Rama Kalia

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sharing my YIR process

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I use the end of the year, as an annual habit… December always has a Vision Board experience, for myself and my clients.  The lull in between  Christmas and the New Year is where I go through my YIR process and that sets the stage for the beginning of getting clear about goals for the new year.  I’ll be sharing more about that in the coming weeks. If you’d like to know how I do my Year In Review (YIR) process, read on…

Easiest First.  What did you NOT enjoy about  2017? What did you feel bad about?  What made you not feel good in your body?  What about yourself did you say you wanted to change?  Did you stay up too late and always feel too tired?  What is not working in your business?  Did you try something and it didn’t work out?  Give yourself permission to let it go. Make a list.

What did you love and celebrate? Did you start a new habit that served you?  Did you create a healthy eating routine? Love a class at the gym? Did you feel better when you meditated? How about when you tried mindfulness?  What did you learn?  Did you join a supportive group, make a new friend, move your body more?  What did you try that worked better in your business… starting at the same time every day?  Networking regularly?  Perhaps as simple as asking for what you need?  Doing similar tasks on a certain day of the week?  Actively working with your calendar and scheduling everything important?  Maybe focus on limiting expenses?  Whatever is already working, or that you wish to expand in the coming year… you guessed it.  Make a list.

If I ask my clients to look at the 2 lists and ‘just do it’, it’s too abstract, it takes an analytical, visionary and practical approach, to be able to see and detail how this might unfold.  Too left-brained for most.  What I find works best, is a more right-brained exercise I share with my private clients.  I suggest they write a YIR letter as if it were already December of 2018.  This is like the ‘secret sauce’ in this exercise… write the letter, as if you were sharing your 2018 highlights with family and friends in a holiday card to be mailed out in December 2018, letting them know how your year had been.  Share like it had already happened… tell them about the amazing new job you landed, or the beautiful house you moved into, the quarterly romantic weekends you took, how amazing and easy it was to have a family reunion, a full practice, have savings, start a new fun hobby or cross something off a bucket list… Write.  It.  Out!
Imagine the year, as delicious as it could be, great moments with family and friends, delicious surprises, things falling into place with ease and opportunities showing up like magic!

 

I can guarantee your YIR letter will not include what you binge-watched on Netflix, how much you wished you had followed up on opportunities, how many times you worked too late, didn’t get enough sleep, or show yourself enough love. It will include the precious moments, the love that was shared, the magic that was created, the pleasure and joy that was experienced, the beauty that was seen, the breathtaking moments… can you feel it?  Savor those.  Visualize yourself sharing those.
As you begin to move from vision to planning, from the big picture to the details, start penciling in the family trip, the workshops, the details… and yes… that’s another post!
Have a wonderful time reviewing your past year and let me know in the comments if you found these steps helpful.