After a low key NYE, I spent New Year’s Day on the couch further trying to recover from whatever nasty thing I contracted right after Christmas.
Chad and I took the opportunity to work through Susannah Conway’s Unravelling the Year Ahead year planning tool. The workbook claims it will take an hour, but it took us much longer. It guides you through reflecting on the year that has passed — and man, we have had a crazy one — and leads you through planning and prioritizing for the year ahead. You begin the planning by choosing a word for the coming year. This word can help remind you of priorities when the big picture gets fuzzy, as it is wont to do.
Mine is “craft.” It implies thoughtfulness, mindfulness, intention, and preparation. It connotes a process and a product. It also reflects what I profess to believe about the world: that I — and all of us — have been crafted in a particular way to make a particular impact in the world.
We’ve never done anything so intentional as planning our year before, but I’m excited to see what grows out of it. Have you done any type of life planning? How did it go?
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