📆 Wrap up 2023 🚀 Kick off 2024
My final collection of resources for the year 👨🏻💻
😍 Look back on 2023 🔙
Netted’s best of 2023 lists = top films, podcast, shows, books
The best films scores and soundtracks of 2023 = worth a listen
The best book cover designs of 2023 = drawing us in
The 84 sentences that explain 2023 = key moments
🤔 Reflect on 2023
How to write your personal 2023 annual report by
links to a variety of creators’ annual review questions and curates a helpful round-up of rituals.- is a useful free reflection guide. Use it to reflect back on 2023, and to think ahead about your plans for 2024.
The Ultimate Annual Review, created by Steve Schlafman, is an alternative free template for considering the past year, with a Google Doc version and one for Notion. There’s even a Spotify playlist to accompany your 30 to 60-minute reflection.
📆 Plan for 2024 🔜
Set your intentions for 2024 with this template from a year-end post in
’s thoughtful newsletterCreate your annual work plan like an artist/scientist with
’s guide from — with thorough, step-by-step suggestions.Free year planner — Mark up plans for 2024 on a single spreadsheet, from spreadsheet guru Andrew Kamphey.
TinyMonth also lets you view 2024 on a single page, with a bonus feature. You can select a bunch of dates to map out next year's book group dates, days when you'll run with a friend, or whatever else you're planning. Then you can share a link showing the dates you've picked. Or copy the dates into an email.
🔮 Check out Amy Webb’s 10 Big Themes for 2024 for insights on the year ahead.
📨 Send a note to your future self
Futureme.org lets you send your future self a free note. It gets emailed to you on a date of your choice. Remind your busy future self of a value you care deeply about. Schedule it for January 31, once New Year's resolutions have faded.
📚 Adopt new tiny habits and little experiments
Consider planning weekly experiments instead of giant New Year’s resolutions. Research shows resolutions aren’t particularly useful. If you need to make a resolution, try a New Year’s First.
Better yet, read Atomic Habits or Tiny Habits. Both books suggest adopting small, repeatable daily behaviors, rather than gigantic far-off goals. Sketching out a new positive habit may seem less sexy than drawing up a long list of resolutions, but it’s likely to more impactful.
Which Ritual has little daily, weekly, monthly or yearly rituals you can try. Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day is a helpful book with an accompanying one-page printable PDF to help you track your little experiments.
😍 Play a game to recharge your creativity
Odd One Out — Guess which image is AI generated
Beethoven Beats — Tap a rhythm and hear a Beethoven piano sonata that incorporates it. 🎹
Staring Contest — “Face off against famous artworks, try not to blink!”
Paint with Music — Make music with your digital brushstrokes
Say What You See — Learn the art of image prompting with the help of Google AI.
For more of these games, check out Google Arts and Culture Experiments.
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A visual : Kottke’s 2023 photo collections 🕊️
Best Comedy Wildlife photos of the year including:
Also check out Nice News’ Funniest Pet Photos of the Year
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Great wrap up! Thank you for including The Switchboard's resources.