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A tradition that I only started recently was looking back at the year that went by and looked at all the things I did. If I see that I didn't do "enough" I try to change that for next year, and if I did do a bunch of things I can be proud of then I can feel satisfied that it was a good year.
This way of thinking has really helped me in getting the most of out my years and not have them waste away like I did with many. When you actually hold yourself accountable for the lack of new experiences or goals met in your year you do something about it and then you start being impressed by all the things you did get to do and not just "go with the flow" and have another year pass by without doing anything special.
2016 was a really big year for me so 2017 already falls flat just in comparison, so I'm already disappointed that I didn't do all the things I wanted, though it wasn't a complete waste either.
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