Today is my birthday. I’m a little bit older, a little more greyer…and hopefully a little more wiser. A birthday is a great time to spend with the people who matter most to you – your family and friends. I believe it is also a great day to spend a little time alone to do an annual life review. If you can’t do it on your actual birthday, plan another time within the week. Don’t let this opportunity slip away!
There are three basic steps to an annual life review:
- Assess your current reality in your key life areas.
- Compare where you’re at today to the targets or benchmarks you previously set.
- Celebrate your progress or determine what mid-course corrections, if any, need to be made.
It’s also a great day to look at your Master Dream List to see how you’re doing at achieving those dreams. Of course, you can also delete any dreams that aren’t so important to you anymore, or add new ones to the list.
For extra credit, ask your family and friends for their opinion on how you’re doing. Ask them to share a way you’ve blessed or impacted their life in the last year. And ask them for a suggestion of something you ought to do in the next year – maybe it is something in your life that they think needs attention, or maybe it is a book they think would add value to your life, or some kind of experience.
And take some time to express gratitude for your life. If you believe in the Creator as I do, then take the time to thank Him for giving you life, and ask for His help to live more on-purpose in the next year. If not, then find some other way to express your gratitude and your intention. Try it, and I think you’ll agree with me that there is power in the attitude of gratitude – on your birthday, or any day of the year.
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