Week 1 of 2025

Some journal prompts to help ease the overwhelm

New Year’s Resolutions is a daunting subject.

For a lot of people I know, it’d be something to do with health:

Work out more.

Eat better.

Drink less or no alcohol.

I’d have the same ones, but no plan of action. Not until recently. Not until I let myself think about what I’d have to do on a daily basis to get to the big picture end goal.

Thinking about December 2025 is very exciting, since I just spent the last week of December 2024 looking back on my year and all that was accomplished in the face of chaos. I didn’t intentionally create a Vision Board, but I tucked some ideas away and they lived there, unremembered, until I came back to them. Even in doing that, I acted in line with those defined desires.

So what does the day-to-day have to look like to get where I want to go?

What plans do I have to create to look forward to?

There was an exercise I saw someone do where they spoke about their better selves in the present tense. So I’m going to write out some prompts for you to answer, and challenge you to answer as if you’ve already done it and you’re on the other side of it:

1. What do my mornings and evenings look like?

2. How do I respond to inconvenience?

3. Where do I allow space for spontaneity?

4. What areas of my lifestyle to I compromise?

5. How do I love better?

6. When someone else is in a heightened emotion (excited, angry, sad, happy), how do I react?

7. How do I treat the person I disagree with?

8. How do I present myself to people I know?

9. What kind of first impression do I want to leave?

10. How do I make time for something important to me?

Actions this week:

1. What’s the resolution I picked out?

2. How do I implement it on a daily scale?

3. Who do I look to for help?

4. Where do I practice?

5. Who do I talk to about this new thing I’m trying to do?

6. What’s my outlet for processing the thoughts and feelings that come up?

7. What do I tell myself when I can’t get around to making something happen?

8. What do I call myself when I make a mistake?

9. What do I call myself when I feel accomplished?

10. How will I react and push past my own objections?

Typing is loads faster than writing, but do what makes you feel good. If you have a lot to say or are pressed for time, try typing in a Word doc or online journal or your Notes app. If you like to slowly move through your thoughts (a super beneficial way to make journaling more meditative), grab your paper journal and give yourself the time.

It’s never a bad idea to think and write through where you are and where you want to see yourself. You have everything you need—resources, time, thoughts, feelings, dreams. Let them live outside your mind. Maybe you’ll find a little more freedom in your day afterwards.

Happy journaling!

See you in the next post. x