When I wrote “What goals or projects need to be adjusted or dropped?,” my implicit assumption was that reviewing the month would show how much was done instead of what wasn’t. I see that I need to shift the language to be more explicit.

It’s critical to celebrate what you have done – in fact, it can be more important than looking at what you haven’t done. Even better is when you see what you have done in the context of what you haven’t because that allows you to ask some good comparative questions.

I’ll take a look at this and revise it. Thanks for the suggestion!

I think I’d add one question to the very beginning of this process: “What have I accomplished so far this month, and how about if I pat myself on the back for it right now?” Might also include telling someone about it and having *them* pat me on the back too. This is different from the “Reward” step (also important and something I don’t do enough), in that it helps build motivation into the review process itself…at the beginning, before frustration over what’s undone threatens to derail the review.

Okay. Okay. I’m going. Mid-Month Review it is!
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