EOY Reflections & 2024 Planning
Here are some journal prompts that I used recently that were helpful. I'm also be combing through Designing your Life.
Reflecting on 2023:
- What were your goals at the outset of the year? Where do you stand now against them? How do you feel about that progress?
- What events or milestones are you proud of?
- What evolved unexpectedly that you're happy about?
- What felt like a distraction?
- Did you learn any big lessons from the things that you might do differently in the future? What lessons?
- How did you feel about work this year?
- What will you leave behind in 2023?
- What was so good that you want to carry it into the future?
Goals for 2024:
- What do you want to keep in the new year? How do you want to keep it (both in a different way OR logistically, do you need to do something to keep it?)
- What can you experiment with to test new ideas? How will you measure the outcome?
- What is your main goal for 2024? How will you measure success?Here's a more extensive set of journal prompts for year reflection and looking ahead if anyone wants it! (attached as pdf)
You can find more resources like this from the author here: https://www.susannahconway.com/Re: designing your life - there's tons of useful stuff in there but it's all for more of a major pivot (like for me, considering changing some of my business offerings). The one I'm finding most useful is a word mind map (you can find more on this by googling). A sequentially later activity that they provide is the odyssey plan (a reframe of the five year plan). I've attached the odyssey map exercise for you below. You can get more resources here: https://designingyour.life/resources-authorized/