Highlight Reel: Your Personal Year in Review

Highlight Reel

highlight reel

Within the next couple of weeks we’ll see the year in review giving us other people’s highlights of the past year. Why not do this for yourself? 

Between now and mid-January we will be exposed to various highlight reels from 2017 in sports, business, entertainment and politics. These all remind of the most significant moments in the past year- according to others.

What were YOUR most significant moments of 2017?

Get out your calendar and a journal. Consider doing this with your significant other, business partner, colleague or trusted friend.

When you focus on all the good stuff in your life you in invite more of that in. Think back to the start of 2017 and create a highlight reel for each month in your mind. What do you see? 

We become what we think about. –Earl Nightingale

Consider all the significant areas of your life. What does your highlight reel look like in your:

  • family
  • faith
  • field
  • fitness/health
  • fun
  • finances

highlight reelHere are a few highlight reel questions you may find helpful:

  1. What were your biggest accomplishments?
  2. What obstacles did you overcome?
  3. Where did you most fully experience joy?
  4. What lessons did you learn?
  5. How have you grown personally, professionally and spiritually?
  6. What were your pivot points?
  7. Who had the greatest impact in your life?
  8. How did you contribute to others?
  9. What skills did you develop?
  10. What healthy habits did you take on?
  11. What are you most grateful for?

As you look back on your year in review it may be uncomfortable. Goals not attained, loss of a loved one, an unexpected storm. Dig deep to extract the highs from the lows.

I learned more from failure than I learned from success, I learned from no thank you, so much more than from yes. I learned to be willing to lead with my chin. And if I were willing to lose, I could win. -Barry Manilow

One of my personal highlights was developing 40 Days FITNESS this past year. Many of the videos were captured on a 17 day trip throughout Australia and New Zealand with Allison and my parents- also a highlight. We are kicking off our first focused group of 2018 on Jan 8. Contact me if you would like talk about engaging in personal coaching with me throughout this program (email doug@douggrady.com).

Who do you know that needs a highlight reel? Give them this blog as a gift! 

Please share one of more of your highlights with me in the comments section! 🙂