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Past year review
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Last discussed Jul 29, 2026
A personal reflection technique involving an annual review of relationships and life priorities to plan for the following year.
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Q&A with Tim — The Art of Male Friendship, Reinvention in The Age of AI, & More
Tim Ferriss · Jul 29, 2026
Q&A with Tim — The Upcoming AI Tsunami and Building Offline Advantage
Tim Ferriss · Mar 26, 2026
The Self-Help Trap - What 20+ Years of “Optimizing” Has Taught Me
Tim Ferriss · Mar 11, 2026
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Used for: Identifying the most important relationships and priorities by reviewing peak positive and negative experiences from the prior year
Praised: Helps clarify which relationships and activities to focus on most
"You can identify the most important friends for all of those things I just mentioned by doing a past year review. People can look up past year review to see how I do that."
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"the past year review helps to make this point for me over and over again. if you don't know what the hell I'm talking about, just search my name in..."
Q&A with Tim — The Upcoming AI Tsunami and Building Offli...
· Mar 26, 2026
"my policies that were already in place last time we spoke that I have really continued to invest into are doing a past year review every year looki..."
The Self-Help Trap - What 20+ Years of “Optimizing” Has T...
· Mar 11, 2026
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