Why I’ve Resisted My Annual Review for the First Time in 10 Years

For the past 11 (!) years, I’ve spent the majority of a week in December thinking about my life and planning a series of goals for the following year.

As I’ve said before, I can trace whatever success I’ve had to instituting and diligently following this practice. It’s helped me write books, travel to every country in the world, start various businesses, produce events for thousands of people, and so on. After feeling that my life wasn’t well-aligned, I recently added more categories focus...