This is the third annual year-end Closing Out: Appreciating A Year Lived workshop!
The holidays tend to be a current that sweeps us up and hurries us along. Use this workshop to reclaim your time, pause, and reflect on 2025.
In this four-hour in-person workshop, you will take a compassionate view of your year, appreciate and remember what you experienced, and cultivate introspection that will carry through the coming year.
You’ll leave with a roadmap of your year, organized by season that reflects who you were by season, not simply all your various “activities” but who you were.
"The Closing Out workshop was so clarifying!
Suddenly I could see what was happening in my life way more clearly. I felt it viscerally. I just hadn't looked at my life from this vantage point.
The experience inspired me to plan my next year very intentionally—now I know what I want to see next year when I look back."
—Katie, NYC
Some of The Questions We'll Explore
When did you feel most spirited, engaged, or even enthralled?
What do you have a right to feel proud about from 2025? (Tiny but mighty personal wins.)
When were you able to bring grace to a trying situation, your own or that of another person?
When did connection occur?
What were the instances of surprise and delight?
The Vibe & What's Included
This is a small and supportive group willing to regard 2025 with curiosity and kindness.
We will write, share, and listen—gaining insights from our writing as well as one another.
We will review the photos we’ve taken through the year.
You'll receive an e-book you can use to extend the ideas we explore in the workshop and add them to your morning journaling practice.
You’ll create a roadmap that reflects your year, organized by season.
What to Bring
Paper, notebook, pencils, and pens. Markers are optional.
Provided: Blank journals, paper, pens, and markers.
The Metro Hotel has filtered water - bring a water bottle or Mason jar to fill.
A snack (if needed).
We’ll be in the Red Room, on the main floor facing the street (great light!) We can spread out into the cafe and use the outdoor space.
The Venue & Logistics
While Metro Hotel has street parking along Petaluma Boulevard, consider parking along the side streets. Do not use the tiny parking lot (for hotel staff). The hotel is wheelchair accessible, has a restroom, and filtered water.
About the Metro Hotel.
Feel free to reach out to me with any questions about the workshop or the venue via email.
About Your Facilitator
Amy Eden's passion for introspection and journal writing spans 35 years. She’s the author of The Kind Self-Healing Book and works of fiction and creative nonfiction published in Fatal Flaw, Gigantic Sequins, Ravishly, and others. She studied creative writing and earned an MFA at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has been designing and guiding workshops since 2014.
Questions? Feel free to email Amy!
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