Review your year

Reviewing Your Year

It is a healthy activity to reflect back on the time gone by, in an objective way, before making plans for the year ahead. However, most of us are moving towards one of the two extremes:

 • Self-ridicule or lamenting the stuff we didn’t do or did wrong.

 • Self-congratulation or patting oneself on the back for all the great stuff we did, while ignoring the mistakes.

Reviewing The Year: The Boss-Like Evaluation

It’s a great idea to have an objective assessment for one’s achievements and efforts, reviewing them like a supportive boss would do while providing an appraisal.

To maintain an ideal balance, give yourself con...