Take the time to reflect on the past year and ‘reset’ for 2022. De-clutter your physical & digital workspaces and set goals for the new year.

Tuesday 18th January, 2022

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As the professional, working year begins to ramp up, many of us are still languishing in that immediate post-holiday season haze that tends to set in for the first few weeks of January.

It’s important to take a little time for ourselves at this time of year to pause, to visualise what we want to achieve, what we’d like our year to look like. To perform a ‘reset’ or sorts, and to set forth into 2022 with mindful direction.

Resetting effectively often comes down to taking the time to genuinely reflect. To reflect on the past year and its challenges, how we’ve worked around and overcame these challenges, and to acknowledge our achievements.

RESET/ REFLECT

A useful tool when reflecting upon the previous year and what we’d like to achieve in the next year is to write things down.

A physical list written on a piece of paper, or perhaps a whiteboard near your desk or workspace, can be a useful reminder to stay the course.

If you’re looking for useful topics upon which to reflect, or goals to set for 2022, try one of the following:.

Your achievements for the past year/ what you’d like to achieve in the next.
The best moments of 2021.
The biggest challenges from the past year that you’d like to leave behind.
The people in your life that matter, family, loved ones, friends and colleagues.
Useful habits you’ve built to meet challenges.
Skills, techniques or habits you’d like to work on through 2022.

CLEAR YOUR DESK (OR TIDY YOUR ROOM ETC)

There’s nothing like a tidy workspace to clear and energise your mind, putting you in a productive headspace to blast through work effectively.

Tidying, organising and de-cluttering your personal space provides a genuine mood lift, it offers an easily-achieved sense of accomplishment and it really does seem to make it easier to think more clearly and creatively and to keep motivation levels topped up.

Kick off your ‘reset’ for the new year by creating a positive work environment. It doesn’t necessarily have to mean deep cleaning your entire house, but start by clearing your desk, sorting through papers and any junk that’s been building up.

Clear your to-do list and good vibes and high energy levels will be incoming.

CLEAR YOUR INBOX WHILE YOU’RE AT IT

For those of us working primarily in the digital space, clearing your ‘digital desk’ can be equally, if not more, freeing that removing the junk from your physical workspace.

Do your digital reset right and clear out all of the old, unanswered emails from your inbox. While you’re at it, unsubscribe from unneeded subscription lists and create some additional folders to archive and organise your incoming mails.

Take the opportunity to do a stocktake on your digital organisation system. Create new folders for different tasks and projects you’ll be embarking upon this year, and archive older files and projects that have been completed or won’t need your immediate attention.

Delete old, redundant or out of date files while you’re at it.

Now you’ve taken the time to ‘reset’ effectively and will be reenergised and ready to take on 2022 most effectively.

RESET & REFRESH FOR THE NEW YEAR