Four Questions for Yearly Review: Creating Your Future Intentionally

The Power of Ritual and Reflection

• 🗓️ Marking the passage of time through rituals, like birthdays and anniversaries, provides meaning and narrative to our lives.
• 💡 Religious traditions often offer structure for reflection, but individuals can create their own rituals to commemorate significant life events.
• ✨ Anniversaries, whether for relationships, businesses, or personal milestones, serve as opportunities for intentional reflection and thought work.

Four Questions for Annual Review

• 🎯 The core of the review involves answering four key questions to evaluate the past year and shape the future.
• ❓ Question 1: What were your favorite moments or themes of the past year? This focuses on identifying positive experiences and growth to cultivate appreciation.
• ❓ Question 2: What do you like that you're already doing? This highlights existing activities, attitudes, or ways of relating that are working well and should be continued.
• ❓ Question 3: What do you want to stop or have less of? This involves identifying behaviors, activities, or patterns that are no longer serving you and can be phased out.
• ❓ Question 4: What do you want to add or what do you want more of? This generative question focuses on desires for new experiences, growth, or increased engagement in specific areas.

Applying the Four Questions

• 🤝 The exercise can be done individually, with a partner, business partner, or friend, offering insights into personal priorities and shared dynamics.
• 📝 When done with others, it's recommended to answer all questions separately first, then discuss answers to foster understanding and avoid immediate conflict.
• 🧠 The process encourages a shift from a default brain tendency towards problem-solving to a more intentional and positive creation of the future.
• 🚀 By engaging in this structured reflection, individuals can gain clarity on what brings them joy, what to let go of, and what to actively pursue, leading to a more purposeful and exciting life.