End of theYear Life Assessment
The end of the year is a perfect time to assess your life through a personal inventory. Find a quiet block of time and space. Set an intention to look at yourself with courage, honesty, and gentleness. You may want write about it in a journal. Here are some questions to support that process:
1) How did I fare with last year's intentions/resolutions? Am I where I want to be with those? Do I need to tweak them into clearer intentions for the New Year?
2) How am I doing in my relationships? In general? And with specific people in my life? With Spirit?
3) What accomplishments or growth areas do I want to acknowledge and honor?
4) What areas am I struggling with? Am I asking for support?
5) How am I doing with self-acceptance?
6) How am I doing with self-care? Health? Nutrition? Activity? Balance? Rest? Meditation?
7) How I am doing with my environment? Do I need to get rid of clutter? Is everything in good working order? Are there repairs needed? Is my environment clean and fresh?
8) How am I doing with finances? am I comfortable with how I am handling money? Spending? Saving?
9) Are there any other areas I want to assess?
When you feel complete with your assessment, set it aside. Take some deep breaths with the intention to release thought patterns that no longer serve. You may want to sleep on it before moving on to the next part.
After assessing where you are, consider how you want to approach the new ye"ar. Do you want to set resolutions, goals, intentions? What do you feel inside as you consider these? If the word resolutions" sends you into wallowing over past failures, that might not be right for you. If the word "intention" seems too arbitrary, you may need to set specific measurable "goals" with deadlines. If that seems too rigid or overwhelming, you may need to use "intention" for an attitude toward yourself you want to adopt. You might want to use a combination of these. What's important is to use what serves you best! Take time to find what works for you.
As you look ahead into the new year, think about what excites you. If money were no object and you couldn't fail, what would you be pursuing? If guilt and obligation were not factors, what avenue would you want to walk down? Wrtie out a fantasy life scenario just to get creative juices flowing. Let yourself enjoy pretending for a little while. Set that aside. You may want to sleep on it again before moving into a more concrete plan.
When you've allowed sufficient time to pass to build some excitement and pleasure about new possibilities, it's time to get serious about what you really want for yourself in the next twelve months. Write it down. You can make it a list. You can write it out as if you are answering the self-assessment questions above from the perspective of how you want to be answering next December. Make it a story. How ever you choose to do it, share your plan with other people whom you know would offer support. Ask some to check in with you and help hold you accountable.
I hope you have fun with the process and I wish you success and fulfillment in 2011!
1) How did I fare with last year's intentions/resolutions? Am I where I want to be with those? Do I need to tweak them into clearer intentions for the New Year?
2) How am I doing in my relationships? In general? And with specific people in my life? With Spirit?
3) What accomplishments or growth areas do I want to acknowledge and honor?
4) What areas am I struggling with? Am I asking for support?
5) How am I doing with self-acceptance?
6) How am I doing with self-care? Health? Nutrition? Activity? Balance? Rest? Meditation?
7) How I am doing with my environment? Do I need to get rid of clutter? Is everything in good working order? Are there repairs needed? Is my environment clean and fresh?
8) How am I doing with finances? am I comfortable with how I am handling money? Spending? Saving?
9) Are there any other areas I want to assess?
When you feel complete with your assessment, set it aside. Take some deep breaths with the intention to release thought patterns that no longer serve. You may want to sleep on it before moving on to the next part.
After assessing where you are, consider how you want to approach the new ye"ar. Do you want to set resolutions, goals, intentions? What do you feel inside as you consider these? If the word resolutions" sends you into wallowing over past failures, that might not be right for you. If the word "intention" seems too arbitrary, you may need to set specific measurable "goals" with deadlines. If that seems too rigid or overwhelming, you may need to use "intention" for an attitude toward yourself you want to adopt. You might want to use a combination of these. What's important is to use what serves you best! Take time to find what works for you.
As you look ahead into the new year, think about what excites you. If money were no object and you couldn't fail, what would you be pursuing? If guilt and obligation were not factors, what avenue would you want to walk down? Wrtie out a fantasy life scenario just to get creative juices flowing. Let yourself enjoy pretending for a little while. Set that aside. You may want to sleep on it again before moving into a more concrete plan.
When you've allowed sufficient time to pass to build some excitement and pleasure about new possibilities, it's time to get serious about what you really want for yourself in the next twelve months. Write it down. You can make it a list. You can write it out as if you are answering the self-assessment questions above from the perspective of how you want to be answering next December. Make it a story. How ever you choose to do it, share your plan with other people whom you know would offer support. Ask some to check in with you and help hold you accountable.
I hope you have fun with the process and I wish you success and fulfillment in 2011!
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