At the end of every year, I plan time to do three simple things to plan for the year ahead.

I take time to look back, reviewing the previous year, I set aside time to celebrate the previous year in God's faithfulness, and I take time to look ahead and set goals for the year to come.

This episode's going to give you more of a behind-the-scenes look at what that actually

looks like for me.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 176.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories work and play simply put that is where our

life and our legacy take place this is a podcast all about learning to work and play well which leads to a

healthy soul and a fulfilling life listen in before i say anything else, a lot of the things I say today are going to be linked to you in a PDF at nancey.com slash planning.

So as I talk about my strategic planning day or my personal audit or my work audit or defining success. I actually have a

free worksheet for you that you can go print out and work through all of those things yourself

at nancyrate.com slash planning. Okay, so the first thing that I do for my end of year planning

is I take time to look over my shoulder and review

the last 12 months. What did this year hold? And I look through a couple of lenses. One of the things

that I love to do is to take a personal audit. And I have the same 10 questions that I ask myself every year. And I score

myself on a scale of 1 to 10. Some of those questions are, I took care of my body, exercising

regularly, drinking enough water, and eating well. And then I rate myself. My family relationships

are stronger and healthier this year than they were

last year. I took time to learn and grow, and I'm more advanced in my work this year than last.

I rested on a regular basis. I'm more content with my material possessions and my lot in life.

I'm a more peaceful person and less stressed

and anxious. I'm more focused on the lasting impact I'm making in lives than I am on making

money. So these are just tidbits of this personal audit that I take. Just a few of the questions.

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