Reflection Questions for 2012
Reflecting on the past and deciding to improve can welcome a prosperous{2013}. Select one or more question(s) below and leave a comment.
- What was the single best thing that happened this past year?
- What was the single most challenging thing that happened?
- What was an unexpected joy this past year?
- What was an unexpected obstacle?
- Pick three words to describe 2012.
- What were the best books you read this year?
- With whom were your most valuable relationships?
- What was your biggest personal change from January to December of this past year?
- In what way(s) did you grow emotionally?
- In what way(s) did you grow spiritually?
- In what way(s) did you grow physically?
- In what way(s) did you grow in your relationships with others?
- What was the most enjoyable area of managing your home?
- What was your most challenging area of home management?
- What was your single biggest time waster in your life this past year?
- What was the best way you used your time this past year?
- What was the biggest thing you learned this past year?
- Create a phrase or statement that describes 2012 for you.
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2012 was Challenging. It's allowed me to grow in ways I didn't know I needed to....
ReplyDeleteFor me, my daughter requiring so much extra attention, needing so much therapy and having to take time away from the home and other sibblings to ensure she gets the developmental therapy she needs, was and is a definitely obstacle we are working through. It is a lot more than I was expecting it to be. But the benefit is that she is finally starting to make progress after 6 months. I am hopeful she will continue to improve and will soon be able to start cutting back on all the programs she has to use.
ReplyDeleteThe best book I read so far this year was Jillian Michaels Unlimited. It's a good motivating book and I hope to put some of what I learned from it into practice in 2013 and achieve my goals.
ReplyDeleteWishing best in2013.
ReplyDeleteWhat was an unexpected obstacle?
ReplyDeleteI would have to say all of the sickness in my family has been the hardest obstacles to deal with this year. I hope that with the new year will come a healthier family. This year has been tough so hopefully we will get a break.
This was a very difficult year. Injuries from a wreck, no job, no income at all. I just have to keep on keeping on and hope things will get better. 2013 will be a good year!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat were the best books you read this year? 50 Shades of Grey
ReplyDeleteThis is the question I chose: With whom were your most valuable relationships?
ReplyDeleteThat would be with my husband. He is a Disabled Retired US ARMY vet. He has shown me that even the hardest things in life can be overcome and there is goodness in people.
3 words to describe 2012... challenging, stressful, unexpected
ReplyDeleteMy world was shattered in 2011.I lost my only child to a terrible disease called Cystic Fibrosis. 2012 has been challenging trying to live without my daughter. I have been reading mysteries by Katia Leif and crocheting. This has helped somewhat.
ReplyDelete2012 was by far my families toughest year! I Jan my mom was sent to the ER and after a cpl of weeks her doctors told us to take her home there was nothing more they could do so basically giving us about 2 weeks (she had been fighting brain tumors/cancer for 13 years). As always my mom was a fighter and didnt let go until October 24th. Nov 5th was my 1st birthday without her around and Nov 6th my sister had her first baby. So its definitely been a roller coaster year for us.
ReplyDeleteI just want to overcome this hardship we are in
ReplyDeleteThese are very good questions esp for a family to talk together - help children and couples to become mindful about their life, their convictions. I had a tough year, but I also had some accomplishments that I had been hoping for a long time, that have to do with family type things ie not superficial. Good list!
ReplyDeleteI grew Spiritually this past year through the passing of close family members. It has made me appreciate the fragility of life. I try to love truer, smile sweeter, give an encouraging word to someone else and try to see the needs of others around me, though they might not ask for help. We only pass this way once...
ReplyDeleteThe best thing that happened this year is my engagement. The toughest is the death of my fiance's 18-year-old cousin.
ReplyDeleteMy 2nd son was seriously ill and we thought he might have a terminal illness. After 4 days @ Mayo Clinic we found out he would live.
ReplyDeletePick three words to describe 2012. Three words to describe 2012 would be: Tough, Stressful and Challenging
ReplyDeleteThank you for having such a great blog.
ReplyDeleteMy first grandson was born !!
ReplyDeleteThe best thing that happened this year wasmy husband got a job with 100% Medical, Dental & Vision paid for the whole family. The single most challenging thing that happened was switching my kids to schools due to bulling, now I have to transport them daily. We went on a vacation to AZ out of the blue to see family! We did have a huge obsticale that was unexpected, my hubby found out he had no liscence...eekkk. To sum up this year in a nut shell without writing a book it was full of lots of heart ache and tears and I hate going back to those places as we are out with the year 2012 and on with 2013 and plan on in the new year moving to our own home out of the multi home living arangments we are in and we hope to get the kids in a great school and work on getting my hubby back on the road so I don't have to be out driving 7 hours a day between him and the kids. I am looking forward to more reward and less stress. I am kick'n butt and will take names later!!!!! BRING ON THE NEW YEAR!!!! Wishing you all the best!
ReplyDeleteMy biggest challenge was my leaky roof and it's still leaking, but I do see it being resolved very soon.
ReplyDeleteMy most challenging for home is trying to stay organized!
ReplyDelete2012 was not easy for me. Thanks for sharing some things to think about.
ReplyDeleteI need to do so much to improve this year...It's actually quite overwhelming to think about it all. thanks for the thoughts.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the thoughts...I have a TON to improve this year..it's too much to think about and gives me anxiety.
ReplyDeleteMy most unexpected joy of 2012 was the birth of my nephew. My sister had so much trouble getting pregnant and it finally happened!
ReplyDeleteThis New Year is going to be better than last year. I can not wait for the Spring and Summer to get here. Life without Job is my three words, but I believe 2013 will be better!
