December 5th Daily Planner (Ideas for a Productive and Enjoyable Day
Our December 5th planner has ideas to inspire you, help with holiday prep, and lots more. We’re already nearly a week into December, so you can use the planner to get ahead and get ideas.
It’s ready below as a printable. You can journal with it, use it alongside your diary or written planner, or put it on your noticeboard to look at for quick inspiration.
Feel-Good Ideas
- Wake-Up Song: “The Time of Your Life” from A Bug’s Life.
- Positive Thoughts: A place that makes me feel festive is…
- Holiday-Themed Song: “Run Rudolph Run” Chuck Berry.
What to Make for Food
- Breakfast: Banana kiwi spinach smoothie
- Lunch: Deli turkey avocado wrap
- Dinner: Chili dogs and coleslaw
For the daily menu printables for December 1-6, go here.
Holiday-Themed Prep and Inspiration
- Holiday Prep: Have a shopping day (online or go to the stores in person).
- Holiday Movie Idea: Love Actually (2003).
- December Bucket List Idea: Make a handmade ornament.
Journaling Suggestions
- Morning Journaling Idea: What you find joyful about the holidays.
- Evening Journaling Idea: An opportunity you took this year and what it taught you.
- Gratitude for 2025 Journaling: A moment of stillness where things became clear.
- Self-Care Journaling: Simple, cozy routines you can do after you get home from work and before life/holiday to-dos.
See our self-care ideas and self-care journaling for December here.
Activities and Things to Do
- Self-Care Idea: Watch a holiday movie at home.
- Decluttering Idea: Do a surface declutter in the kitchen, clearing things you don’t need from the counters.
- Trying Something New: Get a new puzzle game or work on a crossword.
- Doodling Idea: Snowman.
- Watercoloring Idea: Holiday lights.
- Photo Idea: Christmas tree ornaments.
See our December doodle challenge calendar, our December watercolor calendar, and the December bucket list (along with the photo bucket list right after).
What to Talk About
The most thought-provoking thing you read or listened to this year.
See our December conversations calendar here and more conversation starters here.
Do Something Kind
Send an inspiring message to a friend.
Our December kindness calendar is available here.
Get the December 5th Daily Planner Printable here.
Journaling, Doodling, and Painting Planner
Here are the day’s journaling and creative activities, all in one place for you. You can find the rest of the month’s ideas using all of our December calendars
- Morning: What you find joyful about the holidays.
- Fill-in-the-Blanks Positive Thoughts Journaling: A place that makes me feel festive is…
- One-Word Journaling: Uplifting.
- 2025 Gratitude: A moment of stillness where things became clear.
- ‘What I Did’ This Year: Routines you’ve upheld and stuck to that ground you.
- Set Intentions: Unfinished projects or goals you don’t feel you need to revisit.
- Self-Care: Simple, cozy routines you can do after you get home from work and before life/holiday to-dos.
- Evening Journaling: An opportunity you took this year and what it taught you.
- Doodle Idea: Snowman.
- Watercolor idea: Holiday lights.
Get the Writing and Doodling Worksheet here.
Daily Holiday Planner
The holiday planner is below. It has some practical ideas and something to do for fun to give you a break.
The December 5th Holiday Planner is here, ready to use.
Next up: December 6th planner.
The December 4th planner can also be used for some quick inspiration. Have a great day, and we hope the holiday prep is going well.
