I’ve made quite extensive use of annual reviews for the last four years or so and agree that they are very useful!
Since annual reviews are so rare my structure for them hasn’t yet coalesced into anything consistent (unlike my weekly and monthly reviews), so every year is different. Last year I made good use of Complice’s annual review infrastructure, which I can recommend.
Some other things that I’ve done during Annual Reviews that I find useful to include in some sort of formal framework:
Thorough review of my finanical situation, including my budget, investments, Pledge donations, and savings goals;
Thorough review of my health situation and making plans for addressing any problems in the near future (otherwise they can easily get put off forever);
Reviewing important personal relationships and sending thank-you emails to anyone I want to thank for stuff they did in the preceding year;
Thorough review of all my Beeminder goals (back when I used Beeminder);
I’ve made quite extensive use of annual reviews for the last four years or so and agree that they are very useful!
Since annual reviews are so rare my structure for them hasn’t yet coalesced into anything consistent (unlike my weekly and monthly reviews), so every year is different. Last year I made good use of Complice’s annual review infrastructure, which I can recommend.
Some other things that I’ve done during Annual Reviews that I find useful to include in some sort of formal framework:
Thorough review of my finanical situation, including my budget, investments, Pledge donations, and savings goals;
Thorough review of my health situation and making plans for addressing any problems in the near future (otherwise they can easily get put off forever);
Reviewing important personal relationships and sending thank-you emails to anyone I want to thank for stuff they did in the preceding year;
Thorough review of all my Beeminder goals (back when I used Beeminder);
Setting an annual theme.