YearCompass: reflect on 2015, look forward to 2016
January 1, 2016 5:22 PM Subscribe
YearCompass provides a way to reflect on the past year and plan for the upcoming year. You can fill it in online or download a printable booklet (both free). Some people like to do it as a solo activity; for others, it's a social event. Sometimes there's feline supervision .
In 2013, a group of Hungarians "organized a year planning workshop for students at Invisible University. [They received a] lot of emails from students (who could not make it to the workshop), asking for the year planning questions." They developed an online version and translated it into multiple languages, all of which are now available on their website.
In 2013, a group of Hungarians "organized a year planning workshop for students at Invisible University. [They received a] lot of emails from students (who could not make it to the workshop), asking for the year planning questions." They developed an online version and translated it into multiple languages, all of which are now available on their website.
This looks like it might be an interesting process to go through to start this year. I'm not the sort that keeps a calendar, so looking at the beginning pages it seems a bit daunting. But I'm sure I can get something useful out of it if I decide to do it. Downloaded the pdf, will look at it more. Thanks for posting!
posted by hippybear at 6:04 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by hippybear at 6:04 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
oh this is really cool. I'm a sucker for booklets and self reflection!
Is there any way to print this a6 size? I have an a6 journal and would really like to keep these together. Maybe a hack in Adobe?
posted by rebent at 7:18 PM on January 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Is there any way to print this a6 size? I have an a6 journal and would really like to keep these together. Maybe a hack in Adobe?
posted by rebent at 7:18 PM on January 1, 2016 [2 favorites]
Thank you for this!
posted by angiep at 7:48 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by angiep at 7:48 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Did this. I've had a pretty rough year, and this was a nice way of centering that and refocusing me on next year. I'd also like to mention Headspace, an app my brother-in-law introduced me, which has taken me from a person who had never meditated to someone who mediates for 20 minutes each day in the morning.
Happy New Year!
posted by durandal at 8:38 PM on January 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
Happy New Year!
posted by durandal at 8:38 PM on January 1, 2016 [3 favorites]
This looks great, thanks! Just emailed it to a few friends to see if they want to make a date in early January to fill this out.
posted by skycrashesdown at 8:51 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by skycrashesdown at 8:51 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
Ooooh making a date to do this with a friend.
posted by chapps at 9:18 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by chapps at 9:18 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
I've done something very similar every year for a few years. It is ... incredibly depressing but also important.
posted by miyabo at 9:44 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by miyabo at 9:44 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
It's funny, my initial response was similar to threeants' (yikes, looks slick!) but I downloaded the PDF because someone I trust had been enthusiastic about it...I'm so glad I did. Glad people are finding it interesting! And happy New Year, everyone!
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:01 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by hurdy gurdy girl at 11:01 PM on January 1, 2016 [1 favorite]
This is exactly the type of exercise I could do with right now. Thanks and happy new year!
posted by biggreenplant at 6:35 AM on January 2, 2016
posted by biggreenplant at 6:35 AM on January 2, 2016
incredibly depressing but also important.
I skimmed through. Only insofar if you can get over the hurdle the subsequent year, or at least know you're inching towards your goal(s) otherwise it just strikes me as a painful reminder of how things haven't changed no matter how hard you've worked to change them. Imho, it asks that people have a skill set in place that a lot of us don't have (insight, resilience, healthy self talk, family/community spring to mind) to accomplish a goal. It doesn't help people learn how to break down a goal into manageable pieces so there is a better chance of accomplishing it.
Besides the workshop I wonder what the genesis for this was and, what would have been in the workshop that isn't in the booklet?
posted by squeak at 10:17 AM on January 2, 2016
I skimmed through. Only insofar if you can get over the hurdle the subsequent year, or at least know you're inching towards your goal(s) otherwise it just strikes me as a painful reminder of how things haven't changed no matter how hard you've worked to change them. Imho, it asks that people have a skill set in place that a lot of us don't have (insight, resilience, healthy self talk, family/community spring to mind) to accomplish a goal. It doesn't help people learn how to break down a goal into manageable pieces so there is a better chance of accomplishing it.
Besides the workshop I wonder what the genesis for this was and, what would have been in the workshop that isn't in the booklet?
posted by squeak at 10:17 AM on January 2, 2016
Is there any way to print this a6 size? I have an a6 journal and would really like to keep these together. Maybe a hack in Adobe?
I'm not sure if this will work, but while printing the pdf from my chrome browser I have the option to change the paper size to A6. It's so simple that it's worth a try!
posted by eisforcool at 7:14 PM on January 2, 2016
I'm not sure if this will work, but while printing the pdf from my chrome browser I have the option to change the paper size to A6. It's so simple that it's worth a try!
posted by eisforcool at 7:14 PM on January 2, 2016
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It's interesting how web design can (counterproductively) influence our expectations. Based on the slick, stock-ish header photo and the ubiquitous "start-up"-style row of vector icons with short descriptions, I was sure that the download link was going to take me through some obnoxious process of signing up to get a link to sign in via facebook to send me an activation code to write them into my will to receive an sms to give them my credit card info for a free 17-hour trial. So...it was much to my surprise that it went straight to a free PDF created by volunteers. Yay!
posted by threeants at 5:42 PM on January 1, 2016 [8 favorites]