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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 Your Fourth Quarter Personal Finance Goals
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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!

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Have a No-Spend Weekend
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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!

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8 Crystals for Wealth
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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.

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How to Keep a Journal
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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.

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52 Self-Care Journal Prompts
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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?

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30 WINTER JOURNAL PROMPTS
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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?

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30 Spring Journal Prompts
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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.

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30 Summer Journal Prompts
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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?

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30 Fall Journal prompts
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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.)

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Introduction to Imbolc
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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.

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Journal Prompts for Imbolc
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Journal Prompts for Imbolc

  • Set a goal for your physical space, whether it’s a small new habit or a large project. What is it, and how will you achieve it?

  • What goals do you have for the next year? How do your goals demonstrate your values?

  • What are you planting this year, in terms of your personal development? What are your plans for growth?

  • How are you transforming during this season of transformation?

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Imbolc and the Goddess Brigid
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Imbolc and the Goddess Brigid

Brigid is a powerful symbol of feminine creativity and empowerment. Invoked to inspire creativity and craftsmanship, she is the patroness of the arts, especially poetry and smith work. She promotes creativity and artistic expression. The peaceful times spent at your craft, when concentration and meditation meld, are when her effect is most noticeable.

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How to Celebrate Imbolc
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How to Celebrate Imbolc

In some ways, Imbolc is the ultimate introvert’s holiday. We’re inside our home with a cup of tea, away from the cold. It’s time to reflect on the past year and on our lives in general. We’re deciding on what to leave behind because it no longer serves us. We’re practicing divination, setting intentions and goals, and planning what we will plant, literally and metaphorically, in the coming spring. This is the journaling holiday! Let’s get started.

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Imbolc Associations
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Imbolc Associations

Through the use of the many elements connected to this season—water, candles, herbs, and crystals—Imbolc celebrants embrace the cycle of rebirth and renewal and harmonize with the rhythms of the natural world.

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Imbolc Meditation
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Imbolc Meditation

Imbolc invites us to embrace the spirit of renewal and purification, both externally and internally. Imagine yourself standing at the threshold between the old and the new, ready to release what no longer serves you and welcome in fresh energy and vitality.

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