Questions To Ask Yourself
Looking forward to 2023
As we close the book on 2022, it’s a good time to reflect on all our accomplishments in the past year. It’s also a time to reflect on our failures or goals we didn’t achieve in 2022. Take time to learn from both the successes and failures.
2023 should be viewed as a blank canvas. You’re preparing to paint the picture for the coming year. It’s a fresh start and reset for yourself. Everything starts over.
Below are questions to ask yourself as you kick off the New Year. Use these to chart your course and paint your picture for 2023.
What were my New Year 2022 goals? Did I achieve them? If not, why?
What do I wish I had done in 2022 and didn’t?
Am I working towards my goal everyday?
Am I committed to doing it or just dreaming it?
Am I doing what I love doing?
Is my work meaningful to me?
How am I impacting or bringing happiness to others?
What do I love doing the best that gives me peace/purpose?
Is the life I’m living the life I want to be living?
Am I living my best life?
Am I living a life true to myself and not a life others expect of me?
Am I building a great story?
When is the last time I was outside my comfort zone?
Do I worry too much about what others think of me?
What would I do differently if I know nobody would judge me?
Does the opinion of others really matter?
Do I know the difference between being rich and being wealthy?
Am I only chasing money?
Am I centering all my life’s decisions on money?
Am I taking care of my body and wellness?
When is the last time I read a book that had a major influence on me?
Am I chasing an ever-moving goalpost?
If I only had 10 years to live, what would I stop doing?
What would be my biggest regret if I were to die tomorrow? Can I still change this?
What will people say about me at my funeral?
What do I want to be remembered for?
Am I spending enough time together with those who I love?
If I’m waiting, what am I waiting for?
The Coffee Table ☕
I just read the book Creative Calling by Chase Jarvis. If you’re into creating anything or have ever wanted to create something this is an excellent book. He speaks to doing purposeful, fulfilling and meaningful work. Expanding into creativity and what his personal story has all contained. An enjoyable book.
Jack Raines wrote a good piece called Terminally Online. He discussed how so many people have replaced real life interaction with social media. I liked his line, “Social media is the pornography of human interaction.” As a chart in the piece shows, Americans 15 and older spending time alone has reached a 10-year high and it was already trending higher before the pandemic.
A Christmas gift to you is my classic old fashioned recipe.
3 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 teaspoon of maple syrup
1 Luxardo Maraschino cherry
2oz of your favorite bourbon
Stir together and then add a large ice cube. Enjoy!
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