My Favorite Reflection Resources

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My Favorite Reflection Resources

In 2012, I wrote up a post with links to some of my favorite reflection resources. I included more than 300 questions, prompts or affirmations from more than a half dozen websites that I’ve personally used.

As you may know, reflection is an important part of my life. I regularly make time for planning, pondering, reflecting and meditating. In 2012, I even set up my Google calendar to remind me of my favorite reflection prompts every few days.

In the last two years, I’ve come across more resources and thought it was time to provide an updated post with links and suggestions.

Here are some of my new favorites:

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Using Google Calendar to Prompt the Big Questions

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Using Google Calendar to Prompt the Big Questions

Did you know, if you put a numerical list in a blog title, you’ll get more hits?

  • “7 tips to…”
  • “30 lessons from my 30th year…”
  • “100 affirmations for…”

Some of these lists can be very hard to process in one sitting. How do you work your way through 100 affirmations for a full life? Or 40 questions to ask yourself to find out if the entrepreneurial life is for you?

I’ve tried to sit down with a few lists before and journal my way through the answers, but my interest fades shortly after question #7, like a drawn-out homework assignment.

I needed a way to take these valuable lists a bit more slowly and intentionally.

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