Over the past several years, I’ve been doing a really fun and powerful practice of wrapping up the old year and welcoming in the new year. I try to do it on New Year’s Day, but a week before or a week after is fine.

In a notebook, I write down every accomplishment that I can think of from the year before. Some are personal, some financial; others are family related, educational, or work related. If I overcame something or got rid of something that wasn’t working in my life, I put it in the book. I put vacations in there, anything that has a feel of accomplishment.

Then I make goals for what I would love to happen in the coming year. I dream, and I write them all down. Some of the things are in sight — I can see how they’re going to happen — and others, I have no idea how they could manifest. But I record them all in the notebook.

And then, I close the book. I put it away and don’t look at it again until the next new year, when I sit down to do this practice again.

And when I reopen that book, it always amazes me, because 80% to 90% of the things on that list have happened!

So, if you’re inspired by this practice, please try it for yourself. Dream big, and then put the notebook away.

And then see what just that level of confidence can do to manifest great things in your life.