Contemplative blogger Beth Godbee offers a writing practice for resolving to act with intention in the new year: Writing can help with deepening understandings and setting intentions.
I find it helps me to have some writing and reflection prompts to work with, so here are questions for journaling. My hope is that a few will resonate. I’d suggest working with any questions that speak to you and leaving the rest. And perhaps these writing prompts will bring others to heart, mind, and body [you are encouraged to work with your own questions as well!].
What feels especially urgent at this time—personally and collectively? What’s nonnegotiable?
What’s something I must say yes to? And something I must say no to?
What is currently giving meenergy—firing me up or inspiring me? [Where can you perceive the movement of the Spirit?] What is currently draining my energy so that I need to refuel in other directions? What do I need more or less of to be well-fueled in the new year?
What have I shown up for in 2022? Where have I been putting my energies? And where, when, what, how, and with/for whom do I want to show up in 2023?
What are priorities in my life? How have those priorities remained consistent or changed over time? What are top priorities now, heading into the new year?
What has been coming together or coming undone in 2022? And what do I want to come together or come undone in 2023? In other words, what am I longing to welcome into my life? And what am I ready to release?
How do I describe my commitments, or what I’m dedicated to in life? How well is my life aligned with these commitments? What would bring me into greater alignment in the new year?
What more do I need to feel, learn, or do to mark the transition from 2022 into 2023?