Alexis Rondeau

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Note · Wednesday, January 2, 2019 · 00:00

New Retrospective Format: "Highlights, Blessings and Successes"

I’ve created an empowering and fun new Retrospective format for myself. I’ve enjoyed it tremendously.

I’ve found that the more I focus on the good that’s happening in my life, the better I feel.

I call the format “Highlights, Blessings and Successes.”

As you probably guessed it, you collect and appreciate exactly the things that went well.

  • Highlights – For me, that’s usually unexpectedly cool things that happened either with or without my doing.
  • Blessings – For me, that’s usually something I take for granted but that makes my life so much easier.
  • Successes – For me, that’s usually something I did and that I completed.

In your day, week, month or year.

It’s super easy and I want you to try it.

Make an (unordered) list of all the things that were good. You don’t have to know yet if they’re a highlight, blessing or success. Just make a list and when you go through it again, you can mentally or with a pen categorize each item.

It’s really simple and really fun. I have even started to just mentally go through the day and recap and think about “What were my highlights?”, “What am I blessed with?”, “How did I succeed today?”

Give it a try and see what happens!