reflection questions
theme:: habits
I like the idea of steph ango's 40 questions for the year. I have adapted it to split into several sets of questions asked at different points throughout the year: the two equinoxes, the two solstices. The questions are structured to have a "core" set to be answered every 3 months. Then 2 alternating sets each answered every 6 months, and 4 sets answered once every year with an additional floating yearly set for the birthday.
I think regularly answering the same questions is cool because
- you can observe how your answers change over time
- it becomes a reflection ritual
- I think journalling is important
Below are my sets of questions for each occasion
Right Now
- What is a quote that you resonate with?
- What song captures your last three months?
- What are you thankful for?
- What are you looking forward to?
In the past 3 months
- What was the best book you read?
- What are the most memorable date(s), and why?
- What do you wish you’d done more of?
- What do you wish you’d done less of?
- Where did most of your money go?
In the past 6 months
- What cities/states/countries did you visit?
- What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- What did you want and get?
- What did you want and not get?
In the past 12 months
- Who was the best new person you met?
- Did anyone close to you give birth?
- Did anyone close to you die?
- Did you fall in love?
- Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
- Who did you miss?
Right Now
- What is a quote that you resonate with?
- What song captures your last three months?
- What are you thankful for?
- What are you looking forward to?
In the past 3 months
- What was the best book you read?
- What are the most memorable date(s), and why?
- What do you wish you’d done more of?
- What do you wish you’d done less of?
- Where did most of your money go?
In the past 6 months
- What is the best thing you bought?
- Whose behavior merited celebration?
- Whose behavior made you appalled?
In the past 12 months
- Which celebrity/public figure did you admire the most?
- What was your favorite show?
- What was your greatest musical discovery?
- What was your favorite film?
- What was your favorite meal?
- What one thing would have made the past twelve months immeasurably more satisfying?
Right Now
- What is a quote that you resonate with?
- What song captures your last three months?
- What are you thankful for?
- What are you looking forward to?
In the past 3 months
- What was the best book you read?
- What are the most memorable date(s), and why?
- What do you wish you’d done more of?
- What do you wish you’d done less of?
- Where did most of your money go?
In the past 6 months
- What cities/states/countries did you visit?
- What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- What did you want and get?
- What did you want and not get?
In the past 12 months
- What hardships did you face?
- Did you suffer illness or injury?
- What was your biggest achievement?
- What was your biggest failure?
- What kept you sane?
- What political issue stirred you the most?
Right Now
- What is a quote that you resonate with?
- What song captures your last three months?
- What are you thankful for?
- What are you looking forward to?
In the past 3 months
- What was the best book you read?
- What are the most memorable date(s), and why?
- What do you wish you’d done more of?
- What do you wish you’d done less of?
- Where did most of your money go?
In the past 6 months
- What is the best thing you bought?
- Whose behavior merited celebration?
- Whose behavior made you appalled?
This year
- Did you keep your new year’s resolutions?
- How are you spending the holidays?
- What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year?
- Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? Thinner or fatter? Richer or poorer?
- What are you doing today/on your birthday?
- Are you doing anything to celebrate?
- How would you describe your personal fashion?
- What did you do this year that you’d never done before?
- What valuable life lesson did you learn this year?
- What is a word that sums up being ___ (previous age)?
Eventually I would also like to include an adapted version for children.
It would also be cool to make a program that will
- Remind via email or text to complete the questions
- Prompt each question at the appropriate time
- Save the answers and display the results for the previous relevant cycles
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Created 2025-01-13 Last Modified 2025-03-25
