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Hi and welcome! I'm Tobias from Germany and I write about personal development, mindfulness, designing your life and bootstrapping as a solopreneur.

New Month? New Start!
by Tobias Scharikow (@refuse2choose)

It's the 1st February of 2022! πŸŽ‰

This means that 1/12 or around 8% of this year is already over.

Sounds incredible, right? Are you also asking yourself where all the time has gone? πŸ€”

For me, a new month always means a new start. And that's why at the end or beginning of each month, I always do two things:

  • Reflecting on the past month

  • Adjusting directions for the new month

πŸ”Ž Reflecting on the past month

There are tons of questions you can ask yourself. To keep it simple, I would suggest at least reviewing the following questions:

  • πŸ™‚ What went well? List all the positive things from the past month that come into your mind.

  • πŸ˜” What went wrong? List all the negative things from the past month that come into your mind.

  • πŸ’‘ Ideas & Thoughts? List down noteworthy ideas or thoughts you had in the past month.

  • 🚧 Where do you stand today? Did you want to complete any goals or projects in the last month? How often have you completed your habits? Write down your current progress.

Of course, you can extend the review as much as you like.

πŸš€ Adjusting directions for the new month

Your reflection is a great base for adjusting your direction for the new month. We should try to think which conclusions we want to draw and if we want to implement any actions in the short, medium or long term.

  • πŸ™‚ How can you implement more of the positive things?

  • πŸ˜” How can you prevent the negative things to happen again or how can you react in future?

  • πŸ’‘ Are there any ideas or thoughts you want to take action on?

  • 🚧 Do you need to adjust anything (e. g. your goals) based on your current progress?

Here as well, you can extend this planning of course as you like.