Monthly review journal prompts

And that’s it for November!

By this time of the year, I generally either find myself behind on my goals and struggling to play catch up, or ahead of my goals and I take my foot off the gas but struggle to get back into the swing of things in Jan.

For once, I’m in neither camp. I’m just about keeping pace with my goals.

My trick - planning for setbacks.

I’ve been working on a number of new things that I’ve not done before like setting up a Shopify store, creating social media content, and designing a board game.

I first break down a task into many smaller tasks and then set a time estimate for each item.

For tasks that are new and unfamiliar where I don’t trust my judgement, I increase the estimated time by 1.5x, assuming that I will have setbacks.

The highlights of my month:

• Launched social channels for our upcoming board game, Burnout

• Completed a half marathon

• Having my mum visit

• A few super fun evenings with close friends

Here’s my standard end of month journal prompt routine.

Month in review

The Good

List all the things that went well. Feel free to expand and go deeper

The Bad

List all the things that didn’t go so well. Feel free to expand and go deeper

The Ugly

List all the things that were terrible. Feel free to expand and go deeper

Life Audit (score each area out of 5, with 5 being great and 1 being terrible)

• Health + Fitness:

• Friends + Community:

• Love + Relationships:

• Family:

• Career / Business:

• Money + Finances:

• Emotional Well-Being:

Looking forward to November:

List your top 3 - 5 trackable goals for the month. Start with a number you are comfortable with and then increase over time

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