25 Questions to Start The Year As Your Most Aligned Self

How is it 2025?! It truly sounds like a made up year to me that seemed unreal when I was a teenager. Yet here we are. Hello 2025.

I always feel like this time of year is full of anticipation, promise and also so much stress with setting crazy resolutions, charging into the year and tackling it head first. Honestly, for years I subscribed to this but this year, I’m entering the new year with a softness I hope to carry through the year. Instead of charging forward, using this quiet time for some reflection, some future imagining and setting some gentle intentions feels like the ultimate gift for the year ahead to go into it with a restored nervous system and more energy to tackle whatever the year brings.

With that, I wanted to share a few questions I’ve been using to reflect on the year ahead that I hope will be useful to you. So pour yourself your favorite drink, wrap yourself up in a cozy blanket, light a candle and make this mindful time a real gift for yourself. I hope you have an amazing 2025!

Journaling Prompts to Step Into Your Most Aligned Self in the Year Ahead

1. In a few words, who was I last year?

2. What helped me the most last year?

3. When did I feel most alive last year?

4. What am I proudest of from the last year?

5. What are my favorite memories from last year?

“We do not learn from experience - we learn from reflecting on experience.”

- John Dewey

6. In a few words, who do I want to be in the year ahead?

7. What is one intention I can set for the year ahead?

8. Is there a word, a phrase, a quote, color or song that I want to embody in the year ahead?

9. How can I create more space for softness in the year ahead?

10. What would I do if I knew that everything would work out for me in the coming year?

“You are worth the quiet moment. you are worth the deeper breath. YOU ARE WORTH THE TIME IT TAKES TO SLOW DOWN. BE STILL. AND REST.”

- MORGAN HARPER NICHOLS

11. If I only accomplish one thing in this new year, what would it be that I would be most proud of?

12. What can I add to my daily routine this year for a calmer nervous system?

13. What is one commitment I can make this year to step outside of my comfort zone?

14. What is one commitment I can make to add more joy into my day to day?

15. What is a creative outlet I’d like to explore this year?

“productivity is how you run away from yourself. creativity is how you come home to yourself.”

- BRIANNA WEST

16. What area do I want to grow most in this year? What is one microstep I can take to do this?

17. What’s a story I tell myself I want to let go of this year?

18. What story will I replace it with?

19. What truth have I not expressed that would make me freer this year?

20. How will I honor myself and my needs this year?

“SHE WAS NEVER QUITE READY. BUT SHE WAS BRAVE. AND THE UNIVERSE LISTENS TO BRAVE.”

- REBECCA RAY

21. What makes me nervous about the year ahead and why?

22. What makes me excited for the year ahead and why?

23. What is one way I’ll care for my mind this year?

24. What is one way I’ll care for my body this year?

25. What is one way I’ll care for my soul this year?