Alternate download link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2PaeRjVqAN7MngxTXFPQkpLVj...
Spreadsheet for filling in: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f5y9YjbOB5ixeQHFyUEp...
Plain Text: https://pastebin.com/raw/V7FaFS0Q
Past Submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13249796
Writing things down is very helpful, but the real benefit is introspecting at the end of the year. You have a record of what you hoped to do, and know what you did, and can think about what worked and what didn't.
In my case, the contrast between what I thought I could do and what I actually could couldn't have been starker.
Or even a different presentation method. A quick checklist of the actual process that is two pages long at most at the start of the document, and then a reasoning and details section if people want the deep dive.
On the other hand, a 2 page thing in addition would be a good summary which anyone can make rather than challenging the author.
These are pretty much the same question. I think three per section would be a good max, 12 is already a lot of categories.
Overall this seems pretty cool though, I'm going to skim through it.
Knowing what we should work on isn't enough. We have to actually try to get better. This can mean making new habits, asking for help from others, and trying new things that are challenging but rewarding.
Also I don't like YOLO questions ("what if you had a year to live") they're usually orthogonal to your actual plans and values.
It is important to note how much time you think you have left with your loved ones, your career, your schooling, etc. and take that into account when deciding how to spend your precious tie.
EDIT: I will add, just typing out that I will be 98 in 2080 is a cheap thrill all by itself.
On the side note, I've noticed that the best and most actionable productivity articles made their way here in January every year.
Makes me that much more excited about January.
It's actually NoMoNoMoVember.
(December 1 is also correspondingly a myth, of course, and is in fact NoMoVember.)
Do most people even truly reflect on themselves, or do they lead lives of quiet desperation, the stereotyped unconscious despair?
Any thing that encourages introspection is good in my book.
We're talking a year.
For completeness:
1 year
12 months
52.18 weeks
365.24 days
8,765.81 hours
525,948.77 minutes
3,1556,926 seconds
250 working days
2,000 working hours