Moments of Note: Take stock

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A suggestion:

With one month to go before the end of 2019, take stock in your previous year.

Throughout the year, I keep a running list entitled “Moments of Note” that include anything that happened that was particularly memorable.

  • Firsts and lasts

  • Interesting travel

  • Concerts, musicals, and plays

  • Success and failures

  • New friends

  • Unfortunate encounters

  • Memorable dialogue

  • Glorious surprises

It’s something I’ve been doing specifically for the last four years, and less formally via Homework for Life for eight years, and even less formally via my blog for the last 14 years.

And I think it’s important.

Before you allow 2019 to slip away like all the years before it, sit down and make a list of all the things that made 2019 special. Ask your friends and loved ones to contribute to your list. Look back on your calendar for moments you may have already started to forget.

Make that list.
Take stock.
Reflect on the previous year.
Assemble a list of memories worth documenting and never forgetting.
Feel good about your most recent trip around the sun.

Don’t allow 2019 to disappear into the ether like so many of the years before it.

At the end of December, I’ll post my Moments of Note from 2019, and perhaps you can, too.