🔵 Compass Guidebook: The Anti-resolution Revolution PART 1

Estimated Read Time: 6min

Hey there Future Goal-Crushing Champion!

LISTEN UP! We're exactly 15 days away from 2025 (yeah, that number still feels like sci-fi)

And if you're thinking about waiting until New Year's Eve to scribble down some random resolutions between champagne toasts...

STOP RIGHT THERE!

This Is Your Wake-Up Call

I do this process every year with my Scorpio birthday.

And while most people are still in holiday mode, stuffing their faces with cookies and putting off the "serious stuff" until January 1st, you’re taking a different path.

You know why?

Because while everyone else is nursing their New Year's hangover and panic-googling "how to stick to resolutions," you'll be ahead of the game with a battle-tested plan that actually works.

The Next 14 Days = Your Secret Weapon

Here's the deal: We're about to turn these next two weeks into your personal power planning session. No more of that "new year, new me" nonsense. 

We're going for "new year, BEST me, WINNING strategy!"

Your Emergency Reflection Setup
📅 TODAY (like, literally today):

  1. Block out 20 focused minutes

  2. Grab something to write with

  3. Shut. Those. Notifications. Off.

  4. Pull up your 2024 calendar

  5. Get comfy - we're doing this NOW

Next, time for some brutal honesty. 

Rate yourself 1-10 in these areas and no, 7 is not the default answer for everything:

🏃‍♂️ Physical Health (including that gym membership you forgot about)
🧠 Mental Mojo (beyond your "everything's fine" social media posts)
❤️ Relationships (the real ones, not your Instagram followers)
💼 Career/Work (the stuff that pays the bills)
💰 Money Moves (because adulting is expensive) 
📚 Personal Growth (what's the last non-Netflix thing you learned?)
🎮 Fun Factor (life's too short to be all hustle)
⭐ Life Purpose (the big "why" behind it all)

Lastly, The Deep Dive

Answer these three questions, and "IDK" isn't a valid response:

  1. 2024's Greatest Hits

    • Big wins

    • Surprise victories

    • Work-in-progress wins

  2. 2024's Face-Plants

    • The repeat offenders

    • The lessons learned

    • The "next time I'll..." moments

  3. Your Personal Plot Twists

    • Mindset upgrades

    • New skills unlocked

    • Character development

What, didn't jump on it? Ready for some AI help?

Drop this in your fav language model, (ChatGPT, Claude, even Grok will work)

You are an expert reflection partner, here to guide me through a focused, reflection on 2024.

Your Task:
Ask me one meaningful question at a time, helping me uncover:

Wins – Achievements I might’ve forgotten.
Fails – Lessons from challenges.
Plot Twists – Events that shaped my year.
Patterns – Recurring themes I need to notice.

Rules:
Keep it conversational, impactful, and fluff-free.
Focus on transformation, not surface-level advice.
Tailor follow-up questions based on my responses.

Outcome:
By the end of it I’ll have clarity on my achievements, lessons, and what to carry into 2025.

Here's the thing about doing this with the remaining days in the year:

While everyone else is in a food coma or scrambling through last-minute shopping, you're quietly laying the groundwork for your most intentional year yet.

That's not just smart - that's strategic AF.

Tomorrow, you're getting the next email where we turn all this juicy self-knowledge into a battle plan that'll make your 2025 goals actually stick.

Warning: It's probably going to challenge everything you think you know about goal-setting!

But first – you've got homework.

20mins. Today. No excuses.

Cheat with AI.

The clock is literally ticking on 2024.

What are you going to do about it?

Let's get after it,

-Joshua Hale

P.S. Set a reminder NOW for tomorrow: "From Hot Mess to Success: The Anti-Resolution Revolution" is dropping in your inbox, and trust me, it's going to change how you think about the whole "new year, new me" game!

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