Forget new year resolutions. Conduct a past year review instead

What is your 2024 resolution?

“Yar health pe dhyaan dena hai” (I want to focus on my health)

This is one of the most common answer I hear over New Year socials.

The sad news is that goal setting doesn’t work that way. High chances that you wont even remember your resolution after 2 months.

Year end reviews are more informed, valuable, and actionable than half-blindly looking forward with broad resolutions. 

Most people would agree to this but would not take action because it can seem like a lot of "work". 

What is end of year review?
Reflect on the year gone by and plan ahead.

Why should you do it?
To live a conscious life by setting up habits and systems towards achieving your goals and life mission.

How should you do it?
Everyone thinks and operates differently. Here are links to a few methods advocated by high performance individuals around us. Pick one that suits you or mix it up.

Annual review - James Clear

The yearly review template - Dickie Bush

Goal setting guide for 2022 - Sahil Bloom

Forget New Year’s resolutions and conduct a past year review instead - Tim Ferris

6 buckets to organise your life - Dickie Bush

21 questions to reflect on as you end 2021 - Dickie Bush

These are just ideas and starting points. Find your way!

You may not finish in a day. Thats fine. Take some time every day for a few days - that may also help the reflection process by giving you time to think over things, go back in time, refer to your calendar, view photo gallery, check out your notes etc.

Good luck!