It’s a new year already… doesn’t time fly?! With the new year comes a fresh chance to start over, set new goals, and be intentional about how you want to live. It’s also an ideal time to reflect, express gratitude, and sit with your feelings. To help you do all that, new year journal prompts are a great thing to have handy.
Today I wanted to share some of my best new year journal prompts with you. I hope they inspire you to think, plan, dream, reflect, and get excited about the past year and what’s to come in the next year.
Why now is a great time for journaling
The new year is here and with it comes plenty of excitement, goals, and ambition for what’s to come. As we step into a new year it’s the perfect time to start a new journaling habit or rekindle an old one.
Journaling now can help you continue your habit throughout the year — especially if you get off to a great start. We’re often thinking about New Year’s resolutions, setting new goals, and moving forward in life. That’s why it makes perfect sense to get journaling now.
Why journal prompts are so useful
When you want to create a new journaling habit or revive an existing one, it’s best to make things as easy as possible. That’s where journal prompts come in. These handy writing prompts can help you jump straight into self reflection and writing, without wondering what to write about.
With these new year journal prompts, you can skip the hard thinking stage and get straight to journaling your thoughts, goals, ideas, and plans for the new year. I love using journaling prompts to help me feel inspired when I get stuck, to surface new ideas I wouldn’t have thought of, and to prompt me to keep going if I’m finding the habit hard to stick to.
How to use these new year journal prompts
There’s not a lot to using these new year journal prompts. All you really need is these prompts, some quiet space for thinking, and somewhere to write out your journal notes and thoughts.
Here’s how I like to prepare for a journaling or goal setting session:
- Clear some time in your schedule
- Find somewhere cozy and comfortable to sit, think, and write
- Grab your favorite notebook, bullet journal, or app and something to write with
- Make a delicious hot drink to sip while you journal
You don’t have to do these things, but I wanted to share these ideas in case you want to turn the simple habit of writing in a journal into a cozy, calming ritual or routine. If you’re totally new to journaling, you might also like my journal prompts for beginners.
37 new year journal prompts to get you thinking
Ready to set some intentions for the new year and reflect on what happened last year? Use these new year journal prompts to get you thinking and writing about all things last year and new year.
- What did you enjoy most about the past year?
- How did you prioritize your mental health and wellbeing? Could you do more this year?
- How can you work more self care ideas into the new year?
- What does your ideal January 1st look like?
- Which bad habits do you want to let go of?
- What are your super big goals?
- Which positive habits do you want to form and continue?
- What did you achieve in the previous year that you’re most proud of?
- What are your personal goals for the year ahead?
- Which area of your life do you want to focus most on?
- What would success look like to you?
- What things made you happy last year?
- What was your biggest challenge last year?
- What are your personal development goals?
- What has inspired you the most in the last 12 months?
- Which of your daily habits are you most proud of?
- How can you work more self love and positive self talk into this year?
- How do you plan to reward yourself for reaching your new goals?
- Why are you excited to start this journaling practice in the new year?
- What are your new year goals?
- What did you appreciate most last year?
- What made the past year feel special?
- How have you grown in the last year?
- How will you leave your comfort zone this year?
- What did you do in the previous year that you will or won’t repeat?
- How will you focus on your physical health this year?
- Which of the affirmations or mantras you’ve read recently do you feel most aligned with?
- How can you continue your wellness habits into the new year?
- What are your New Year’s resolutions?
- Who or what are you leaving behind?
- What was something new you tried last year?
- What were your goals? Did you achieve them?
- What’s your word of the year?
- How have you changed in the last year?
- What would your self care vision board look like?
- What would your ideal day look like in the new year?
- How have your personal values changed?
Set your year off right with these journaling prompts for the new year
There’s so much to find joy in with this coming year. Plans to make, dreams to dream, and goals you can set and get excited about. Use these new year journal prompts to get you thinking about what matters most to you, so you can be intentional with what you do in the year ahead.
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