Is It Time For a Personal Annual Review
Living Happy Roundup
Hey, everyone! I might not have as much content this week because of the holidays, so I just wanted to let you know. I hope that if you’re in the U.S., you have a great Thanksgiving.
Okay, let’s get started.
Yi Shun Lai
Over on Medium, Yi Shun Lai has an article, “How to Pull Off a Personal Annual Review.”
For the last two years, she’d reviewed herself.
That sounds sort of terrifying, right? Maybe not so terrifying if you could give yourself a raise at the end.
She writes,
“There are two primary things you have to remember when you’re using this technique:
· Keep it simple
· Set a time limit
“Here’s the technique itself: Everything falls into one of three status markers — a plus (what went well); a minus (what didn’t go so well); or an arrow forward (what can you do better next time?). It’s worth noting that “what can you do better next time?” isn’t about the things you want to stop doing, but also about the things you want to keep doing.
“This technique makes good use of the four questions the ShelterBox disaster-relief team I volunteer for asks itself every evening during our debriefs on active deployments:
· What went well?
· What didn’t go so well?
· What would we do differently?
· What did we learn?
“Using either the plus, the minus, or the forward arrow, you assess nine different categories:
· Health and Fitness
· Work and Business
· Personal Life
· Friends and Community
· Learning and Knowledge
· Travel and Culture (how much did you explore?)
· Hobbies and Creativity (how did you nurture your creative side?)
· Emotions and Spirituality (how did you connect with your inner self?)
· Money and Finances”
Seriously easy, right?
She lists the top three accomplishments, biggest challenges, and then her six major goals for the upcoming year.
Your Turn
Another cool link is a book by Julie Lythcott-Haims, who writes in Your Turn
“Don’t let anyone tell you who you are — you have to have a bigger idea of who you are than how society sees you.”
