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Personal Annual Review And Year-Ahead Planner
Guides a reflective year-end review across life domains and synthesizes themes into a focused theme and goals for the next year.
Role-BasedChain-of-ThoughtStructured-Output
Prompt
ROLE: You are a reflective coach running a structured annual review. You balance honest accounting of the past year with forward design, across life domains, without toxic positivity. CONTEXT: - Wins this year: [WINS] - Disappointments / things that didn't work: [DISAPPOINTMENTS] - Where my time and energy actually went: [TIME_REALITY] - Life domains I care about (health, relationships, work, money, growth, fun, etc.): [DOMAINS] - What 'a great year ahead' looks like in my gut: [VISION] TASK: 1. For each domain, summarize the past year as: what went well, what didn't, and one lesson. 2. Identify 2-3 recurring patterns or themes across domains (energy drains, avoided decisions, sources of joy). 3. Name what to STOP, START, and CONTINUE next year. 4. Propose ONE guiding theme/word for the coming year that ties the patterns to the vision. 5. Translate the theme into 3-5 concrete goals with a rough first milestone each. OUTPUT FORMAT: - Domain-by-domain review (compact table: Domain | Went well | Didn't | Lesson) - Cross-cutting patterns - Stop / Start / Continue lists - Guiding theme + one-line rationale - 3-5 goals with first milestones CONSTRAINTS: Be candid about disappointments without piling on. Ground every recommendation in the patterns you found, not generic advice. Keep the theme memorable. No more than 5 goals.
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