How to get the most out of next year (2016)
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How to get the most out of next year (2016)
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Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#2I've used this annual planning/reflection doc every year and have found it a refreshing way to put my life into perspective and reset for a new year. Hoping you find this useful too.
Alternate download link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2PaeRjVqAN7MngxTXFPQkpLVj...
Spreadsheet for filling in: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f5y9YjbOB5ixeQHFyUEp...
Plain Text: https://pastebin.com/raw/V7FaFS0Q
Past Submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13249796
Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#3I've used this the past few years.
Writing things down is very helpful, but the real benefit is introspecting at the end of the year. You have a record of what you hoped to do, and know what you did, and can think about what worked and what didn't.
In my case, the contrast between what I thought I could do and what I actually could couldn't have been starker.
Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#4I'd like to take this opportunity to note that January 1 is a myth.
It's actually NoMoNoMoVember.
(December 1 is also correspondingly a myth, of course, and is in fact NoMoVember.)
Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#5I would challenge the author of this document to try and get this down to 10 pages or preferably less. I’ve had a skim through and I’m not convinced this needs to be a 22 page document. The longer and more involved these planning systems are, the more I think they verge into procrastination territory.
Or even a different presentation method. A quick checklist of the actual process that is two pages long at most at the start of the document, and then a reasoning and details section if people want the deep dive.
Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#6By not reading things like "how to get the most out of...".
Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#7I would challenge the author of this document to try and get this down to 10 pages or preferably less. I’ve had a skim through and I’m not convinced this needs to be a 22 page document. The longer and more involved these planning systems are, the more I think they verge into procrastination territory. Or even a different presentation method. A quick checklist of the actual process that is two pages long at most at th…
I agree. I also think the list can be pared down from what I see so far, such as in "Values and purpose" it lists: "What are my fundamental values?" and "What do I truly value?"
These are pretty much the same question. I think three per section would be a good max, 12 is already a lot of categories.
Overall this seems pretty cool though, I'm going to skim through it.
Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#8By not reading things like "how to get the most out of...".
Why not, it can be a helpful starting point for self reflection.
Do most people even truly reflect on themselves, or do they lead lives of quiet desperation, the stereotyped unconscious despair?
Any thing that encourages introspection is good in my book.
Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#9Not my cup of tea, but I appreciate the effort and feel it'll help a lot of people immensely.
On the side note, I've noticed that the best and most actionable productivity articles made their way here in January every year.
Makes me that much more excited about January.
Re: How to get the most out of next year (2016)
#10I prefer to think of it as 86,400 seconds.