The new year always provides the perfect time for reflection and reinvention. In 2020, more than ever, we were pushed to our limits. After a year that’s been difficult for so many of us, this January gives us a chance to take stock of the past year. We now have a moment to assess how we dealt with the challenges of 2020 and find new ways to do so in the future. This journaling challenge takes us through the month of January, with a prompt each day to help us delve into our own self-development and take control of our lives.
If you take up just one thing this year, let it be journaling. Journaling is one of the best ways to work through emotions, reduce stress, improve decision making, and get to know yourself better. Getting your worries out onto the page can stop them from taking over your mind so much. And writing down your goals is often cited as a great way to stick to them. Journaling can help in almost all areas of your life from relationships, to career, to school, to family. It provides the perfect opportunity to assess your current situation and create practical plans for improvement.
If you haven’t already, don’t forget to check out my last journaling challenge: 30 Journal Prompts for Self Discovery.
- What were your big wins last year? What moments made you proud?
- What were your biggest failures last year? How can you learn from them?
- Where do you want to be this time next year? What has changed in your life?
- What steps do you need to take to make this a reality?
- How did you make others feel last year?
- What do you need to leave in 2020?
- In what ways have you changed over the past year, for good and for bad?
- How could you have been kinder?
- How did you step outside of your comfort zone last year?
- Name 3 ways that you want to step outside your comfort zone this year? How will you keep yourself accountable?
- Do you have any regrets from the past year?
- What does success look like to you? How can you measure it?
- If you could only achieve one thing this year, what would it be?
- In what ways did you let others dictate your happiness last year?
- How can you take better care of your mind?
- What would you like you morning routine to look like?
- What would you like your evening routine to look like?
- How can you make this world a better place to live in?
- What things cause you the most stress and how you can deal with them in a productive way?
- How do you express negative emotions e.g. sadness or anger? Could this be done in a better way?
- If you had 3 wishes for this year, what would you wish for?
- How can you take better care of your health?
- What is one thing you want to learn this year?
- How do you want people to remember you and why?
- Who is someone that inspires you and why?
- How do you want to prioritise your life this year? List your top 10 priorities in order of importance.
- How can you show gratitude this year?
- What is one way that you can help someone less fortunate than you?
- What are your 3 affirmations for the year?
- How can you adopt a growth mindset this year?
- What makes you laugh and how can you get more of it?