ReplyDeleteMy most valuable relationships are my daughters =D
ReplyDeleteI totally learned to leave 2012 in the past and to look forward to a new year of new beginnings
ReplyDeleteI became a wife in 2012 and my daughter celebrated her 1st birthday
ReplyDeleteMy biggest joy this year was the birth of my 1st Grand daughter. She makes me smile from the inside out!!!
ReplyDeletethe hardest thin i delt with was my son left home for jobcore and i am suffering severe pain in my neck due to degenerative disc disease. but other than that all is well
ReplyDelete3 words to describe 2012- Tough, Challenging, Stressful. Here's hoping and praying 2013 will be better.
ReplyDelete2012 was not a good year for me. I hope 2013 will be better. I need to find a job, and soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your hard work on this.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your hard work on this.
ReplyDeleteAn unexpected joy last year was we got transferred for my husbands job. I was unsure but it has been the best thing that has happened to us. He is closer to home and we have made some great friends.
ReplyDeleteThe best thing that happened this year was when my boyfriend of 3 years proposed to me on my birthday!
ReplyDelete-Rachael Henzman
The year started really rough. My husband and I were having marital problems, my husband was in and out of work, I was denied for disability benefits, and my family took care of my terminally I'll father 24/7 until he passed away in May. Since then, my husband and I have grown closer, my relationships with my family are stronger than ever, and my relationship with God is going strong. I feel things can only get better.
ReplyDeletemy life drastically changed around Feb of 2012 - red flags were raised regarding my son (then 6) and school and i found out that he was being abused (mostly emotionally but he was physically restrained several times and even slapped by a teacher once) - of course, the teacher in question (who'd only known my kid less than a month) said he'd been "telling stories lately and planned it all out" and me, knowing my kid for nearly 7 years, knew better. so after IEP meetings were called and no one listening to my plea for a change in classroom, i pulled him out of public school and began homeschooling. it took months for him to regain confidence in himself (upon exiting K, he was the best reader in his class - upon pulling him out halfway through 1st, he would cry and convulse and have a meltdown if he didn't know a word)... but he's progressed so much further than he would've in a harmful environment. i've had to quit my merchandising jobs and become a SAHM in order to homeschool (i'm on SSI, luckily, so i have a LITTLE income) - i've had the police come around trying to scare me into putting him back in school - i've had DCFS knocking on my door saying i'm neglecting my kid, etc. but i know that i'm doing the right thing because my kid is thriving and not trying to shove himself into garbage bags to be thrown in the dumpster anymore.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest time-waster this past year was probably reading all my favorite blogs, and pinterest... I just love looking at what everyone else is doing. Now I just need to do some of those things myself.. maybe in 2013?!? :)
ReplyDelete2012 was a very challenging year for me. I really hope 2013 is better and that I have the courage to make the changes that I need to make to make 2013 better.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all of these questions. I know that i will be printing this out and having each one of my family member fill them out and then put them away and read them later in the year to see what we said and what has changed with us.
ReplyDeletePick three words to describe 2012. those would be rollercoaster, faith relief
ReplyDeletemy most challenged thing for 2012 was staying organized but now we getting on a roll in 2013 ;) Thanks for sharing Dorothy Boucher @tisonlyme143
ReplyDeleteThe best book I have read this year was "Cork Town". It opens your eyes to the ways thing are done in Detroit.
ReplyDelete•What was the single most challenging thing that happened? my daughter has autism and it was a bad year for her and me
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We were behind on our house payment and we knew that the bank was probably going to take our house so we had somewhat planned for it. One day we seen an article online stating that the bank wouldn't be foreclosing on any houses until after the holidays...hahahaha so funny. The very next day our house was up for sale in the newspaper :(. So we had to move quick, we offered them the $ we owed for the house but they wanted us to refinance cause they knew they would probably get more money out of us. Honestly the house wasn't worth what we owed for it. It was falling apart due to the coal mines mountain top mining right across the mountain from us. So it had shook our houses foundation so much that it was literally starting to crack down the middle on the inside. We ended up moving on 12/21 and had our first Christmas in our new house thanks to my in-laws help. If it weren't for them we would probably be homeless right now. That was my most unexpected event last year, yet would probably fit into more of the questions above. :) I'm very thankful for the love and help we have received.
ReplyDelete2012 was an amazing year.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter went to kindergarten my son to JR high. We took family vacations (we had never been on one just the 4 of us) and spent the year just in happiness.
2013 is looking to not be so well :(
My mother was just diagnosed with cancer and her treatments and such are about to begin.
2013 better bring my mom a new life. Or I will kick its arse ;)
The best thing that happened to us this year was the purchase of our first home! We worked so long and hard preparing our finances for this purchase and made many sacrifices to make it happen. What a great feeling it was to finally have made our goal in 2012!
ReplyDeletethe best way i used my time this past year was...takein care of my 2 wonderful kids
ReplyDeletelove spending time with the grandkids
ReplyDeleteThree words to describe 2012 = Glad it's over!
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I hope 2013 is better than 2012 FOR EVERYONE !!!
ReplyDeleteThose are some great questions. I like thought provoking things like this.
ReplyDelete2012 really dragged out towards the end..seems like 2013 is already flying by
ReplyDeleteI agree about 2012 dragging on. Not really excited for the world to continue haha because life just seems to get worse..
ReplyDeletethe most difficult thing would be right now .Iam quitting smoking.
ReplyDeletehoping for a new exciting year with many great changes
ReplyDeleteThank God for a New Year.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is a big relationship with me. She turned 2 and I just think all the time about us growing up with a great relationship.
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