Has it been a tough year for you? If so, I'm sorry. You might feel relieved to see it end, but hesitant about what could be lurking around the corner in the new year.
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Earlier this month, I held a journaling workshop to reflect on the year. The workshop was all about the practice of joy journaling, or finding and reflecting on the joyful moments using all our senses and revisiting our emotions. It's not toxic positivity or wishful thinking, it's finding the joy that we know is there, even if we have to look a little harder, so we can learn who and what sustained us even in the most difficult moments.
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If you were unable to join the workshop, you still have a chance to share in the joy those who joined were able to unlock through the self-care ritual of joy journaling. The journaling guide that was previously only available to attendees is now also available to you. In this guide, you'll find not only reflection questions that prompt you to document your best moments of the year, but also ways to use your reflections to strengthen your connections with others around you, including people you're not that close to but would like to get to know better (or reconnect with after falling out of touch).
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Enjoy the guide and have a wonderful close to the year. No matter how you choose to celebrate (or not), you are valid, you are allowed to take up space, and in all your originality and uniqueness, you are a truly marvelous, one-of-a-kind being deserving of joy and all good things.