The last couple of years I’ve been doing my craziest and biggest projects, and a lot of it can be attributed to scheduling a block of time to look back and making a plan for big things I wanted to do next. Can’t recommend it enough. You could see it as a supersize weekly review.

I divided the different steps to take in four posts, which you can use as a starting point.

• Looking back
• Areas of responsibility
• Theme your quarters
• Converting to actionable goals

Other resources

• My original plan of attack post – My first outline to make a plan for next year
• How to conduct an end-of-year productivity review by Chris Bailey – Three steps to review your year: list your milestone accomplishments, look at where you over- and underinvested your time, and pick three goals.