11 Questions to Ask Yourself at the Start of a New Year

By: Mark Sisson

One thing I like to do at the end of every year is look back on how I spent the last 12 months. This past year was like no other. There were a lot of surprises. A lot of reasons goals were more difficult to achieve. A lot of forces in play.It's possibly more important to reflect on this year than any other year. My reflection practice follows loosely the same structure every year. I'll go through my usual practice of asking myself tough questions about my successes and failures - and to be brutally honest with my replies. But this year, there's another layer.The overtone is, what did I overcome? Now, this exercise must be done with some dedicated effort. A passing read through the questions while nodding only to forget about them in twenty minutes won't get the job done. Discuss them with a friend, spouse, or loved one to make them real. Write them down on a piece of paper, or type your answers out. However you pay special attention to this exercise, give careful, thoughtful answers. This is about resolutions, but even more than that, this is about dialogue. Open, honest dialogue between your multiple selves, between the person that should be doing this or would rather be accomplishing that, and the person who does neither but desperately wants to. The resolutions will come, but expect it to take a little work. Let's get to it...
1. What health practices did you let go of in the face of uncertainty?

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