Reflection: A Top Ten List of End of Year Questions
In order to embrace the new, we must release the old. An important part of preparing for the New Year is reflection.
To go where you wish to go, and become who you wish to be, you’ll need to know where you are and who you are now. An honest self-analysis is always helpful to gain clarity.
As you end the year it seems particularly fitting to devote some time reflecting on the year past and where you see yourself as the New Year dawns.
The following questions should stimulate your thinking for this process. Reflect upon what you did, how you felt, what you liked, what you didn’t… and what you learned.
Here are some suggestions to get you started in mulling over the past year:
- What did I learn? (skills, knowledge, awareness gained, etc.)
- What did I accomplish? A list of my wins and achievements.
- What would I have done differently? Why?
- What did I complete or release? What still feels incomplete to me?
- What were the most significant events of the year past? List the top five.
- What did I do right?
- What do I feel especially good about?
- What was my greatest contribution?
- What were the fun things I did?
- What were the not-so-fun?
- What were my biggest challenges/difficulties?
- How am I different this year than last?
- What am I particularly grateful for?
Consider listing all the things in your life you would like to let go of… anything you no longer want, whether they be things or feelings, friends or beliefs.
The next step is to list what you do want… experiences, knowledge, material things, relationships, healings, and so on.
In doing this, you’ll be using the principle of vacuum… releasing what you don’t want and embracing what you do creates space for new things, things to be attracted into your reality…people and ideas as well.
Make it a great New Year by ending this one well.
