May Community Guide
Working With Yourself So You Can Actually Show Up
This month is rooted in Reclaim Your Humanity and anchored by At the End of the Day, a meditative offering series from Monique Melton. We are not moving through this month to complete tasks. We are creating something we can return to.
Priority Focus
Create personal practices you can return to so your care becomes something you live, not something you only think about.
What to return to this month
Create Your Own Reflection Practice
Build prompts, questions, journal pages, voice notes, or creative rituals that help you reflect honestly at the end of the day.
Community Prompt Library
Share the prompts you create so others can borrow, adapt, and return to them in their own practice.
Check In With One Another
After you share, respond to one person. Witness what they are building. Try one prompt someone else created.
At the End of the Day
Use the offering as a place to pause, notice, and create from what your actual life is revealing.
This month is not about finishing
You are invited to build something simple enough to return to. A prompt. A journal page. A voice note rhythm. A few questions that help you tell the truth. What you create may also support someone else.
May calendar at a glance
Notice
What kind of reflection or support would actually help you show up more honestly?
Build
Create a reflection practice that fits your real life, capacity, and rhythm.
Share
Offer one prompt, journal page, or reflection structure to the community.
Return
Name what you created that you want to keep returning to beyond this month.
Monthly written reflection
What am I creating that I can return to?
As you engage with At the End of the Day, notice what helps you reflect with honesty instead of pressure. Let your real life shape the practice.
- What I’m noticing at the end of the day
- What kind of question helps me tell the truth
- What I’m creating so I can return to this practice
Weekly creation invitations
What would actually support you at the end of your day?
Begin by creating one reflection prompt for yourself. Keep it simple. Share it in the community so others can try it or adapt it.
Create: one prompt that helps you access honesty without shutting down.
Your practice does not need to look like anyone else’s.
Shape your reflection rhythm. It may be a notebook, a notes app, a voice memo, a habit bingo card, or a single question you return to a few times a week.
Create: a reflection format that fits low, medium, and high capacity days.
What you created might support someone else.
Share a prompt, journal page, short list of questions, or reflection structure. You do not need to be an expert to offer something useful.
Create: a shareable version of your practice.
What are you keeping?
Look back at what you built, what you used, and what felt realistic. Name one part of your practice you want to carry forward.
Create: a “return to” page with your core prompts, rhythm, and intention.
Community Prompt Library
This month, we are building a shared library of reflection prompts created by members. Add your prompt to the community thread, then try one prompt from someone else.
- Share one prompt you created.
- Try one prompt someone else shared.
- Reply to one person with what their prompt opened up for you.
- Return to the library whenever you need a doorway back into reflection.
Peer practice
An invitation to check in with one another
This month depends on shared ownership. After you share, check in with one other person. Ask what they are building. Try a prompt they created. Let your participation support someone else’s return.
- What did you create this week?
- What are you returning to?
- What prompt from another member stayed with you?
How to move through May
A simple rhythm
- Begin with At the End of the Day.
- Notice what kind of reflection your real life needs.
- Create one small prompt, page, rhythm, or practice.
- Share what you created in the community.
- Try one thing another member shared.
- Return to what actually supports you.
You do not need polished language to participate. You may move slowly, return later, or begin with one sentence. The practice this month is honest creation, not performance.
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