New Year Personal Retreat | 5% Set to Sl-Charity

Happy New Year amazing steem community! It really feels great writing my first post for the year here in @steemsrilanka. 2021 was good but 2022 can even be not just better but more better. But this can only be done through effective planning. So today, I'll be sharing with us a personal retreat formula that I use and I hope you find it useful too.

A retreat is a personal time of reflection and solitude where one takes out time to review progress of the past year and spot out areas of strength, weakness and improvement. In this personal retreat, one takes out time to access oneself truthfully and honestly. So below are the steps I adopt for my personal retreat.

1. Thanksgiving: I first of all start-off by appreciating God from who all blessings flow. No matter how bad you think the past year was, for the fact that you are alive to see the new year could only mean that there was still some good in it. So, we ought to be thankful.

2. Review your progress for the past year: Break your review into six(6) areas.
   a. Character: This is very key and must be critically analysed.
   b. Mental Development/Capacity: We should always strive to sustain the ability to be relevant. Under this review, you would ask yourself what deliberate efforts you've taken towards sustaining relevance and living above mediocrity.
   c. Review how you've taken care of your body: This is also essential. Most persons have damaged their health due to wrong eating habits and excess consumption of carbonated drinks and alcoholic beverages. You should take this particular review very seriously.
   d. Review your purpose: Here, you ask yourself if you are finding fulfilment with what you are doing currently and if that's your calling and passion. We should all strive to know our purpose and work assiduously towards achieving it.
   e. Review your finances: How prudent have you been with your finance. Have you made any efforts to set up financial resources to help you not to work for money all your life? What wrong financial decisions have you made and what did you learn from them all..
   f. Review your relationships: Ask yourself who did you give access to and how did they impact you?

3. Set clear goals for the six(6) areas reviewed and be determined to see them through.

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I sure hope that you enjoyed reading and that this doesn't turn out to be just one of your regular new year resolutions. Determination leads to success.
Thanks to @steemsrilanka and @randulakoralage