10 Big Questions You Should Ask Yourself to Have a Better Year

You made it!

The first month of the year (January) that the majority deems as the hardest, is finally behind you. It’s still a new season. The year is still young. Thoughtfully, set time to reflect, reboot, refocus, and review self.

If you want growth, it's essential to check what has and hasn't worked. You still have time to re-strategize and re-evaluate.

Why Should You Do the Review?

There are benefits to it. Let's look at them:

• Discover more concerning your strengths & weaknesses. It is important to know the role your strengths played in meeting your goals last year and how to improve your weaknesses this year.
• Track down your wins for the year and celebrate them - We hardly recognize small wins. Celebrate!?This makes you appreciate all your hard work. It is important to keep tabs on your win. To make it traceable and trackable, you can get a journal where you document your journey, or get sticky notes and a Jar that you can label “My wins Jar”. Whenever you achieve something, you note it down and drop it in your win jar. After every 3 months, open your jar and celebrate the wins!
• Let go of what didn't work - Time is of the essence. Concentrate on what matters. Don’t dwell on past mistakes and failures, pick up the pieces, learn from them and move.
• Find balance in the different spheres of your life - For contentment, every life sphere needs attention. They are multi-functional. If you neglect one, the others will suffer. Life encompasses different facets namely; - Spiritual and Personal Growth, Physical & Mental Health, Physical environment, Career, Finance, Fun, Recreation also Family, and Friends.
• Set realistic goals for the coming year - Goals need to be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-Bound) The brings laser focus on the goals you need to set. They also need to be followed up with actions. The actions can be broken down into small attainable steps. Micro goals lead to Macro winning.

Ready to do the review?

Here are 10 Review Questions as a Guide

1. What made me happy this year?
2. What event made me sad?
3. Which goals did I set for myself; how many did I achieve?
4. How did I gift myself for my achievements?
5. Which relationships did I nurture?
6. Which activities did I dedicate most of my time to?
7. Which area of my life did I improve most?
8. What am I proud of in this past year?
9. What lessons did I learn?
10. What will I miss most about this year?

There is no prescribed formula for doing this exercise, however, you need to be honest with yourself as you respond.

How do you carry out the review?

It doesn't have to be formal with charts, checklists, graphs, or documents.

Make it simple.

If you had a journal or notebook, that you used to write down your goals, plans, ideas, wins, or losses, grab it. Turn the pages of the entries you wrote. Do a postmortem of the year that ended.

Look at every event. Let your imagination run wild.

Keeping your journal or piece of paper close, write your answers to each question. Remember, there is no right or wrong answer.

Don't fret concerning the ones you could not achieve.

It's important to highlight the areas of your life where you have succeeded and those you need to improve on to make the year better.

So, let's do the reviews.

This exercise will force you to analyze the choices you will make in the new year.

Good luck!!

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