This article is a template for a year-end journaling process I share in this article (link – Reflect. Review. Redesign. (#115)). Sorry, but you’ll need to read that before you can understand this. Oh, you’ve read it already? Great! Sorry, carry on, please.
Reflect
List everything you can recall in each week/fortnight week/month (step 1 below is reflecting on every week, you can change it according to your likeness).
Week 1: What did I do / What happened to me / What decision did I make?
Week 2:What did I do / What happened to me / What decision did I make?
Week 3: What did I do / What happened to me / What decision did I make?
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Review
Questions to ask while Reviewing the year:
What went bad?
Why did it go bad?
How could it not have gone bad?
What have I learned from it going bad?
Similarly…
What went good?
Why did it go good?
How could it not have gone good?
What have I learned from it going good?
Do this for every important action/decision/thing that happened to you in the year. Even small daily habits which might have made a huge impact as the year progressed.
Redesign
Changes I Need to Make…
And so on… (add as many as you think significant)
Things I Need to Keep the Same Way…
And so on… (add as many as you think significant)
I really wish this method serves you well. Thank you for reading.
Arjun Khemani 