Journal Prompts for the End of the Year

1. 1 If you had to describe this year in a single honest sentence, what would it be?
2. 2 What are you most proud of from this year, and have you paused to acknowledge it?
3. 3 Write about a moment from this year that you want to remember for the rest of your life.
4. 4 What did this year ask of you that you did not expect to have to give?
5. 5 Describe a relationship that shifted this year. How did it change, and how do you feel about it tonight?
6. 6 What did you learn about yourself that you did not know twelve months ago?
7. 7 Write about something you lost this year. What space, if any, has the loss created?
8. 8 What promises did you make to yourself in January? How do you feel about them now, without judgement?
9. 9 Is there unfinished business from this year that you are carrying into the next? Can you name it?
10. 10 Write about a risk you took this year, regardless of how it turned out.
11. 11 What brought you the most unexpected joy in the past twelve months?
12. 12 Who are you grateful for tonight, as the year comes to a close?
13. 13 What do you need to forgive, in yourself or in others, before the year ends?
14. 14 Write about a day from this year that felt completely ordinary but, looking back, was quietly perfect.
15. 15 How has your relationship with yourself changed over the course of this year?
16. 16 What are you ready to release tonight, so you do not carry it into the new year?
17. 17 Write about the hardest night of this year. How did you get through it?
18. 18 As the last evenings of the year settle in, what do you want to whisper to the year before it goes?

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