How do you end a year like this one?
Sophie Luminara
Solo mum of girls with ND traits, experience of abuse, narcissism and divorce. Back in the UK after 9 years in Mauritius. Coming soon "No More Forks To Give" (NMFTG) blog & community. Watch this space...
It's time for me to switch off now for the Christmas / end of year holidays. My kids finish school in the next hour or so and I fully intend to switch off, and be present with them, with my husband and with myself for the next 2 weeks.
This is my farewell 2020 / Christmas photo, and wow I look as tired as a I feel. So even more reason to switch off and take a break!
HOWEVER I will be reviewing this year and planning next year, as I do every year, to make sure I get the best and most out of every day.
And as this year has been such a tough one, I'm going to share with you the basic template I use every year, which I normally only share with the members of my Life Reboot Camp*.
It's not about stats, facts and figures or classic "achievements" but about how I felt / want to feel. Which feels very apt for this year.
I hope it helps you too. Consider it my Christmas gift to you :-)
I will be offline now until the first week of January and I urge you to go offline too, that's where the magic happens!
Have a fabulous end of year, even if it's not what you would have wanted / planned / expected.
Big love,
Sophie xx
* if you are a Life Reboot Camper you can find a link to this template in our Facebook group
Review of 2020 and Goals for 2021
Review of 2020
1) Give everything below a score out of 1-10 (1 is bad, 10 is good)
- Work
- Money
- Love
- Parenting
- Friends
- Me
- Health / body
- Social (including birthdays, holidays, days out, 1-2-1 time etc)
2) Gratitude - do some free writing on what you're grateful for this year
3) My achievement this year (personal and professional - list them)
4) What I need to feel alive, happy and fulfilled, what makes my heart sing? (some of mine below)
- Quiet time
- Cuddles
- Good, healthy food
- Sunshine
- Daily sport
- Daily reading
- Weekly good TV including one night of TV for ME
- Nights out with dancing
- 1-2-1 time with hubby
- Family time
- 1-2-1 time with girls
- Time with friends
- Mindset and woo-woo time
- Time spent on my business
- Running
- Walking
- Yoga and / or Pilates
- Good wine
- Aperitifs
- Clean bedding
- Lying in the sun by the pool
- Listening to good music
- Cinema trips
- Restaurant trips
- Star-gazing
- Sunset viewing at the beach
5) What can I do to factor this in to my life in 2020? (some of mine below)
- Schedule in a weekly TV night for me
- Schedule in nights out dancing
- Schedule in 1-2-1 time and friends time
- Buy 2 nice bottles of wine a month - eat cheaper to even it out
- Wash sheets weekly and be mindful of how they feel when they are clean
- Check out cinema listings weekly
- Get outside and star-gaze
- Sleep under the stars when it’s dry
6) What do I want to do for my birthday this year?
On my actual birthday...
The weekend before / after...
With friends…
With family...
Presents I want...
7) What holidays do I want this year? Including staycations, weekends away etc.
8) How do I want my day-to-day to look?
9) How do I want my week / month to look (some of mine below)?
- 1-2-1 time with hubby - Tuesday evenings out + Saturday evenings at home
- 1-2-1 time with Léna / Clémence - one Saturday a month
- Family time - one Sunday a month
- Me days - Sundays except when family time, then Saturday
- Léna film night with us - Friday evenings
- Family film time - one Sunday a month
GOALS FOR 2021
List them here...but be careful to have "feeling" goals and not just stats, figures etc.