Time to Reflect on 2020 and Work on Your 2021 Plan

Wow! Wasn’t that a year? It felt like a cou­ple of years jammed into one – and was cer­tain­ly one of the most inter­est­ing of our lives.

Two things to con­sid­er over the holidays:

• Grat­i­tude for all the great things this crazy year has brought you – per­haps a reminder of what’s most impor­tant, your work or home team who ral­lied and became stronger, mas­ter­ing tech­nol­o­gy in a way you nev­er thought you could do
• Reflec­tion about all those good things.

The best way to do this is to use the tools in Chap­ter 17 Plan, Plan, Plan Again, in Your Oxy­gen Mask First.

• Do a one-page annu­al reflec­tion and then reset your plans for the rest of your life. Look at what you want at the very end of your life, then in 10 years, three years and one year. Then build out your action plan for the next quarter.
• Take an hour to con­tem­plate by your­self, draft your plan, then share it with your fam­i­ly and/​or your part­ner in life and/​or a good friend. Dis­cuss it with them and see if they have any com­ments or ques­tions to enhance your thinking.

You can sug­gest they do one, as well. And you can do one for your fam­i­ly or as a cou­ple. The key is your reflec­tion on the past year, through the win­dows of Work, Self and Life; and to look for­ward to what you want to create.

If you find that peo­ple in your life are still feel­ing bur­dened by the events of this year – COVID or oth­er things – here are a few more resources:

• Man­age Your Men­tal Health — A series of arti­cles I want­ed to share that I’m hop­ing will help you either man­age your own men­tal health or help some­one around you that might be stressed.
• Chap­ter 15 — Love the Lessons to help them to see anoth­er side of what may be painful for them, and to change their sto­ry from ​‘woe to wow’.

Good luck with your reflec­tions and your plans!