The last half of December is such a special and festive time. It’s also an ideal time to take stock of the year that has just passed. A perfect moment to take the time to look back on what you have experienced, discovered and achieved over the last 12 months.

An annual review is also a very good exercise to practice in full awareness. It's a way to slow down a little, to remember your favorite moments, to take the time to appreciate all the big and small things that have been part of your life over the year. It's a time you can give yourself to draw conclusions about the things that make you happy and the things that don't give you enough satisfaction.

If you want to set goals and already have ideas for resolutions for the new year, if you have goals you want to achieve in 2019, taking stock of the past year will also help you make sure those goals are in line with your priorities, your abilities and your values.

If possible, try to do this annual review at least a few days before you sit down to think about the new resolutions you want to make for the coming year. Sit back, relax and take all the time you need to think about it. To help you, in this article you will find a list of 50 questions that you can use to reflect on different aspects of your past year .

Write down your answers or just think about them in your head. You can also talk about it with a friend or someone close to you. The last 10 questions on this list will get you thinking about the year ahead too, but you shouldn't feel obligated to plan your goals and resolutions right now. These last 10 questions are simply there to accompany you and help you prepare for the start of the year with enthusiasm.

Instead, Miss Grenade recommends that you take the time to answer these questions before Christmas Day and set new goals for yourself once December 31st passes.

To conclude, the entire Mademoiselle Grenade team wishes you a very happy holiday season. We wish you abundance, happiness and peace in this hope-filled new year. Of course, we also wish you a year full of style and would like to assure you that we will do everything we can to support you towards this goal. We appreciate the trust you have placed in us, for over 8 years now, and are so happy to offer you our services and expertise. Happy Holidays to everyone!

YOUR YEAR 2018:

• What event, big or small, experienced this year will you tell your grandchildren about?

• If you had to describe your year 2018 in 3 words, what would they be?

• What new things have you discovered about yourself?

• What achievement are you most proud of?

• What is the best news you received this year?

• What is your favorite place to visit in 2018?

• Which of your personal qualities proved most useful this year?

• Who was the main one you could always count on?

• What new skills have you learned?

• What or who are you most grateful for?

• If someone wrote a book about your life in 2018, what genre would it be? A comedy, a love story, a drama, a film noir or something else?

• What is the most important lesson you learned this year?

• What mental block(s) have you overcome?

• Who are the 5 people you enjoyed spending the most time with?

• What was the most defining moment for your career?

• How has your relationship with your family evolved?

• What book or movie has affected your life in a profound way?

• What was your favorite compliment to receive this year?

• What are the little things that you appreciate the most in your daily life?

• What cool things have you created or done this year?

• What was your most common mental state this year (e.g., excited, curious, stressed)?

• Did you do something for the very first time in your life this year?

• What was your favorite moment with friends?

• What major goal have you set for yourself?

• What worries turned out to be completely unnecessary?

• What experience would you like to relive?

• What is the best gift you have received?

• How has your overall outlook on life evolved?

• What is the biggest problem you have solved?

• What was the funniest moment of 2018?

• Which purchase turned out to be a really good idea?

• What thing would you do differently and why?

• Why do you deserve a pat on the back?

• What activities made you lose track of time?

• What’s the one topic you’ve thought about more than anything else?

• What subjects are you most passionate about this year?

• What new habits have you adopted?

• If you could go back to January 2018, what advice would you give yourself?

• Have you made a complete change in certain character traits or in your way of life?

• Who has had the most positive impact on your life this year?

YOUR YEAR 2019:

• What would you most like to accomplish in 2019?

• What do you want to see, discover, explore?

• Who do you want to spend more time with in 2019?

• What skills do you want to learn, improve or master?

• What personal quality do you want to develop or strengthen?

• How do you want your daily life to be?

• What habits do you want to change, cultivate or eliminate?

• What do you want to achieve professionally?

• What do you want to remember from 2019 when you look back on it in 10/20/50 years?

• What is your number one goal for 2019?