Happy Life

I LOVE planning and scheming and dreaming- I love analyzing, adjusting and understanding personalities and habits- I love reflecting over the past years and planning for the next (and forcing my family to do it with me) A few times a year I like to check in that I'm living my life aligned with my values and to refocus on what is important to me. Here are my favorite tools/printables- maybe you'll enjoy them too! I keep past year's sheets (see below) so we can look back and read years past too, fun.

Reflection and dreaming coloring sheet printables for kids and kids at heart:

• https://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/new-years-resolution-kids-2018/

• https://www.skiptomylou.org/2015-year-in-review-printable/

Reflection & looking ahead:

• https://inkandvolt.com/pages/yearly-planning-worksheets

• https://www.holstee.com/blogs/mindful-matter/a-step-by-step-guide-for-looking-back-on-and-making-sense-of-2021

I loved James Clear’s Atomic Habits book- this is a GREAT article on goal setting:

https://jamesclear.com/goal-setting

Last but NOT least, Gretchen Rubin has infinite sources and wisdom on how to live a happier life and she has some different ways to look at New Years Resolutions- like choosing a one word theme or identifying the important categories to a happy life (the Vital 9) and starting goals within those categories- (this is how I do mine) and suggests even assigning each category to a month to focus in - or make a 22 for 2022 list, and use your tendency to help yourself stick to it all. Anyway, read all her books, listen to all her podcast episodes or just read/print these:

• https://gretchenrubin.com/podcast-episode/354-vital-nine

• https://api.gretchenrubin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/08/RESOLUTION_CHART-Combined.pdf

• https://api.gretchenrubin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/GR_22_for_22_List_Gretchen_Rubin.pdf