Based on An End of the Year Retrospective by Pat Kua.
Go through your planning tools (e.g. personal and work calendars, to-do lists, journals, etc) and list any events or activities (by month) of significance to you. Capture these as if you were a neutral bystander.
Examples might include: “Moved house”, “Took part in a virtual panel”, or “Read Lord of the Rings for the 2nd time”
Describe how each experience helped you grow.
List each goal out here. For each, did you accomplish your goal? If not, how did you progress and what stopped you from reaching your goals?
How did you cope or overcome the challenge? What did you learn from that challenge?
Why are you grateful? Consider where you have come from reflect on what you have that others may not have.
Open up your calendar and add these goals as a calendar entry (maybe around Dec 15). Break this down into quarterly steps and actions.
For each accomplishment in the previous section, think about at least one step per quarter you completed that took you one step closer to your goal. Consider listing more specific steps. You might have something that looks like the following:
- End of March - Established my reading list for the year. Read 5 books.
- End of June - Read 10 books
- End of September - Read 10 books
- End of December - Read 5 books
- End of March
- End of June
- End of September
- End of December