We live in a culture where, at the beginning of every new year, we hope and plan for the year ahead. We make ‘new year’s resolutions’ – what will we achieve, what will we aim for, who will we become?
Perhaps another way to mark the end of a year is to focus and reflect on the year just gone – what we did achieve and how we have grown. It’s easy to forget the successes of the past 12 months when we’re looking forward to what the next 12 months may bring.
It’s all well and good making plans and resolutions, in fact, they’re important. But, without some time set aside to reflect on what actually happened, we risk living in a perpetual future that may never come to exist instead of intentionally reminding ourselves of the wins (and losses) of the life we lived.