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 fear dominated my decision-making this year, and how can I release it?
The fear of being alone in this world dominated my decision-making this year. I have to recognize that I live in a world full of other people. I literally speak to people for a living. I am literally going to be talking to people every single day for the rest of my life as a social worker, so I need to say this over and over again to myself. When this permeates through my brain, I will be able to release the fear of being alone from my body.
The fear of dying and medical issues really was highly a part of my decision-making process this year. I didn’t do very much physically because I told myself that I was sick all the time. I always felt bad this year, but there are things I could be doing like going to the YMCA and doing water aerobics. There are ways to adjust to where I am actually in life. I was so afraid of being sick, I think I made myself sick this last year. I kept having scare after scare to the point that I was having very real reactions. I am questioning still medically related issues now, but I am allowing my providers to take care of me now. I am standing up for myself and not being afraid of advocacy for my health because I feared my providers, but now I recognize if you are not a good provider for me I need you to go away. I want to let go of fear from my body. I want to release it into the air, but I need help to learn techniques to release energy from the body that is not serving a positive purpose. I need to look back into meditation because when I was regularly doing that I felt a lot healthier. I felt a lot more positive as well. There are changes that need to happen, which is a constant word in my journaling this month. I need changes.
