How to Do a Meaningful Review of Your Past Year
WELCOME to Issue #223 of The Seedhead from Alex and Hannah at Dandelion Resourcing - a weekly confidence booster to help you step into naturally supernatural discipleship and mission!
A simple process with robust reflective questions that will set you up to plan for the future!
If you want to keep growing in 2025, it’s vital that you thoughtfully review 2024.
This means asking questions such as,
⇢ What went well?
⇢ What went not as well?
⇢ What needs work?
Doing a thoughtful review of the past year will empower you to create a far better focused annual plan for the new year.
In this video, Alex will give you a framework for running an annual review, along with some options to customize it, and some example questions to help you observe and reflect with greater discernment.
(Some of the details and questions talked about are listed below the video screen…)
Different Areas of Life
Here’s what I currently use for myself. You’ll want to adapt them for your unique story.
⇢ Spiritual
⇢ Family
⇢ Ministry / Work
⇢ Church
⇢ Skills
⇢ Missional Living
⇢ Experiences
⇢ Finance
⇢ Health, Fitness, and Rest
⇢ Growth (things not otherwise covered)
Observation Questions
What were your biggest accomplishments this year?
What were your most significant challenges?
How did you contribute the best to the lives of others/ the wider community?
Where were you most faithful to Jesus?
What made you most aware of the Father’s pleasure?
When did you feel most empowered by the Holy Spirit?
Think about what thrilled you the most this year…
Who were the people?
What were the activities?
What were the experiences?
What mindset were you bringing?
Now bring to mind what drained you the most…
Who were the people?
What were the activities?
What were the experiences?
What mindset were you bringing?
Reflection Questions
What did you learn?
How did you grow?
Where didn’t you grow as you’d hoped or expected?
What did the Lord most use to shape you?
How did things connect with your calling from God?
What patterns do you see?
What areas of your life would you like to focus on improving in the next year?
What do you want to spend more time on next year?
What do you want to spend less time on next year?
Next Steps
When will you commit to completing your annual review by? Who will hold you accountable? ◡̈
Consider which questions will be most useful to you (from the list above, and/or other questions you come up with)
Put a date on your calendar now!
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In order to live with maximum intentionality, we find the disciplines of intentional review and then planning forward to be game changers. You’ll find the investment of a little time will pay you compound interest down the line!
With love,
Alex + Hannah
ALEX AND HANNAH ABSALOM
P.S. We’d love to hear how you do an annual review. What questions do you ask? What tools do you use? What tips do you have? Please send us a note to let us know, so that we can update this list in future years. Thank you!
