{"id":43674,"date":"2024-12-19T11:47:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/?p=43674"},"modified":"2024-12-19T15:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:03:23","slug":"your-personal-year-end-review-this-is-not-your-average-new-years-resolutions-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/your-personal-year-end-review-this-is-not-your-average-new-years-resolutions-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Personal Year End Review: This is Not Your Average New Year\u2019s Resolutions Post"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Runner'sFor years, we have said that New Year\u2019s Resolutions are not all they\u2019re cracked up to be. We all know someone (wink, wink, we\u2019re talking about you!) who has had lofty goals they\u2019ve set for themselves for the New Year that have all fallen flat within the first three months of the year. How many years have you told yourself you\u2019d get rid of that extra weight – or save more money – or take some big risk? And then not gotten anywhere closer to that goal by the end of the following year?\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s because we often don\u2019t set reasonable goals for ourselves when we talk about New Year\u2019s Resolutions. We have big dreams, and that\u2019s wonderful, but it\u2019s really hard to move to Europe or make a career shift without any plan in place to actually make it happen on a day-to-day basis. We expect all this change to happen without making any actual actions towards changing.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So we propose a new way of reflecting as New Year\u2019s Eve approaches – Your Personal Year-End Review. It\u2019s still got a lot of the same sentiment that Resolutions have without the close to inevitable disappointment. Here\u2019s what we suggest you do instead: <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Positive Reflections & Acknowledgements:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

This is the part where you always start – what did you do well this year? Before we start picking ourselves apart and trying to find all the ways that we\u2019re not quite happy with ourselves, we need to be kind to ourselves and actually look at the things we\u2019re really proud of. Some questions to consider in this part of the reflection are:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n