2025 -> 2026 Reflection Worksheet
A structured guide to meaningful reflection and intentional growth
This Reflection Worksheet offers a structured pause to review your year and refocus your direction. It is purely for your own use — nothing needs to be completed or handed in. The questions are designed to guide your thinking at your own pace. You may view the Worksheet on this page below, or click the button to download the Worksheet in pdf.
If deeper insights emerge and you would like to explore them further, we are here to assist.
PART 1 — Looking Back at 2025
1. Your Three Main Goals for 2025
Please list the three goals you did intend to focus on in 2025.
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How well did you achieve each goal? (fully, partially, not yet)
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2. What Supported Your Progress?
Which decisions, habits, relationships, or resources have helped you move forward?
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3. What Made Goal Achievement More Challenging?
Consider practical obstacles, capacity constraints, unexpected events, or internal patterns.
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4. The Human Layer: How Emotions Influenced Your Year?
As you reflect on your goals and results: What emotions did you feel when you made progress? (Examples: motivation, calm, confidence, curiosity)
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Which emotions surfaced when progress felt hard? (Examples: frustration, doubt, overwhelm, hesitation)
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How did these emotional states affect your decisions or behaviours?
• Helped me mover forward
• Slowed me down
• A mix of both
Brief reflection:
PART 2 — Defining Your Focus for 2026
1. Key Goals Across Life Areas:
Work / Career:
Personal Development:
Health & Fitness:
Relationships:
Wellbeing & Energy:
Other Priorities:
2. What Will Enable Success in 2026? Consider routines, habits, boundaries, support, or new ways of working.
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3. What Might Get in the Way? Recognize emotional patterns, stressors, environments, or habits that may need attention.
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PART 3 —
A Quiet Insight: How Emotions Shape Results
Your have reflected on what supported you, what challenged you, and what you want to focus on next year. Now consider:
1. How Might Becoming More Aware of Your Emotions Influence Your Results in the Coming Year?
2. How Could Managing Your Reactions More Intentionally Help You Stay Focused, Calm, or Resilient?
3. How Might Better Understanding Others Improve Collaboration and Relationships?
PART 4 —
Your Personal Emotional Intelligence Commitments for 2026
Self-Awareness: In 2026, I want to become more aware of...
Managing Emotions: When experiencing pressure or uncertainty, I want to...
Understanding Others: To strengthen relationships and collaboration, I will...
Intentional Behaviour: When facing challenges, I am to respond by...
Purpose & Leadership Presence: I want to show up as someone who...
Closing Reflection: By the end of 2026, I want to feel...
Emotional Intelligence isn't just for leaders or experts. It's a practical skill that affects how we think, communicate, decide, lead, and build relationships. Like any skill, EI improves as we understand it, practice it, and intentionally develop it.
If developing stronger EI skills is part of your 2026 goals, we are happy to support you through coaching, leadership programs, or our ICF-accredited course.
Wishing you a successful, healthy, and happy 2026
The CoFuturum Team