A free past year review template that reads your calendar, so you walk last year week by week instead of from memory.
5.0(1 rating)Look back on your year, then plan the next one on a single page. Score your life, find what drove the year, and pick a theme, 3 outcomes and the weekly inputs that get you there.
Walk your calendar
Go through last year week by week. Tap what gave you energy (+) or drained you (−), then star the 20% that mattered most.
How to get your calendar file
- Open Calendar, and click the calendar in the list.
- File, then Export, then Export.
- Save the .ics file.
- On a computer, open Google Calendar.
- Settings (the gear), then Import & export.
- Export: you get a .zip. Open it, and pick your main calendar's .ics file.
- Open Outlook on the web, then Settings, Calendar, Shared calendars.
- Publish your calendar with all details, and open the ICS link.
- Save the .ics file it downloads.
This free past year review template reads your calendar, so you walk last year week by week instead of from memory.
Memory keeps the last few months and the loudest moments. Your calendar keeps all 52 weeks.
What is a past year review?
A past year review is Tim Ferriss's way to plan a year: look back at last year's calendar, find the people and activities that gave you the best and worst moments, then do more of the first and less of the second.
He says it takes 30 to 60 minutes, and he finds it more useful than resolutions.
How to use the past year review template
Your calendar never leaves your browser. It's read on your device, and only the highs and lows you pick are kept.
Get your calendar file
| Calendar | How to export it |
|---|---|
| Google Calendar | On a computer: Settings, then Import & export, then Export. Open the .zip and pick your main calendar's .ics |
| Apple Calendar | On a Mac: select the calendar, then File, Export, Export |
| Outlook | On the web: Settings, Calendar, Shared calendars, publish it, and open the ICS link |
Book the good, block the bad
The point is what you do next. Your starred highs become "do more of", each with a day you book right away:
It’s not real until it’s in the calendar.
Your starred lows become your not-to-do list. Keep it where you'll see it for the first weeks of the year, when old habits come back.
From calendar to a full plan
The personal annual review template has this same calendar walk, then adds your wheel, the questions, a theme and 3 outcomes with weekly inputs.
Keep your plan in front of you
Plan the weeks with
Past Year Review FAQs
Questions about the past year review template? Here's what to know.
A past year review is Tim Ferriss's way to plan a year from last year's calendar.
You list the people and activities behind your best and worst moments, then book more of the good ones.
Tim Ferriss says 30 to 60 minutes.
With your calendar file open here, most of that is tapping, not remembering.
No, your calendar file is read in your browser and never sent.
Only the highs and lows you pick are kept, in your browser.
On a computer, open Google Calendar, then Settings, Import & export, and Export.
Open the .zip you get and pick your main calendar's .ics file.
Add it by hand under Gave me energy or Drained me.
Trips, people and habits often never make it into a calendar.
Yes, it's free, with no login.
It's for anyone with a busy calendar who wants next year to hold more of what works.
Founders and creators with full calendars get the most from it.
The personal annual review template builds a full plan, and the wheel of life assessment scores each area of your life.
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Navid Moazzez
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Navid Moazzez helps creators and founders master AI and build their own AI Operating System (AI OS) to automate their business and life.
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