The Most Powerful Journaling Exercise To Make 2024 Your Best Year Yet.
Ending 2023 with gratitude & intentionally manifesting 2024
'Tis the season for reflection, gratitude, and setting intentions for the year ahead. As I round off this year, I find myself grateful for three profound abilities that have shaped my 2023:
The power to see things for what they are.
The strength to set standards and boundaries.
The audacity to visualise my ideal future.
As a life coach, I've found immense value in understanding the path that has brought me to this moment, appreciating the lessons embedded in every twist and turn.
One of the greatest gifts I've given myself is the ability to see things for what they truly are, free from the narratives I might wish them to be. This clarity has brought a sense of peace and understanding, allowing me to navigate life with a clearer perspective. Whether it's relationships, challenges, or personal growth, acknowledging the reality of a situation, and letting go of my own expectations has been transformative.
Through this, I've celebrated my inner strength to set standards and boundaries for myself. This empowering practice not only reinforces my sense of self-worth but also stringly communicates to others how I deserve to be treated.
Through the art of saying "yes" to what aligns with my values and "no" to what doesn't, I've been able to confidently walk away from things that do not serve me and instead, create a space for growth and a canvas for visualising a much brighter outcome.
As this will be our last post of 2023, permit me to take you on a powerful journaling exercise as we set very clear intentions for 2024:
Journaling Exercise #1: Reflecting on 2023
Begin by taking a quiet moment to reflect on the past year. Consider the highs and lows, the lessons learned, and the personal growth experienced. Journal about the moments that brought joy, the challenges that led to growth, and the people who influenced your journey this year. What things did you hate going through at the time but in hindsight, you ended up being super grateful for? Also, what things did you absolutely ace this year?
Ask yourself “What are the significant lessons I learnt this year?” Like if 2023 was the fierce force that is mother nature, what would Life HERself have screamed out loud to you?
Take your time with this one. Ten, twenty or thirty minutes, however long you need. This is truly your time to reflect on the peaks, troughs and lulls of 2023.
Journaling Exercise #2: Visualizing 2024
Now, turn your attention to the year ahead. Envision your ideal 2024. What personal and professional milestones do you aim to achieve? What habits or mindsets will you cultivate to bring about positive change? As you set intentions for the new year, consider how the clarity gained in 2023 and the boundaries set will pave the way for a fulfilling and purposeful 2024.
Ask yourself “If every single thing I currently consider a limitation was magically removed from my life - money, self doubt, lack of skill, negative people, lack of guidance, education or strategy, etc, what would my 2024 ideally look like?”
Like if mother nature was a person and she came and waved a magic wand and took all your “problems” away, what would you dream? Where would you live? What job would you have? Would you finally start that business you’ve been dreaming of? How would you make money? Would you travel? What school would your kids go to? Would you much rather not have kids? What would your energy and aura be every morning? Would you leave your current relationship, or perhaps be in one? What would your home look like? What kinds of friends would you have?
This time next year, in December 2024, what kinds of things would you want to be expressing gratitude for?
I need you to take double the time on this one. Let your imagination run wild. Visualise and create the life of your dream as if you were a child painting a picture on a blank canvas. It shouldn’t be logical or realistic. In fact, it should be so darn unrealistic that it scares the heck out of you. It should feel like the life you can only dream of. Almost impossible. But it should feel true to you - everything you genuinely want.
This, my friend, is the beginning of your forever. The number one reason why your ideal life always seems so far fetched is that you stopped daring to let your imaginations run wild.
Whether you realise it or not, 2023 has ended exactly how you created it to end through your imagination or the lack thereof. I need you to understand that the reality you’re currently living is exactly the one you created - consciously or subconsciously.
You have always had the power to shape your tomorrow. As a child, you used it a lot. You had no fear and your imagination had no boundaries, but as you got older and life happened, self-doubt inevitably crept in.
Whilst there is no shame in this, here’s a reminder to come back to the drawing board and harness the powerful source inside of you! Why? Because we’re about to have your best year yet! 2024 is about to be your most intentional year and I personally refuse for you to be dragged away with the wind of fear.
I dare you to write down a vision so clear for 2024 that by the end of your journalling, there is absolutely nothing else you could wish for. Then I need you to move with absolute certainty and raise your vibration so high, as if all of these things have already come to pass! As if your limitations no longer exist and you rest assured that IT IS DONE! IT IS DONE!! IT IS DONE!!!
Trust me on this one - that level of clarity will unlock doors in your subconscious mind to start paving the way to make these things happen for you. The universe will have no choice but to make it work. You will find favour with people who will give you opportunities and pave paths you could have only dreamt of. Miracles that were simply waiting for you to imagine them.
This manifestation exercise has never failed me. I have been able to manifest money, people, jobs, opportunities and even immediate recovery from illnesses, simply by using these two tricks of clarity and vibration.
If you’re thinking this is BS, then even more reason for you to try it and let me know :) When it happens to you, your new fear then becomes what else to manifest because you’re not ready for it. But my darling, you are! There is a power source so huge inside of you that you can imagine in 4K video quality and just watch it happen.
As we approach the new year, I invite you to embark on this journey of reflection and visualization with gratitude in your heart. And for those seeking guidance in setting boundaries, gaining clarity, visualising and achieving personal and professional growth, feel free to book directly into my calendar for coaching sessions in 2024.
Having experienced the transformative power of coaching myself, I look forward to supporting you on your journey to a more intentional and empowered life.
Wishing you a Christmas filled with warmth, reflection, and the anticipation of a bright and purposeful year ahead. Congratulations, we made it - well almost! See you in 2024!
Cheers,
Joy xo