In this spirit of annual accounting, I advocate finding a few minutes for your own personal year-in-review.
Get a pen. Check out the form below. Clip it. Or print it. I guarantee that if you fill in the blanks, you'll realize some things about your 2005 you had only half registered before.
When you consciously review your year, you may notice how little you noticed it as it whizzed past. To review is to re-view. To rewind, pause, look again. And in looking again, to see more clearly.
You may be astonished by how much happened. And how much didn't. By how much has changed. And how much hasn't. You may laugh or sigh to notice that your life remains its usual jumble of contradictions.
PERSONAL YEAR IN REVIEW
In 2008, I gained (this does not mean WEIGHT unless you want it to) __________________.
I lost (this does not mean WEIGHT unless you want it to) ______________.
I stopped ____________________.
I started ____________________________.
I was hugely satisfied by ____________________.
And frustrated by ___________________________.
I am so embarrassed that I ___________________.
Once again, I_________________________.
Once again, I did not_____________________.
The biggest physical difference between me last December and this December is_________________________.
The biggest psychological difference between me last December and this
December is _________________________.
I loved spending time _______________________.
Why did I spend even two minutes_________________?
I should have spent more time______________________.
I regret buying __________________.
I will never regret buying_________even though with that money I could have bought __________________.
I __________________________ way too much.
I didn't _____________________________ enough.
________________________drove me crazy.
Was_________________crazier than ever last year? Or was it me?
The most relaxing place I went was:
I feel so_____________________when I write that down.
Why did I go to:
The best thing I did for someone else was:
The best thing I did for myself was :
The best thing someone did for me was:
The one thing I'd like to do again, but do it better, is:
(Feel free to post your 'reflections' in the comments section.)
2 comments:
PERSONAL YEAR IN REVIEW
In 2005, I gained: Some insight that I was lacking. Courage to do something with it.
I lost (this does not mean WEIGHT unless you want it to). Yet a little more faith in human beings. Lost trust in someone - and trust is not something I have a very large supply of to begin with.
I stopped beating myself up over things I am not responsible for and things I can't change.
I started dismissing people/ things that weren't worth my energy.
And frustrated by people who are incapable of giving a straight answer...until I realized those who have nothing to hide, hide nothing!
The biggest psychological difference between me last December and this
December is: Stopped taking my medication in June and haven't had any instances of the winter blues so far!!!!!!!!
I regret buying my house!
I will never regret buying an iPod even though with that money I could have bought a garbage disposal.
I eat way too much.
The best thing I did for myself was: Forgive someone
The best thing someone did for me was: Show me who they really are. Old saying is when people show you who they really are - believe them.
The one thing I'd like to do again, but do it better, is: Start my life over!!!!!
I gained: MORE respect for my familt and my friend who have been there though my struggles with my disorder
i lost: I lost a lot of things through the past year. The biggest Lose would be motivation.... i lost interest in things i love to do... that bothers me the most, and i another lose is of relations with family and friends....
I stopped pretty much everything... lol it isn't funny but i have to look at it and laugh. I do pretty much nothing now.
I started isolating myself from everyday life.
frustrated by myself. I just want to live life the way i used to, it is i just wish i could snap out of this slump i am in.
Well i am a totally different person... in some ways i guess i am better but most ways i am not. I know who my true friends are and know that they love me for me, not for the way i look. I Now take that to heart and live by that... i now look at people in a totally different way!! so i guess i can try and look at the positive...
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