The Year of You

Make a list of your favorite people.

To take this question one step further, create a visual. Draw a circle and write your name in the center. Draw another bigger circle around the outside of that and write the names of your closest friends inside. Then, draw a third circle around the first two. Write the names of your close-but-not-closest friends, and so on. You can create as many circles as you want based on your own criteria. Once you’re finished, take a look and notice: which circles are rich with people? And which circles could use a few more friendly faces?

How compassionate do you think you are towards other people in your life? Do you extend that compassion to yourself?

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Try to journal at the same time each day. Ideally, the morning since if you’re unable to do your writing then, you still have the rest of the day to catch up.

Start with the “just 5 minutes” rule. Set a goal for yourself to journal for just five minutes every day. Give yourself permission to stop journaling after those five minutes.

hat do you know to be true about yourself?