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It’s all about balance. Whether you’re mindfully experiencing the seasons, caring for your home, organizing your finances in a thoughtful way, planning your next goal, cultivating a gratitude practice, or taking a moment to examine your life via journaling, we are here to help. You can balance your progress with ease, intention, and joy.
Set Birthday Goals
Picture yourself a year from now. What is your future self happy about? What is your future self proud of?
Analyze Your 50-30-20 Budget
Add up the total in each of the 50-30-20 budget categories, and then add up all three categories to get your grand monthly spending total.
Free Christmas Budget Spreadsheet
Add the names of everyone you buy gifts for. Don’t forget gift exchanges, office charity drives, and other similar obligations. Then add other holiday expenses that you usually encounter—activities, clothes, decorations, travel, etc.
52 Self-Reflection Journal Prompts
What is a decision you made that changed your life, and how did it?
How are you caring for your body?
What is the creative project that you’ve done that you are the most proud of?
Set Your Second Quarter Personal Finance Goals
By the end of this quarter, we’ll be eating early summer fruits and wearing sandals. It’s a really nice time to plant seeds and start projects—after all, that’s kind of what the earth is doing too. So let’s use that spring energy to our advantage!
Set Your First Quarter Personal Finance Goals
New year, new you! Also new calendar, new planner, and new GOALS. Specifically, let’s talk about your first quarter personal finance goals!
Set Your Fourth Quarter Personal Finance Goals
It’s also one of the most important quarters to navigate through very intentionally, at least when it comes to your budget. Things just tend to come up. Expenses are high, between back to school, holidays, winterizing, and everything else. And it’s your last chance to meet the financial goals you set for this year!
Set Your Third Quarter Personal Finance Goals
Now, you only have three months, so make a plan. What can you divert from your regularly budgeted income to apply to these goals? Can you take on side projects? Can you save money (even temporarily) somewhere to contribute? Can you sell unwanted clutter?
Have a No-Spend Weekend
Find your fandom. Think of something you’re passionate about, whether it’s a particular television show, a genre of movie or music, or a hobby. Find a message board, social media group, or other online community built around it that makes you happy, and give joining it a shot.
Ask a friend who has similar interests to you to recommend you a podcast you haven’t heard before. Try listening to it. Make sure to follow up with your friend if you like it!
8 Crystals for Wealth
Citrine is a positive and joyful stone. It is warming and inspirational, carrying the power of the sun within its structure. It is an excellent cleaner and regenerator that is often referred to as the “merchant stone” because of its reputation as a money magnet.
How (and Why) to Keep a Work Journal
Keeping a running list of successes. You can use it to build your argument for a raise or promotion, add specifics to your resume, and even just remind yourself how great you are when you’re feeling stressed out.
How to Keep a Journal
Depending on what you journal about, it can be an opportunity to focus on your goals and progress. Write about why you want to achieve the goals you’ve set and brainstorm ways to achieve them. Track their progress along the way.
25 Money Mindset Journal Prompts
Looking back, what do you wish you had learned about money as a child?
What is the most valuable piece of financial advice that you have ever received?
What was your first paying job? Write about it.
Gratitude Journal Prompts
What is your favorite small daily ritual? Write about why you enjoy it.
What community organization (e.g., library, club, or church) are you grateful for? Why?
What career advice are you most grateful to have been given? How has it helped you?
52 Self-Care Journal Prompts
What does loving yourself look for on a daily basis, in your daily rituals?
How do you show others that you value yourself?
Do you feel any guilt over the idea of taking care of yourself or “selfishness”? If so, why? What do the terms self-care and selfishness mean to you?
30 WINTER JOURNAL PROMPTS
Set a creative goal for this season. What appeals to you about it?
Describe one of your dreams for the future. Imagine it as wonderful and fulfilling as it could possibly be.
Winter is the best time for cozy fabrics. What is your favorite thing to wear or curl up in?
Who are your favorite people to celebrate with?
30 Spring Journal Prompts
Set a goal to accomplish this spring. Write about why you want it and how you will do it.
Describe the first time you saw something that still impresses you.
How does starting a project make you feel? Describe your typical starting process.
30 Summer Journal Prompts
Describe a time you made an exciting discovery. What did you find, and how did it feel?
How are you planning for the future, putting some of your harvest aside?
What goals do you have for this summer? How will you accomplish them before the leaves turn?
30 Fall Journal prompts
As we harvest our actual vegetables and grains, take a moment to think about the things you are harvesting metaphorically, from past work you have done. What work are you reaping the benefits of?
What is your favorite fall food and why?
Winter is coming, so it’s time for a fall to-do list. What can you do before December 21 to shore up your home and/or protect your family? (This can be literal, but it can also be metaphorical—so canning food counts, but so does decluttering.)
Introduction to Imbolc
Imbolc is a turning point, a reminder that we always have the chance for a restart and renewal. It’s an opportunity to give our routines new life, to make new plans, and to find new inspiration. Let’s light candles to celebrate the return of the light, celebrating the return of the sun and the spark of fire and creativity in our lives.