{"id":35231,"date":"2024-12-26T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/?p=35231"},"modified":"2024-12-31T13:17:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T18:17:33","slug":"reflection-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/reflection-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Year Reflection Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t fully recapped 2024 or made goals for 2025 (even if it&#8217;s simply &#8220;surviving&#8221;), you&#8217;re not alone. Luckily, there&#8217;s no time like the present to take stock of the year that&#8217;s passed and fully embrace the new year. To get you started, we&#8217;ve listed 10 reflection questions below to guide you through some early 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/journaling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">journaling<\/a>. After completing this reflection exercise ourselves, we love to huddle with our partner or a few friends who have also went through the exercise, to share our takeaways and clue others into our 2025 intentions. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><em>(Want to keep reflecting all year long? Check out these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/guided-journals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25+ guided journals<\/a> for 2025!)<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>10 Questions for a New Year&#8217;s Reflection Exercise:<\/h4>\n<p>What 2024 accomplishments am I most proud of?<\/p>\n<p>In which areas did I struggle most in 2024?<\/p>\n<p>Which friends supported me most this year? And which friendships shifted?<\/p>\n<p>Name 3-5 (or more!) positive memory-making experiences from 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Name a few negative memory-making experiences.<\/p>\n<p>In which areas did I see the most personal growth and change?<\/p>\n<p>What am I most grateful for in 2024?<\/p>\n<p>What do I want more of in 2025?<\/p>\n<p>What do I want less of in 2025?<\/p>\n<p>What are my 2025 goals and\/or intentions? (Feel free to add a &#8220;word of the year&#8221;). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t fully recapped 2024 or made goals for 2025 (even if it&#8217;s simply &#8220;surviving&#8221;), you&#8217;re not alone. Luckily, there&#8217;s no time like the present to take stock of the year that&#8217;s passed and fully embrace the new year. To get you started, we&#8217;ve listed 10 reflection questions below to guide you through some&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,76],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35231"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166679,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35231\/revisions\/166679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mothermag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}