The end of the year is approaching and I hope we’re all taking a bit of time to rest and reflect. These may be simple practices but they are so important!
And they also prepare us for looking forward.
There isn’t anything magical about goals that are set on January 1st but it’s a decent time to consider what we’re doing and why. Goals can be powerful ways of identifying our priorities and focusing our attention.
With that in mind, today we’re looking at questions to ask when looking back at the past year as well as a few prompts for the year ahead.
Reviewing Where We’ve Been
10 questions to ask about the past year:
- What has gone well?
- What has gone not-so-well?
- What have we felt fulfilled by?
- What or who has encouraged us?
- What has drained us?
- What would we like to do better?
- What do we want more of?
- What did we not get a chance to do ?
- What went according to plan?
- What surprised us?
Looking Forward To What’s Next
4 prompts for the year ahead:
- What 1-3 tasks are the most important things for us to focus on next?
- What relationships do we want to focus on ?
- How will we do these things in a healthy way?
- How do we plan to care for ourselves?
For more on reflecting and goal setting, check out Reflections and Goals for Writers as well as Not Just Any Old Goals: Setting Goals That Work.
Thanks, Bethany.
I wish I could wrinkle my nose and make the pandemic disappear. 😉
At least it’s a good excuse for trying new flavors of ice cream.
Gosh, I wish that as well, Kathy! 🙂
Enjoy the ice cream and the start of the new year!!