Over the next few days I’m going to be reviewing 2018. I’m also going to be formulating what I want to do with my 2019. If you’ve never done this kind of exercise, I’d highly recommend it. The first challenge I ran across when I began my annual habit of re-reading good books I’ve found, was what areas to focus on?
Here are the areas I use to formulate a New Year:
Physical
- Diet Goals
- Weight-loss goals
- Exercise Goals
- Nutrition Goals
Mental
- What do I want to learn?
- How many books do I want to read?
- What podcasts do I want to watch/stop watching?
- What courses do I want to take?
Spiritual
- What spiritual practices do I want to continue?
- What do I want to do to contribute to my fellow man?
- What kindness can I spread to the world?
- What types of spiritual questions do I want to pursue an answer to?
- What spiritual books and courses do I want to take?
Social
- Where can I go to meet new people (physically)?
- Where can I go to meet new people (virtually)?
- What activities can I do to engage with people?
- How can I improve or maintain current relationships?
- How can I gain more followers to my blog?
These are just some thoughts you may be able to think about for your own review and goal setting. I like to work through exercises like this because they help me to capture what really worked previously, what didn’t work, and what I can do to keep moving forward in my life. I think the most important aspect of this exercise, along with others, that bring some semblance of order and meaning to my life.
We all want to wake up energized and anxious to get to work. As a retiree, this has become a really important thing for me. I want my retired life to be profitable, meaningful, contributing, and fulfilling. These things represent different things to different people. I would challenge you to really assess what you value. What you want to achieve. What you want to do with yourself in the next year.
As promised, I’ll be posting my finalized plan for 2019 on the 31st of December. This was a good year. Next year will be better because I’ve built a solid foundation of writing, exercise, spiritual pursuits, and social activities. This year will be better because I am better. I have learned a great deal over the last year and look forward to begin applying all I have learned/re-learned.
I hope all of you have a terrific New Year’s Day! Take some time over the next few days and really think about all of your experiences in the last year. What did you learn? What do you want to apply to your future?
I’m excited to begin the new year and begin executing all of the things I am contemplating. I hope you have some time to figure out what you want and institute a plan that will bring all of your goals to fruition.
Until next time…
Dave
