{"id":5620,"date":"2012-01-10T17:25:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T00:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/2012\/01\/10\/"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:30:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:30:08","slug":"questions-for-completing-and-beginning-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2012\/01\/questions-for-completing-and-beginning-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions for completing and beginning the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>David Allen has developed this set of questions for completing one year and beginning the next year. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What have you actually finished, completed, and accomplished? If you haven&#8217;t made a list in the last year, I would highly recommend that you give yourself a treat and review the year that just passed and look forward to the year ahead.<\/p>\n<p>When I go through these kinds of questions I like to consider my answers in several areas:<\/p>\n<p>Physical <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2012\/01\/resolutions.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2012\/01\/resolutions.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"New Year&#039;s Resolutions, list of items\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5642\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEmotional<br \/>\nMental<br \/>\nSpiritual<br \/>\nFinancial<br \/>\nFamily<br \/>\nCommunity Service<br \/>\nFun \/ creativity \/ recreation<\/p>\n<p><strong>Completing and remembering last year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review the list of all completed projects.<\/li>\n<li>What was your biggest triumph in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What was the smartest decision you made in 2011?<!--more--><\/li>\n<li>What one word best sums up and describes your 2011 experience?<\/li>\n<li>What was the greatest lesson you learned in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What was the most loving service you performed in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What is your biggest piece of unfinished business in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What are you most happy about completing in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>Who were the three people that had the greatest impact on your life in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What was the biggest risk you took in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What was the biggest surprise in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What important relationship improved the most in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What compliment would you like to have received in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What compliment would you like to have given in 2011?<\/li>\n<li>What else do you need to do or say to be complete with 2011?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Creating the new year<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What would you like to be your biggest triumph in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What advice would you like to give yourself in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What is the major effort you are planning to improve your financial results in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What would you be most happy about completing in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What major indulgence are you willing to experience in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What would you most like to change about yourself in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What are you looking forward to learning in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What do you think your biggest risk will be in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What about your work, are you most committed to changing and improving in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What is one as yet undeveloped talent you are willing to explore in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What brings you the most joy and how are you going to do or have more of that in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>Who or what, other than yourself, are you most committed to loving and serving in 2012?<\/li>\n<li>What one word would you like to have as your theme in 2012?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What have you actually finished, completed, and accomplished? 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