believe that this is a lot to do with being autistic. I do not play in the sandbox the same. I am never looking for power. I do not want to be at the head of the lunch line. I want everyone in the lunch line. I want us all to work together and be happy people that help other people. That is who I am at my core, but does that matter? That is a question that I am starting to wonder for my life. If I can’t help others because of the way that I feel drained, what is the point?
I held onto this environment for this long because I loved it. I wanted to be in it, but the inner workings are slowly making me medically ill along with other things happening in my personal life. All of it together is making me unwell. I am realizing that now. I have stayed because of the old cliches of money, but also there are days I feel like I am doing good in the world. I want to feel like I am doing well, but I am having to process so much right now. It is hard to talk about all this because it still drains me. I am still feeling like I am in connections that cause me to be sick. Connections that I should have left behind, but that I have kept around this year. It is time to assess where I am needing to go in life, but it may mean crying a lot because a lot of change needs to occur to be happy. It hurts a LOT right now.
