Please join me for a year of gentle, regular reflection. I'm not offering life hacks or hustle-harder hype, just a simple, science-based, pragmatic way we can reflect together.

Good Enough Year Table of Contents (so far)

Part 1: Looking Back

• Exercise 1.1 highlights and lowlights
• Exercise 1.2 Love / Inspiration / Admiration Mood Board
• Exercise 1.3 Last Year In A Few Sentences

Part 2: Looking Forward

• Exercise 2.1 Best Possible Self
• Exercise 2.2 Big Picture Planning
• Exercise 2.3 First Draft Annual Goals

Part 3: Realistic Goals For Quarter 1

• Exercise 3.1 Just A Few Things
• Exercise 3.2 Headlines and Commitments

Up next:

“Part 4: Late January: A Regular Plan for Weekly or Monthly Goals"

I post a new writing prompt or reflection at the end of each month. As needed, I'll also send a podcast with my answers to reader-submitted questions.

Most Recent Prompt

Background: What is a Good Enough Year?

In 2026, we are

• savoring what is beautiful in our lives,
• slowly subtracting what is unhelpful or unnecessarily draining,
• and adding more richness and contribution (however we define that for ourselves).