In early January 2021 (remember COVID-19?), I received an email with a link to a list of the top 80+ articles on Medium about planning your goals for 2021.
Seriously! 80 articles?
Who has time for that? 😛
If you want to procrastinate, this would be a perfect "rabbit hole."
But it's that time of year, isn't it? The "End of Year Review" time. 📆
You might already be thinking about how 2023 went for you, what you’ve accomplished and learned, your major milestones, and so on.
Many coaches will offer a downloadable worksheet with a list of questions, or even a program, to do a deep-dive review of your accomplishments, and then establish your goals and actions for the coming year.
I want to do something different this year — to disrupt the norm and see if it helps you to get a more tangible and impactful review of your personal development and self-awareness.
Instead of a one-off download, I am going to post a single question on LinkedIn with an explanation every day for the next 9 days — starting tomorrow, Wednesday, December 13, and wrapping up on Thursday, December 21.
Each question will focus on a single aspect of your 2023 year-in-review, making it easier to approach in bite-size pieces, and the opportunity to think about what you've accomplished over a longer period.
The benefit to doing this introspection more slowly and bit by bit is the possibility of getting a more profound awareness than you would if you tried to cram in a review within 1 to 3 hours.
Think about it: is 365 days of your life worth a review of more than 3 hours?
✍️ Allow yourself to answer without judgement, writing your reflections and observations in your journal, or however you wish to complete this process.
Don’t consider this process to be a “measurement” of your past year — this is not about what you did right or wrong.
Instead, reflect on what happened, what stands out, and how those experiences shaped you — and return to previous questions as you work through this process.
Add more detail and colour over the coming days as recollections and observations bubble up in your memory.
❗️HINT: Review your calendar and journals to discover forgotten highlights that include major events, significant habits, and goals you accomplished.
At the end of this series, I will show you how to pull all of your insights together to create a roadmap for 2023 that aligns with your core values, supports your well-being, and cultivates more joy. 😃
If that works for you, go to my LinkedIn profile and like today's post so that you won't miss the next update of my Year-In-Review process that I am publishing exclusively on LinkedIn.
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Darren Stehle | Coach & Writer
@DarrenStehle
Coaching change-makers in critical thinking to align with your values & truth, develop confidence & self-mastery, and contribute to an equitable & just society.
