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Life Areas

Self-awareness

This post contains an up-to-date list of my “life areas”—a breakdown of the major different areas in my life, which I frequently use, for example when performing my yearly reviews. 1. Worldview & Purpose Is: your overall clarity as to your existence, purpose, and place in the universe; religious beliefs; goals; philosophy of life; fundamentals; want […]

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Writing in 2013

Meta

(This post is pretty meta—more of a personal reflection than a useful idea.) So here we are … No calendars bursting into flames. No end of the world. No apocalypse. Lots of disappointed end-of-the-world-ers. It seems 2013 is happening after all. I’ve written before about doing a past-year review and next-year plan. I also released […]

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8,760 Hours: How to get the most out of next year

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Update (December 2016): Version 2 of this guide is now available! Announcement post here. Links in this post are updated to send you to the latest and greatest version. Click here to download 8,760 Hours v2  The end of a year is the perfect time to review one’s life, goals, plans, and projects, as well as […]

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How to Get the Most Out of the Next Year

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(Cross-posted on Less Wrong: How to get the most out of the next year.) We are not automatically strategic. Since we want to get stuff done, it only makes sense to try harder—and what better time than the start of a new year? In short: the New Year is a great time to do some life review and planning. […]

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