Looking back, what was this year really about?
A one-page review of your year: what mattered, what you underrate, and a title for it.
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Sequence 7 steps A week, 10 to 20 min a day
The year in review.
Look back at the year properly before you plan the next one.
Seven prompts for the last week of the year, one a day. You review the year as a whole, then work, money and friendships, sort your regrets, choose what to stop, and only then plan the next three months.
From Know yourself, Work, Money, People, Focus
One step at a time.
Run them in order. Each step says why it comes when it does.
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- Step 01
Begin with the whole year: what mattered, what you underrate and a title for it.
Know yourself 20 min - Step 02
Then work, with the results and evidence you’d otherwise forget.
Work 20 min What did I get done this year that I’ve already forgotten?
A self-review built from your real year: results first, evidence attached, one honest growth area.
- Step 03
Then money: three numbers, what you’d repeat and what you’d undo.
Money 20 min Tell me the story of my money this year.
A one-page review of your money year: what moved, what you’d repeat, and one change for next year.
- Step 04
Then people: what you give as a friend and where you go missing.
People 10 min What kind of friend am I, really?
An honest portrait of you as a friend: what you give, where you go missing, and one thing to do.
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- Step 05
Sort what still stings into regrets you can act on and ones to set down.
Know yourself 10 min Which of my regrets can I still do something about?
Your regrets sorted into still open, closed but useful, and not yours to carry.
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- Step 06
Before you add any goals, choose three things to stop.
Focus 10 min What should I stop doing?
Three recurring things to stop, each with the evidence, the hours it returns and a graceful way out.
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- Step 07
Only now plan forward: up to three outcomes for the next three months.
Focus 20 min If the next three months go well, what will be different?
Up to three outcomes for the quarter, a 30-day marker for each, and a list of what you’re not doing.
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