FMP 039 • 20 Questions For New Year’s Eve 2021: Leaving COVID-19 Behind

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“See you later, worst year ever!”

Johnny Returns for New Year’s Eve 2021

Wow, this past year has been one hell of an experience. While we are not out of the woods yet in our international response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of room for celebration. Over the next several months, vaccines will be readily available to the world population. People will return to the office, and we might even get to shop without a mediatory mask mandate (I mean, masks are okay…but yah…)

Johnny returns to the show to reflect on our own experience of the year. We also run through a series of questions, twenty questions to be exact, designed to encourage self-reflection of where we have been and where we want to go. Our New Year’s Eve 2021 episode is one we have been looking forward to record. Crack open a beer, sit in your favourite chair, and enjoy the conversation.

Episode Outline

Welcome to 039 – 20 Questions for New Year’s Eve 2021

1. What We Do:
   • Behavioural Medicine and Health Psychology
2. Today:
   • Johnny and Jerod Killick get together to reflect on 2020, and answerer a series of reflective questions promoting personal reflection
3. The Latest Finding My Psych Challenge
   • No alcohol for 90 days Update.

Reflecting on 2020 and The Year To Come

1. Initial Observations about 2020
   • Nobody would disagree that this was the hardest year most of us have experienced in a lifetime.
     • We each reflect on how we experienced the year.
2. 20 Questions Promoting Reflection Deep Dive New Year’s Eve 2021
   • Pick three words to describe this past year.
   • In what way(s) did you grow in your relationships with others?
   • What was biggest thing (new activity) you learned this past year?
   • What was your single biggest time waster in your life this past year?
   • What’s most valuable in my life right now?
   • What was the single greatest lesson of this past year and what did it teach you about yourself?
   • What was your most selfless act this past year?
   • What does success look like for you in the upcoming year and how do you need to redefine your definition of success?
   • What creative projects do you want to bring into the world this upcoming year?
   • What would you try if you knew you could not fail?
   • What major indulgence are you willing to experience?
   • What is one change you could make to your lifestyle that would give you more peace?
   • In what ways are you willing to communicate better with others?
   • Is there any relationship in your life that would benefit from forgiveness?
   • What’s one way you could have more fun in your life?
   • What is one word that you want people to use to describe you?
   • What was one of the most meaningful compliments you received this past year? Why was it so meaningful to you?
   • What is a place you want to visit in 2021?
   • What is one New Years commitment (resolution) you are willing to make right now for 2021?
   • What 3 words will describes 2021?

Sources Used For 20 New Year’s Eve 2021 Questions

1. Everyday Faith: “20 Questions For a New years’s Eve Reflection“
2. Brands For The Heart: “19 New Year’s Eve Reflection Questions“
3. The Art of Simple: “20+ Questions For a New Year“
4. Holidappy: “100 Reflection Questions to Help Guide Your New Year’s Resolutions”