My special end of year journaling ritual
As we transition from the busy holiday season into the quieter January space for reflection, I find myself drawn inward to the lessons and blessings of the past year.
Spending meaningful time reflecting allows us to honour our personal growth and all we've manifested this year.
That's why I'm excited to share my favourite year-end journaling prompts designed to uncover insight and gratitude for 2023. This is my gift to you and hopefully the first of many documents you can download from my website. It’s a pdf document so you can print it out or work on it on your tablets and iPads …. I hope! Add it to your basket and use the checkout process, which should give you a download link.
So…..Take a pause - light a candle, breathe deeply, and open your heart. Make yourself a soothing cup of tea, settle in somewhere comfortable and let's revisit the unfolding story of your year…..
Some questions to ponder....
What new skills did you gain?
How have you improved or expanded yourself?
What were some of the major challenges or setbacks you faced?
How did you grow from challenges? What support did you need?
What new relationships or connections are you grateful for?
What were your most memorable moments or new experiences from the year?
What’s something from this past year that I’m proud of?
What’s something I was scared to do but did anyway?
With what you learned from this year, what do you want next year to look like?
What advice would you give your future self a year from now?
Then finish with choosing your Word of the Year - a powerful way to set an intention and guide your focus for the upcoming months.
I've been picking a Word of the Year, (WOTY) since 2017, I much prefer it to making New Year’s Resolution. The idea is to choose a word that embodies what you want to be/think/feel/do. Something that you can apply in little ways throughout your life, instead of concrete resolutions, which I never seemed to continue much beyond January. It’s a theme, a glimmer in the darkness, a lantern, a guiding light.” Sometimes this is more helpful than setting a resolution, stepping into the new year empowered rather than defeated.
This next year, 2024, I’m considering 2 words
Roots and Bloom
Previous words I’ve used are:
Shine (2017)
Believe (2018)
Gentle (2019)
Magic (2020)
Release (2021)
Unicorn (2022)
Sacred Pause (2023)
wishing you a wonderful year ahead
Ro x