Awakening Awe

January 8: Why awe is so good

January 9: Moral Beauty

Videos

• Cole Hocker stuns everyone to win the 1500m race 

• The US 4x400 women's relay team dominates

Journal questions

Think of time when you were awed by someone's courage, kindness, strength, or overcoming. Write in detail about this experience.

• Who was there?

• What happened?

• How did you feel?

January 10: Ordinary moral beauty

January 11: Connection

January 12: Collective effervescence

Videos

• Flash mob singing and dancing to Grease songs in Central Station Antwerp

• 2500 people sing Hallelujah in a Montreal concert hall

Journal questions

Reflect on times throughout your life when you felt collective effervescence.

• Make a list of experiences

• How did you feel?

• What factors were present to create these feelings?

• How might you step into collective effervescence again?

January 13: Schedule Effervescence

January 14: Pause and reflect

Journal prompts

• How and where did you experience awe this week? (List everything, big or small)

• What surprised you this week?

• Which awe practice felt most accessible?

January 15: Awe in Nature

Videos of inspiration

• The Breathtaking Beauty of Nature (2.5 minutes)

• Time-Lapse of Alaska's Northern Lights (2.5 minutes)

• Coral Reefs and Colorful Sea Life (3.5 minutes)

January 16: Ordinary Awe in Nature

January 17: Take a wonder walk

January 18: The power of music

Journal prompts

Take a moment to reflect on songs and music you enjoy.

• What songs pleasantly remind you of your youth?

• What movie scores spoke to you?

• What musicals inspire you?

• What songs make you dance?

• What songs do you listen to when you're sad?

January 19: Musical effervescence

January 20: Distinguishing factors of awe

January 21: Pause and reflect

journal prompts

• Reflect on moral beauty, collective effervescence, nature, and music. How and where did you experience awe this week? (List everything, big or small)

• What blocks you from awe?

• What opens you to awe?

January 22: Visual Design

January 23: Spirituality and Religion

journal prompts

• Where do you experience religion or spirituality?

• Do you feel seen and heard in these places? Do you feel fulfilled?

• Is there a new spiritual experience that you want to try?

January 24: Birth and death

January 25: Epiphanies

January 26: Open to Joy

Journal Prompts

• Reflect on moments in your life when you felt deep joy. Write in detail about one of these experiences.

• What activities open you to fun, play, and laughter?

• What activities help you feel present and calm?

Put one of these activities on your calendar.

January 27: Wild card day!

January 28: Pause and reflect

Journal prompts

• Have you noticed changes within yourself these last three weeks? If so, what are they?

• Overall, how do you feel? What's going well?

• Make a list of your favorite awe practices.

• Is there an interesting awe practice that you didn't have time for? (If so, return to it this week.)

January 29: New moon intention

journal prompts

• How will you continue with awe?

• Where is awe most accessible for you?

• What times of day are best for you?

• What small, doable practices will you continue?

• Based on these reflections, write down an intention. (Keep this intention in plain sight.)