cozy journal prompts for december

31 journal prompts!

December has never been my favorite time of year. Something about the bleak, cold days and extremely long nights doesn’t sit right with me. I’m an East Coast girl forever, I love watching the seasons cycle through, and seeing the distinct differences between each, but winter has always been hard for me.

I often find myself in bed for much of the winter. Reading books, watching movies, and disassociating, clinging to coziness as a way to get through. I feel like I’m in hibernation, it becomes harder for me to find the energy to go out or socialize. It’s no secret that I have pretty intense depression, and like a lot of others, the winter months are not easy for me in that regard. Stay on the lookout for something about combating winter blues (coming soon and with one of my very best friends.)

Even with all of this, I still have elements of the winter months that make me very happy. I love when it snows and you look out the window and gasp at the beauty of snow decorating the trees. I always find the smells of winter candles and baked goods so comforting. I’m obsessed with listening to the saddest Christmas/winter songs in the world and then asking myself why I suddenly feel sad. I love cuddling under the coziest blanket I own and reading a book, a slight chill in the air even with the heat on. Mostly though, I love seeing how festive the winter makes those around me. When my neighbors decorate their houses or storefronts go all out to get ready for the holiday season, it makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I love the collective joy that seems to emanate from people during December.

That is what I want to bring into my writing this month, and it starts with journaling. As with the last few months, I’ve written up prompts for each day of the month (I know I’m a day late but that means we get to write 2 prompts today.) I will once again be holding space for my journal challenge, where paid subscribers have access to my discord server to discuss our writing (the link at the bottom of this) and just have a community space. The journal challenge is meant to encourage daily writing and create a community of writers who support and empower each other, and want to challenge themselves creatively! You can participate in this without joining the discord, and just challenge yourself, but I find community participation to be one of the greatest motivators, so each day (or almost every day because for much of November, I found myself all over the place) I post the prompt of the day in the discord, where you all can discuss the prompt and how the challenge as a whole is working for you!

I’m hopeful that these prompts will inspire your writing, even if you choose to use them without participating in the challenge. I aim for them to make you have conversations with yourself, and by the end of the month feel stronger, more confident, and excited about your writing. See you next month!!

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