There are two things I do at the start of a new year.
One is a Lifehacker review of my previous year. I actually can't find the original article but the questions I answer every year are:
- What went well
- What accomplishments did I have?
- How did I improve my life?
- How did I improve my relationships?
- What did I remove from my life that is now making me happier?
- What do I wish I had taken more time for?
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| My reviews have their own folder in my Google Drive |
The second thing I do (or have done for the past couple of years) is a Buzzfeed Memory Jar.
I've actually been feeling very down about the past few months. On top of wedding related stress I'm leaving BrexitCentral at the end of the month - which was planned from the start but I think it's going to be my last job in Westminster and that's left me feeling very conflicted. So today, when I finally felt like I could sit down and do my review of last year I opened up my memory jar and started unfolding the little bits of paper that I'd kept for a whole year.
And it made me very happy.
Sometimes I've written the same achievement twice because it made me so happy. Sometimes I achieved very small things that while being small made me feel accomplished at the time. Last year I wrote down the important ones in my review document and then burned them. This time I feel so overwhelmed - I started today feeling tired already and avoiding my year review because I wasn't sure what to put - I'm going to document them all here exactly as I wrote them before burning them. (Fiancé. If you're reading this I'm sorry in advance. I know that this is what you're supposed to use the shredder for.)
So, in categories but no particular order within those:
Life:
- Stopped Grandma running a red light (18/02/16)
- Got my Day Skipper Licence! (12/02/16)
- Got my Day Skipper Licence! Not Comp Crew! <3 li="">
- Lay my hands flat on the floor after Yoga!
- Got free pizza from the lovely people @ Papa Johns! (24/11)
- Cleaned the washing machine filter
- Went to see "Your Name" - cried a lot (24/11)
- Unblocked bathroom sink
Social / Courage:
- Darren said I was a very social person
- Called Yoko and had a kinda conversation in Japanese (08/12)
- I asked the couple to move during the last act of the Cursed Child as I couldn't see the stage properly - and they did! (16/09/16)
- Told JI I didn't want to work at BC long term (17/08)
Work:
- My licence fee lines document was deemed super helpful by Dia and Alex. John said they should be a permanent reactive work feature (13/05/16)
- JI says my social media presentation work is first class work (11/03/16)
- Jonathan said I get shit done (01/12)
- John approved me working with the interns and thought my prep work was awesome. Kate thought it was helpful too! (14/05/16)
- My volunteer planning guide is AWESOME (Says KG) (13/05)
- Correctly moved our WP hosting (25/11)
- Worked really hard on the Steel Briefing in terms of organising so Alex was freed up to write. Also updated social media & website v. soon after publishing (01/04)
- JO and AW both like my adaption of JSJs research note template. It both looks good and is workable for everyone! (27/04/16)
- Built a clean version of Your TPA within 30 mins after realising there were some errors on my Saturday build. (22/08)
- FINISHED TPA APP!
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