28 free year end reflection questions to ask yourself, grouped, with room to answer each one and keep it.
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.
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Every question, grouped: wins, energy, people, mind, misses, the best of the year, and what to keep.
These 28 year end reflection questions help you look back on your year before you plan the next one.
Answer them right here, typed or spoken. Your answers stay in your browser, and you can keep them as a file or turn them into a plan.
What are year end reflection questions?
Year end reflection questions are prompts you answer in writing at the end of the year, to see what happened, what it taught you, and what to change.
Writing matters. A thought in your head feels complete. On the page, you see what's missing.
How to use these questions
The 28 questions
The 3 questions
- What went well this year?
- What didn't go well?
- What did you learn?
Wins
- What are you most proud of?
- Which moment changed your direction?
- What looked small but changed everything?
- What surprised you?
Energy
- What gave you energy?
- What drained you?
- When did you do your best work?
People
- Who had the biggest effect on you?
- Which relationships grew, and which faded?
Mind
- What did you change your mind about?
- What didn't you do because of fear?
- What held you back?
- What did you hold on to for too long?
Misses
- What did you plan to finish but didn't?
- What would you do differently?
- Where did you succeed for the wrong reasons?
Best of the year
- Best book you read
- Best money you spent
- Best habit you started
- Best tool you found
- Best place you went
- Best experience of the year
What to keep
- Which habit or system was behind most of your good results?
- What rule of thumb came out of your best days?
- If your year had 3 chapters, what were they?
Answer the ones that make you stop and think, and skip the rest.
Start with 3
If 28 feels like a lot, answer the first 3. James Clear used them for his public annual reviews from 2013 to 2019: what went well, what didn't, and what you learned.
Sahil Bloom's 7 go further: what you changed your mind on, what gave you energy, what drained it, what held you back, what fear stopped, your hits and misses, and what you learned.
From reflection to a plan
Reflection is half the work. The personal annual review template uses these same answers to find the 20% that drove your year, then helps you pick a theme, 3 outcomes and the weekly inputs that get you there.
Keep your plan in front of you
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Year End Reflection Questions FAQs
Questions about the year end reflection questions? Here's what to know.
Year end reflection questions are prompts you answer in writing at the end of the year.
They help you see what happened, what it taught you, and what to change next year.
Start with 3: what went well, what didn't, and what you learned.
Then ask what gave you energy, what drained you, and what you didn't do because of fear.
3 is enough for a first review, and 28 covers everything.
Answer the ones that make you stop and think.
Yes, press Speak and say your answer, and it's written out for you.
Your recording isn't kept.
Yes, your answers stay in your browser.
They're sent to the page's AI only when you press Speak or an AI button.
Yes, they're free, with no login.
You can download your answers as a file.
They're for anyone who wants to learn from the year before planning the next one.
They work for journaling, a couple's review, or a team's end of year.
The personal annual review template turns your answers into a plan, and the wheel of life assessment scores each area of your life.
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