But it reminded me of filling in my Year Compass, on New Year's Eve. This is a lovely spiritual practice, which my friend Linda introduced me to, some years ago. You download a little 20-page booklet, from Year Compass, It is a wonderful free service, started by a group of Hungarians, which has now spread round the world.
The first half of the booklet invites you to review the past year, remembering significant events, places and people. Prompts are offered e.g. "The wisest decision I took" "The biggest surprise of the year" and "Your three biggest accomplishments" "Your three biggest challenges". Done mindfully, it takes a good couple of hours to complete.
The second half of the booklet (pages 13 onward) is for planning the year ahead. You are invited to "Dream Big" and to identify "magical triplets" e.g. "Three things I want to achieve the most", "These three things I will have the power to say no to". Again, done mindfully, it takes a while to complete. Finally, you are invited to choose a word for the year ahead. Mine was "wholehearted". And to share your secret wish.
It can be done in a group too, at church or chapel. I keep this year's booklet in a pamphlet file on my desk, and look at it every so often, to remind myself of where I've been and where I hope to get to. So perhaps I've been taking Churchill's advice all along ...
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