Before you get swept away by how fast December goes, why not take stock of your habits?

Once December arrives, the days seem to pass by faster than usual.
The end of the year will be here before we know it.

What have you been able to keep up with this year, and to what extent?
Since we're here, why not take a moment to look back on what you've managed to sustain as we head toward the end of the year?

In December, work and home commitments increase, making it easier for your usual pace to be disrupted.
During this time, many people feel things like,
"In the end, I couldn't keep it up again this year..."
"I can't remember what I worked hard on or how much I actually did."

Rather than starting the new year with that feeling,
organizing your thoughts on your habits now will make your actions smoother next year.

Today, I will share specific ways to review the habits you want to work on at the end of the year and how to connect that to designing your actions for next year.

Collecting data to streamline next year's actions

Reviewing your habits is not an exercise in emotional self-reflection.
It is a task to organize your actions from the past year as data, so you can determine which methods will be easier to sustain next year.

Instead of just looking at the results, organizing what you were able to do, why you were able to do it, and why you stopped will clarify your behavioral patterns.

STEP 1: Organize the "actions you were able to do" this year

First, objectively write down the actions you were able to complete.

The key here is to grasp what you did in terms of numbers and frequency.

Example:

• note articles → 12 posts

• SNS posts → 5 times per month on average

• Learning → Took 3 courses and put 1 into practice

• Morning "me time" → Secured 3 times a week

• Audio streaming → 10 times in total

The standard for what is "little" or "a lot" varies from person to person, so there is no need to judge yourself based on that. What is important is to grasp the specific quantity.

Knowing how much you were able to do or how much you actually did makes it easier to plan for next year.

STEP 2: Specifically record the times you stopped and the reasons why

Next, recall the moments when your consistency stopped and write down the specific reasons.
Think of it as recording the "facts" without any emotion.

Example:

• March → Family plans overlapped, and posting was interrupted

• June → Set tasks too large and couldn't get started

• September → Increased time spent browsing social media, and comparison caused me to stop taking action

• October → Plans came up in the evening, and I couldn't secure time for work

This kind of data is directly linked to next year's plan.

The point is to view it not as "stopping equals failure," but as information for designing reproducible actions.

STEP 3: Analyze the reasons for actions that continued

There is always a reason for the periods when you were able to continue.
Analyzing that will make your action design for next year more efficient.

Specific examples:
Time slots that were easy to continue

• It was easy to concentrate in the morning

• I got tired easily at night and couldn't make progress

→ Next year, I will solidify "10 minutes of work in the morning."

Amount that continued

• Posting 3 lines was less of a burden

• On days I wrote long posts, progress was more likely to stop

→ Set next year's standard to "at least 3 lines."

Action triggers

• It was easier to get to work when listening to audio

• I couldn't stop taking action when I made a promise to someone

→ In the future, I will create a system to trigger my action switch before starting work.

Once you can identify the conditions for your actions, it becomes easier to automate your behavior for next year.

STEP 4: Create a "continuation strategy" for the coming year based on data

Once you have organized everything up to this point, you can specifically design your continuation strategy for next year.

● Fix the time of day when you can keep going

Example: Set aside 10-15 minutes in the morning as your daily action window

● Use the amount you can sustain as your baseline

Example: At least 3 lines for posts, 2 articles per month

● Avoid common causes of stopping in advance

Example: Adjust the number of posts during months when family plans overlap

● Decide on your action switches beforehand

Example: Listen to 5 minutes of audio before working, or fix your workspace

Whether or not you can continue depends on your system, not your feelings.
If you can turn it into a system at this stage, your actions next year will be much easier.

Why year-end reflection is beneficial

Many people who struggle to continue tend to set goals based on ideals.

However, when you organize your action data at the end of the year,

• The amount you were actually able to do

• The days of the week and times you were able to move

• The causes that make you stop

• Conditions that make it easier to stabilize your actions

By quantifying your current situation, you can clarify what you can and cannot do.

When you do this, your goals for next year will naturally transform into achievable, sustainable numbers.

Those who struggle with consistency should definitely do a year-end review!

Most people who struggle with consistency simply don't understand their own behavioral patterns.

Whether or not you can be consistent is not about your personality, but about the combination of your actions and your environment.

I used to think I was bad at consistency, but starting on note helped me learn how to build systems.
Thanks to that, I have been able to keep up with note for over 2,000 days, and I've been able to continue many other things as well.

If you can grasp your behavioral habits through a year-end review, anyone can lower the hurdle for consistency.

You can welcome the New Year not as 'someone who couldn't keep going,' but as 'someone who has clarified how to keep going.'

If you feel like you're too busy in December to deal with that,
try taking just five minutes to look back on your consistency this year.

Even just five minutes of reflection a day starting now will change your actions next year.

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