Journal Prompts for the Holiday Season

1. 1 How are you genuinely feeling about the holiday season this year: not how you think you should feel, but how you actually do?
2. 2 Write about a holiday tradition that still brings you comfort, and what it connects you to.
3. 3 Is there a tradition you have outgrown or one you wish you could let go of? What keeps it in place?
4. 4 Who are you missing tonight? Write about their absence and what it means during this time of year.
5. 5 What does generosity look like for you this season: and where are you giving more than you can afford, emotionally or otherwise?
6. 6 Describe the best holiday evening you can remember. What made it special?
7. 7 How do you navigate the gap between the holiday you imagine and the one you experience?
8. 8 Write about something that brought you genuine warmth today, however brief.
9. 9 What expectations, yours or others', are weighing on you this season?
10. 10 Is there someone you find it difficult to be around during the holidays? What makes it hard?
11. 11 Write about what home means to you tonight. Is it a place, a person, or a feeling?
12. 12 What would the holidays look like if you designed them entirely for your own peace?
13. 13 How do you care for yourself during a season that often demands you care for everyone else?
14. 14 Write about a gift you received, at any point in your life, that still means something.
15. 15 What story about your family or upbringing does the holiday season keep retelling?
16. 16 Is there joy available to you tonight? Where is it, and can you let yourself have it?
17. 17 What would you like to carry from this holiday season into the quieter months that follow?
18. 18 As the evening stills, write one honest sentence about what you need most right now.

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