2023 - Year End Review (Process)

Review your 2023 to make your 2024 even better

Happy New Year. 2023 was a doozy.

Below you’ll find my process for year end review and goal setting areas for 2024.

Also top 2 books, top 3 newsletters, top 3 podcast episodes, and 8 people I learned from this year.

2023 Review and Goal Setting

I go through my end of year review each December - something I recommend every one do.

Tim Ferriss has a great process for this that I have used and modified over the past several years.

The main point is to take inventory of your year, learn from it and then look forward into next year with intention. I set goals - then try to assign a month or quarter that I’m going to complete them over several categories.

Here are 7 Areas I look at each year (in no particular order):

1. Relationship (Marriage or significant other)

2. Personal (growth or things I want to do / learn)

3. Spiritual

4. Family & Friends

5. Physical / Health

6. Financial

7. Work

I review last years goals and then write my 2024 goals - which start in a journal. This happens over the course of 3-4 mornings.

I then input them into Notion (my go to everything app)

I review this every month to see if I’m on track. I typically accomplish 80% of what I write down - which is up from 50% several years ago when I started!

What I learned this year

2 Best books I read this year

1. Atomic Habits - by James Clear

2. Think and Grow Rich - by Napoleon Hill

3 Best newsletters I got into this year:

1. Morning Brew - A great sampling of news with a bit of humor

2. Books and Biceps - by Jon Finkel a fun newsletter written by an author and workout enthusiast

3. Daily Upside - A good source for economics, science and technology news

3 Best Podcasts (and Episodes) I listened to:

1. Andrew Huberman Labs - Using Deliberate Cold Exposure for Health and Performance

2. All-In Pod: Episode 129 on AI and other things

3. The Drive - Peter Attia - His series on Sleep with Matthew Walker

8 People I followed their content and learned from this year:

They are all worth a follow on LinkedIn (in no particular order)…

1. Scott Leese

2. Jeff Russell

3. Callan Harrington

4. Cindy McGovern

5. Dale Dupree

6. Adam Jay

7. Samantha McKenna

8. Matt McGarry

Last Tidbit!

Super fun memory hack for the year: Scroll through your photos (not sure how many you take over the course of a year - I'm at about 500), then text people you had memories with that you are grateful for them and that you are looking forward to an amazing 2024.

Happy New Year!

If you've enjoyed this content, please share it with someone you think might benefit! One of my 2024 goals is to grow to 1000+ subscribers.

Joe