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November Journal Prompt

pen to paper, let's get ready for November!

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Tracy Benjamin
Nov 01, 2025
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New month, let’s check in!

November!

November is a loaded month for me.

As some of you may know, it’s the month my Mom died— on Black Friday. November brings up a lot of feelings, and I tend to hibernate, make a LOT of soup, and process through art. This will be the 8th Thanksgiving without her. Taking the time to reflect as we head into the holiday season is how I cope. I have to really channel her to be the magic maker of my family now.

Grief doesn’t hurt any less. It just hits differently.

See also how: Grief is Weird!

You can see how I worked with some of my grief in past Novembers inside my Currently Workbook

Check out these videos to see that process in action:

NOVEMBER 2024

NOVEMBER 2023

Here are all of the past Novembers I’ve tracked:

November 2022

November 2021

November 2020

November 2019 (First year of Currently Workbook)

November 2018 (First year without my Mom)

November 2017- First month I didn’t share

November 2016 (first year I started Currently)

If you want help processing a year through art, you can get a Currently Workbook from my Etsy shop. If you’re an international friend, here’s a link to one through Blurb.

Let’s have a look at our journal prompt for the month!

This is what we’ll be working on in Practice Pages (on zoom) this month for paid subscribers:

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