View your photos, diary entries, calendar, correspondence with loved ones. So you will remember what you have done and experienced over the past 12 months. Set the timer for one hour and get started.
After that, answer the following questions:
Set aside three minutes for each question. If you are doing an exercise with a loved one, discuss what surprised you, what you particularly remember, how these events affected you, what you will remember in five years.
Now transfer to a large piece of paper or to a document on your computer:
Think about which areas of life are doing well, and what needs additional attention. Rate each area from 1 to 5 in terms of how satisfied you feel in them: 1 — completely dissatisfied, 5 — completely satisfied.
For example, the spheres may be: health, communication, family, creativity, career, finances, emotional well-being.
Think about why you put this particular rating. What are you missing in this or that area? What needs to be changed? If the score is high, how to maintain it at the same level? Mark this on a large sheet under the lists of important events and lessons.
Answer the questions by allocating three minutes for each:
Go back to the goals from the short list and formulate them more clearly. Think about how to determine at the end of the year whether you have achieved success or not. Add a deadline, a specific action, or a number.
Determine your motivation. For each goal, name three needs or desires that encourage you to strive for it. If you want to start your own business, the motivation may be: a craving for risk, additional income, a desire to prove that you are capable of it. When you know the reason, it is easier for you to move towards the goal.
Make a realistic action plan. To do this, consider such items, again allocating three minutes for each:
Write down the goals and the main steps to achieve them on a large sheet. Put reminders on your calendar in three, six and nine months to track your progress.
Now you have a sheet with the achievements and lessons of the past year and clear goals for the new one. Keep it in plain sight so as not to forget what you have already achieved and what you are striving for.