The end of the year is winding down, and it becomes a good time to review the “game film” of your life over the past year of 2013.  Think back over the entire year and “play back” some of your experiences and events during that time.  Were you in a state of gratitude?  Did you appreciate others in your life?  What was the reason for your behaviors, either positive or negative.  Are you satisfied with your behaviors?  If not, what do you need to do the next time a similar situation arises?  What could you have done differently?

Work your way backwards from this point in your life, going back throughout the year.   If you like, you may continue to progress back to various events in your life that may be further away from now.  For example, maybe your wedding day, graduation, family gatherings, events in your job, etc.

Much like a coach reviews the “game film” of her players, you can review your performance as well.  The coach plays back various snippets of the game without emotion, but objectively, to assess what the players did correctly and where they have room for improvement.  The coach then devises a “game plan” for what they will work on in practice and how they will do things differently with an eye on improvement in the next game.

The same goes for you.  You can play the role of both the coach as well as the player.   What did you do well at the last family gathering?  What could you have done differently that may have improved on the outcome?   Looking back on the last year, how close have you stepped towards your beacons?   Do you have any beacons to even step towards?  If not, you might consider placing beacons now so next year you will see some gains in that area.

Look back at an event or day in your life that was difficult.  What could you have done that would have presented a different, more positive outcome?  Do not look at the behaviors of other “players,”  for you are coaching a team of one – yourself, and no one else.   Knowing the outcome and being in a non-emotional objective state, evaluate your performance.  Play out different scenarios on things you could have done and evaluate the possible outcomes.  When put in the same situation in the future, how will you do things differently with the intention of a more positive outcome?

Playing back the “game film” each day is another way to quickly assess your behaviors.  Waiting a year to do this is good for “high level” reviews of larger events, but the smaller events that occur on an almost daily basis are the ones that can have the largest impact on the joy in our lives.  When you retire for the evening, play back the “tape” from the moment you awoke and evaluate your day.  Look for areas of difficulty in a relationship, or difficulty with anything at all, and figure out an approach for having a more positive outcome when faced with a similar situation in the future.

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The universe keeps presenting the lessons to us, until we can learn and grow from those lessons, after which, we no longer see that lesson in our life for it is replaced with the next lesson and the next lesson at infinitum.

Play back the “game film” of your life without emotion.  Evaluate your performance and behavior and look at ways for improvement when you are faced with a similar situation somewhere down the road.

Written Mon Dec 30, 2013, 7:57 – 8:11 AM