Your 2026 Reflection & Clarity Journal

A gentle guided reflection across relationships, work, home, money, and life — so you begin the year aligned, not overwhelmed.

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Introduction: How to Use This Journal

This journal is not about fixing yourself, setting aggressive goals, or becoming someone new.

It is an invitation to pause.

To reflect honestly on the year you are completing — and to gently clarify what you want more of in 2026, without pressure or urgency.

You don’t need to answer every question perfectly.
You don’t need to finish this in one sitting.
You don’t need to “do” anything with your answers yet.

Let your responses be truthful rather than impressive.
Let clarity come from listening, not effort.

Take a breath before you begin.

JOURNALING PROMPTS

1. Relationships

Consider romantic relationships, friendships, family, and your relationship with yourself.

• When did I feel most seen, valued, and emotionally safe this year?

• Where did I feel I had to over-explain, over-give, or manage connection?

• What patterns am I no longer willing to repeat in 2026?

• What does a mutual relationship look like for me now?

• If my relationships felt calmer and more secure next year, what would be different day to day?

2. Career / Business / Purpose

This may include employment, business, volunteering, or how you spend your energy.

• Which parts of my work felt aligned or satisfying this year?

• Where did I feel drained, constrained, or undervalued?

• What strengths did I rely on most — and which did I ignore?

• What does success mean to me now, not five years ago?

• If my work supported my wellbeing in 2026, what would need to change?

3. Home & Environment

Your physical space influences how safe and settled you feel.

• When did my home feel supportive or grounding this year?

• Where does my environment currently create friction or stress?

• What would “feeling settled” look like for me?

• How do I want my home to support me emotionally in 2026?

4. Finances

This is about your relationship with money, not just figures.

• How did money make me feel most of the time this year?

• Where do I trust myself financially — and where do I doubt myself?

• What money beliefs am I ready to question or release?

• If money felt calmer and clearer in 2026, what would that allow me to do or feel?

5. Leisure, Rest & Life

Often the most revealing area.

• When did I feel most present or alive this year?

• Where did rest feel nourishing rather than “earned”?

• What did I consistently postpone “until later”?

• If my life felt more spacious in 2026, how would I spend my time?

Integration Reflection

Looking across all areas:

• What themes keep repeating?

• Where am I craving ease rather than effort?

• What am I ready to prioritise, even if it feels unfamiliar?

You don’t need a plan yet.
Clarity comes first.

Closing Reflection

This journal is not a contract or a commitment.
It is a conversation with yourself.

The answers you’ve written are signals — pointing toward what wants to shift, soften, or grow.

You don’t need to rush the next step.
You simply need to stay connected to what you’ve noticed.

That’s where real change begins.

This reflection is part of the work I do with women who are ready to stop pushing themselves forward — and start building lives that actually feel right.

If this process resonated, you’re already listening to the part of you that knows what needs to change.

Empowered Women Group
Julie Rowe