What is there to celebrate in the past year? What experiences would you like to cultivate in the coming year?

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

― Søren Kierkegaard

Free Year End Practice Toolkit

Each year, I set aside time to reflect—not just to remember what happened, but to truly rediscover the year that’s ending. Since 1999, I’ve practiced some form of year-end reflection and planning, refining it year by year. Since 2015, my wife Chris and I have hosted a retreat at her yoga studio called Consciously Creating Your New Year—a space for slowing down, listening deeply, and setting clear intentions.

This free toolkit draws on that experience: two decades of practice and experimentation, insights from mentors and colleagues, and the shared wisdom that emerges when people pause together at the threshold of a new year.

Inside, you’ll find a guided reflection process, along with thoughtful questions to help you look back with honesty and gratitude—and look forward with curiosity and clarity.

Why bother with reflection and planning? Because life speaks. And if we’re paying attention, we can notice what it’s trying to say—about what we’ve lived through, what we’ve learned, and what’s quietly asking to take root now.

This practice is about discovering what truly matters, not confining yourself to goals that are too small for you to live into. It’s a chance to notice your growth, honor your grief, and re-enter your life with renewed awareness.

You’ll find that planning your year in this way can bring surprising clarity—not just in what you want to do, but in how you want to live.

This booklet is yours to use and share freely—with friends, family, clients, teams, or anyone who could use a gentle nudge toward intentional living.

Take what resonates. Leave what doesn’t. But above all: make space for what wants to be known.