How to Make 2024 The Best Year of Your Life

Ali Abdaal

Ali Abdaal

16 min, 53 sec

The video discusses methods to make the coming year the most meaningful, balanced, and enjoyable by setting and working towards goals that matter.

Summary

  • Introduction to the concept of the best year involving progress towards meaningful goals, a balanced life, and enjoyment.
  • The Wheel of Life exercise categorizes life into sectors, rates satisfaction, and helps to set goals.
  • 12-Month Celebration exercise envisions future achievements to create goals.
  • Ideal Week Method plans time in a week to work towards the set goals.

Chapter 1

Introduction to the Concept of the Best Year

0:00 - 45 sec

Introduction to making the best year of one's life through progress, balance, and enjoyment.

Introduction to making the best year of one's life through progress, balance, and enjoyment.

  • Making progress towards meaningful goals.
  • Maintaining balance across different life areas without sacrificing one for another.
  • Enjoying everyday life while working towards goals.

Chapter 2

The Wheel of Life Exercise

0:44 - 2 min, 21 sec

The Wheel of Life exercise helps evaluate life's different areas and set goals.

The Wheel of Life exercise helps evaluate life's different areas and set goals.

  • Life is divided into work, health, and relationships, then further into nine specific categories.
  • Satisfaction in each category is rated from 0 to 10, focusing on alignment with one's goals rather than current satisfaction.
  • Visual representation of satisfaction levels is created, and an additional joy category is considered.

Chapter 3

Investing with Trading 212

3:05 - 4 min, 1 sec

Promotion of the Trading 212 app for investing with features like pies and multicurrency accounts.

Promotion of the Trading 212 app for investing with features like pies and multicurrency accounts.

  • Trading 212 offers a platform for commission-free investing in stocks, shares, and funds.
  • Features include pies for diversified investing, multicurrency accounts, and interest on uninvested cash.
  • Promotional offer includes a free share for using the referral link.

Chapter 4

12-Month Celebration for Goal Setting

7:06 - 4 min, 51 sec

The 12-Month Celebration exercise helps set and refine goals for the year.

The 12-Month Celebration exercise helps set and refine goals for the year.

  • Envision celebrations of achievements in key life areas 12 months from now.
  • Focus on one primary goal per area for clarity and simplicity.
  • The importance of writing down goals and reviewing them regularly.

Chapter 5

Ideal Week Method for Time Management

11:57 - 4 min, 52 sec

The Ideal Week Method schedules time for action on goals in a typical week.

The Ideal Week Method schedules time for action on goals in a typical week.

  • Plan the entire week by blocking off essential activities and scheduling time for goal-related actions.
  • Reflects the actual available time and allows for adjustments of goals accordingly.
  • Emphasizes the need for simplicity and the potential need to deprioritize less important goals.

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