We are rapidly approaching the end of the year, and I am SHOOK at how fast 2024 flew by. I have a rigorous reflection process, and I always find a ton of value in tracking the highs, lows, and lessons of the year, which help inform how I move forward into the new year.

You need to understand where you’ve been to plan where you’re going, so today I’m sharing how to do a comprehensive end of year audit, and how to use this last month of the year to set yourself up for a successful 2025. Think of this as your condensed winter arc where you “soft launch” your new year goals.

I cover the journaling prompts, assessments, exercises and goal-setting guides I use to evaluate my year in review, and how I transform those takeaways into actionable goals and priorities for the new year. All of this is captured in a super helpful FREE guide to goal-setting and year-end auditing, which you can download here to accompany this episode!

Trust me when I say this will make it so much easier to hit the ground running on January 1st, because you won’t be starting from ground zero this year.

Tune in to hear more about:

• Leveraging the holiday slowdown to get ahead and test-drive new goals/habits
• Why we should give our new goals a trial run before January starts
• The journaling prompts I use to reflect on the year’s biggest lessons and takeaways
• Measuring your satisfaction using the Life Balance Wheel
• A game-changing exercise for auditing your time and how you spent your energy this year
• Honing in on areas for improvement, and setting SMART goals for each category
• The power of a guiding quote or mantra

Everything we cover in today’s episode is available to download in our free year-end audit - get your guide today and get a head start on your new year planning! You’ve got this.

Resources mentioned:

End Of Year Audit

How to set SMART goals

How To Design A Life Of Purpose, Using Ikigai

This show is produced by:

• Gillian Berner, Host & Producer
• Olivia Nashmi, Audio Engineer
• Carolyn Schissler , Designer & Web Producer

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