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 is one truth about myself I can no longer ignore?
That because I am autistic, I am often interpreted as having ill intent. I come across as judgmental because I state what I can tell about people and I am very blunt. I am extremely honest and other people are not like this. I like things very focused on singular issues instead of having multiple things happening in a singular meeting. I have people that literally think I mean something else when I say exactly what I mean. I feel that I am never going to be truly accepted within the normal society because of being autistic.
I have to accept that I am overly dramatic and that I am not someone that emotionally regulates very well. I am easy to become emotional and have a meltdown. I am someone that has to process longer then ten minutes, but I will not hold onto the pain of what has occurred. I let it go. I will remember that there are people that have done things, but I will not hold an inner emotional reaction about the person long term. I am willing to adjust and change the relationship. I do not hold onto things from work in that way or in life. I am very simple in a lot of ways, as I do not let people that I am not regularly hanging out with have that much meaning in my life. It makes me sometimes appear unapproachable. I am not though. I am just often in my life going forward. I am quiet and private. I am someone that sticks to myself. These are my truths. I want to find a place though that I can be a bit more out in life. I want to feel open to people and I do not know that this can occur within the confines of Indiana. I have a lot to keep processing. I have a lot of conversations to have with important people in my life. I know what I need and where I should go, but I do not know how to have these conversations with any of the entities that I need to have them with. I need to recognize what my inner truths are.
Truth has always been important to me, but I do not know that I am often that honest with myself. I think at times I say things that I believe that people want to hear when I am writing especially. I sometimes go into make other people feel better about where I am, so I need to stand even more in my truths. I need to move forward and go towards where I belong in life. It means leaving behind things, but it is what I should be doing for my life. It isn’t going to be easy and the place isn’t perfect, but it is where I belong.
