Setting Your Intention for December
Hello Be You! Community!!
December is here...the final chapter of 2025.
This month holds a unique energy, a blend of reflection, celebration, quiet endings, and the tender, hopeful space where we begin to imagine tomorrow.
Let’s use this month intentionally to care for ourselves, stay present, honour the year we’ve lived, and prepare for what’s coming next.
Below is a compassionate guide to help you set your intention for December.
Use it as a roadmap or pick the sections that call to you.
Share your thoughts, wins, or questions in the Community Room...hearing your stories helps us all grow.
1. A Gentle Invitation: Choose Your Intention
Start with one simple, clear intention for December. Keep it positive and actionable.
Examples:
“I will prioritize rest and joy.”
“I will be present in small moments every day.”
“I will close 2025 with gratitude and clarity.”
Write your intention where you’ll see it daily...on a sticky note, in your phone lock screen, or pinned to a vision board. Repeating it calmly each morning anchors your day.
2. Taking Care of You: A Practical Self-Care Plan
Self-care in December doesn’t need to be elaborate. It needs to be consistent and nurturing.
Choose three non-negotiables for the month:
Sleep: Set a bedtime window and protect it.
Nutrition & Movement: Small habits...a warm morning drink, a 10-minute walk, stretching before bed.
Emotional Check-In: A weekly 10-minute journal or voice memo to yourself.
Micro-ritual ideas:
Morning: One thing that brings calm (tea, five breaths, a gratitude thought).
Midday: A deliberate pause...stand, stretch, notice your breath.
Evening: A brief unwind...dim lights, a simple gratitude reflection.
Boundaries: Practice saying no to one thing this month that drains you. Respecting your energy is an act of self-love.
3. Being Present: Practices That Root You
Presence is available even in small moments. Try these simple practices:
The One-Minute Grounding:
Stop. Feel your feet. Notice five things you can see, four you can touch, three you can hear, two you can smell, and one you can taste.
The Three-Question Pause:
What am I feeling now?
What do I need right now?
What’s one small next step?
Mindful Transitions:
Use doorways, elevators, or the kettle boiling as cues to breathe and reset.
Daily micro-presence:
During conversation, listen to understand, not reply. Your presence is one of the greatest gifts to others and to yourself.
4. Reflecting on 2025: A Compassionate Review
Reflection isn’t about judgment; it’s about learning and honouring growth.
Use a four-part reflection:
Celebrate Wins: Big and small...name at least five. (Did you show up? Finish a project? Make a new connection? Keep a promise to yourself?)
Accept Challenges: What was hard? What did you learn? Where did you show resilience?
Notice Patterns: What recurring themes appeared? Energy drains? Sparks of joy?
Gratitude & Lessons: What are you grateful for this year? What will you carry forward?
Writing prompts (pick a few):
“My proudest moment of 2025 was…”
“A hard season that taught me something was…”
“If I could tell my January 2025 self one thing, it would be…”
Closure ritual: Light a candle, read your reflections, and symbolically release one regret on paper (safely), then burn or shred it. Or fold it up and let it go into a jar of release.
5. Preparing for What’s to Come: Intentional Planning for 2026
Instead of rigid resolutions, set directional intentions that align with your values.
Step 1 - Vision: Imagine December 31, 2026. What feels different? How do you want to feel? Write a one-paragraph vision.
Step 2 - Themes: Choose 3–5 guiding words for 2026 (e.g., clarity, play, boundaries, growth, ease).
Step 3 - Small Systems, Not Just Goals:
Choose one habit to build in January that supports your themes (e.g., 10 minutes of morning movement, weekly planning time).
Create a habit-stacking plan: attach the new habit to something you already do.
Decide on small accountability...such as a friend, journal check-ins, or the Be You! Community Room.
Step 4 - Safety Net & Celebration:
Plan a gentle fail-safe: if you skip a week, what gentle action brings you back?
Schedule three celebrations for 2026...micro-milestones to look forward to.
6. Quick Tools You Can Use This December
Intention Card: Create a small card with your December intention and three mini-actions.
Weekly 10-Minute Reflection: Sunday night, note one win, one learning, one next step.
Energy Map: Draw a circle dividing your life into work, relationships, health, rest. Shade where energy was strong or low this year. Pick one area to nurture this month.
“No” Script: Have a kind, short way to decline (e.g., “I’d love to help another time; I need to protect my energy this month.”)
7. Mindset Reminders
Progress over perfection. Small consistent choices beat grand gestures that fizzle.
Permission to rest is productive. Rest fuels next-year momentum.
You’re not alone; the community carries you. Share a win or struggle...vulnerability creates connection.
Short affirmation to carry: “I end this year with kindness, clarity, and quiet courage.”
9. December Action Plan
Intention for December:
Three non-negotiable self-care practices: 1. 2. 3.
One habit to start for 2026:
Three guiding words for 2026:
One small celebration scheduled for early 2026:
Fill this out, keep it visible, and tweak gently as the month unfolds.
December is a tender, powerful month.
It’s a chance to honour the messy, beautiful, hard work of 2025 and to step into 2026 with soft resolve.
Choose kindness. Choose presence. Choose one small thing today that future-you will thank you for.
Don't forget...
Share your December intention in the Be You! Community Room...one sentence.
Let’s support each other.