2 Benefits of Looking Back Before Looking Forward 🌼

Another year has gone by, but before we make plans and resolutions for 2025, let’s look back at how 2024 went.

Looking back reminds us how far we’ve come, all the difficulties we’ve surmounted, and the uncertainties we have dealt and survived with along the way.

Looking back can give us a strong base to build our future plans and resolutions. 

What looking back looks like 

You can start with a list of achievements, then move to what you wanted to do but couldn’t finish.

This exercise can be as short or as detailed as you like.

You can even use a checklist or a list of themes, and make this a yearly tradition over coffee with close friends.

In the same vein, we’re very excited to introduce the 2024 Wrap in MAMMA-MIYA this year.

Here, we’ve captured your year in a 1.5-minute summary that covers: how many hats you’ve managed, your routines streak, your most productive times of the day, and more.

Your 2024 Wrap is ready for you at the top of the Home screen in the app.

2 benefits of looking back before looking forward

1. Helps you appreciate all that you HAVE done this year 

Before putting down your resolutions for the new year, note down all that you have done this year, your achievements, and what you’re proud of.

Pausing to reflect on how far you’ve come in 2024 and feeling grateful for all that you’ve accomplished will set you up for a strong start to the next year.

2. Gives you clarity on what you want to achieve next year 

Even if there’s very little overlap between what you’ve done in 2024 and what you want to do in 2025, you’re not starting from scratch. 

You’ve gained learnings, lessons and perspective that will help you with everything you do in the future.

So don’t hesitate to put down your dreams, to voice them aloud or to envision them. 

Some of them might seem aspirational or even impractical, but that’s okay.

Writing them down is an expression of intention.

 

It’s a way of telling yourself that you believe in your dreams and it will solidify your determination to carry them out.