December 1st Daily Planner (Holiday Countdown, Prep, and More)
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Our December 1st planner can help you start your holiday prep and give you inspiration for both practical and fun ideas for the day.
There is also a fun worksheet with journaling and creative ideas, and a holiday countdown with both practical and fun suggestions.
You can get the daily planner below, so you can get ahead with your December planning.
Get the December 1st Daily Planner Printable here.
Feel-Good Ideas for the Day
- Wake-Up Song: “Zero to Hero” from Hercules.
- Fill-in-the-Blank Positive Thought: One thing I love about winter is…
- Holiday-Themed Song: “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” Andy Williams.
You can find our December song calendars and Spotify playlists here.
Food Ideas
- Breakfast: Breakfast wrap with scrambled eggs and avocado
- Lunch: Caprese sandwich (tomato, mozzarella, basil)
- Dinner: Sheet-pan chicken thighs and roasted veggies
Christmas & Holiday Ideas
- Holiday Prep Idea: Write a list of your holiday goals and make a December bucket list.
- Holiday Movie Idea: Home Alone (1990).
- December Bucket List Idea: Enjoy a gingerbread latte.
What to Journal About
Make sure to scroll down to see our Daily Journaling graphic and additional prompts.
- Morning Journaling Prompt: A goal you can make progress on now and not wait until January 1st.
- Evening Journaling Prompt: Three achievements from the year so far.
- Gratitude for 2025 Journaling Prompt: Seasonal things that happen every year that ground you.
- Self-care journaling: Ways to focus on making your holidays special.
See our self-care ideas and self-care journaling for December here.
Activities You Could Do
- Self-Care Idea: Get some cozy socks to celebrate the start of December.
- Decluttering Idea: Declutter the pantry, making room for seasonal/holiday ingredients you need.
- Trying Something New: Try a new winter soup recipe.
- Doodling Idea: Snowflake.
- Watercoloring Idea: Doorway.
- Photo Idea: Beautiful December landscape. Or try another idea from our December photo bucket list (which you can find just below the December bucket list).
Conversation Idea
The first feel-good memory of the past year you can think of. For a December conversation ideas calendar, go here.
Act of Kindness
Send a postcard to someone you haven’t talked to in a while. For our full Acts of Kindness December calendar, go here.
Get the December 1st Daily Planner Printable here.
Creative and Journaling Ideas
- Morning: A goal you can make progress on now and not wait until January 1st.
- Fill-in-the-Blanks Positive Thoughts Journaling: One thing I love about winter is…
- One-Word Journaling: Cheerful.
- 2025 Gratitude: Seasonal things that happen every year that ground you.
- ‘What I Did’ This Year: Three positive things that happened this year.
- Set Intentions: Habits or routines to leave behind in 2025.
- Self-Care: Ways you can focus on making your holidays special.
- Evening Journaling: Three achievements from the year so far.
- Doodle Idea: Snowflake.
- Watercolor idea: Doorway.
You can find the December 1st creativity and journaling planner here.
Holiday Countdown Planner
Lastly, here is your daily holiday countdown planner. Use it not only for practical ideas, but to get inspired for the season, too!
Get your December 1st holiday countdown planner here.
Next up: December 2nd planner.
You can also find the November 30th planner here, which has some great ideas to finish the month with.
We know this time of year things can get ready busy. So take your time, use all of our planners to guide you, and make sure you have a little time for yourself every day.
Don’t forget you can now get all of our December calendars here.
