5 questions to ask yourself to take stock of the year

The end of the year is the perfect time to take a breather and take stock. What if we asked ourselves the right questions to review the satisfactions, the disappointments and, above all, the lessons of the last 12 months? By answering five simple questions, you will realize that your assessment of the year can become a very good omen for next year.

When winter comes, a review of the year can be a super useful exercise! The experiences you have had this year have necessarily offered you opportunities to learn, to evolve and, if necessary, to know yourself better. It’s time to review them…

A review of the year for what?

The end of the year is a key moment for take a step backput things in perspective, learn a little more about yourself and of course, refocus to get off to a good start in January.

How have you evolved over the past 12 months, in terms of your knowledge, your skills, your values, your vulnerabilities or your relationships. You’ve had plenty of experiences this year, so it’s worth taking some time to look them in the face.

This personal assessment, carried out at a time when you are not in the daily rush, also gives you the opportunity to reconnect with what really matters for you.

We can summarize the year-end review exercise in 5 questions:

What do you remember from this year?
How have I improved this year?
How did I handle the hardest time of the year?
In what areas do I need to improve next year?
What are my 3 main goals for next year?

No need to do more to take stock of the year.

1. What do you remember from this year?

The first question you can ask yourself for your review of the year is simply: ” what do you remember from this year? » Tu are going to do a retrospective of your year, month by month, without sorting. You will write down all the milestones, the happy things like the delicate episodes, the nice memories, the moments of well-being, the small victories like the big steps forward.

To wake up your memory, you can open your calendar, browse your emails and your social networks or go rummaging through the photo galleries on your phone. By answering this first question, you have all the raw material for the rest of your assessment.

2. How have I improved this year?

Based on this little retro, you will then ask yourself the following two questions:

What went well? What are my victories of the year, my successful projects, the good surprises that I encountered, etc.?
At what levels and in what areas have I improved?

Try to go a little further: if you succeeded in something important, what enabled you to do it? What qualities, what skills And what talents did you use to get there? What were the keys to your success and how can you benefit from these experiences for the future?

The idea is to learn from these experiences. No need to take stock if it’s simply to make a list of everything that went well during the year!

3. How did I deal with difficult times?

There, it is the less positive vision of things: what were your main failures This year ? The mistakes you made, the situations that made you feel uncomfortable, the relationships that disappointed you, the times that frustrated you…

Again, what matters is get useful information of these different experiences. Take the time to reflect on significant situations to better understand the context and the underlying reasons for these failures, disappointments or poor performance.

4. In what areas do I need to improve next year?

What do you want to change, improve, learn? Which way do you want to take next year, when you take stock of this year? And what first step can you take to get yourself on the right path?

The idea is to start drawing the guidelines for the coming year, or even to set yourself real goals. This is also (and above all) what your review of the year is for!

5. What are my 3 main goals for next year?

It’s hard to find the motivation and start the year off right when you don’t have clear goals in mind. I’m not talking about “good resolutions” that, like 95% of people, you won’t keep. I am referring to realistic goals which, on the one hand, make you pleasure and on the other hand, will be reasons for satisfaction and pride when the time comes for your assessment of next year.

As I am generous, I give you some ideas to inspire you (it’s up to you to do the rest). All these ideas are within your reach: