* How did the year go overall?
* What were my accomplishments and causes to celebrate this year?
* What could have been improved?
* Was there a theme for this year that you can see in retrospect?
* What was the highlight of the year?
* What was a lowlight of the year?
* What did you want to happen this year but didn't?
* What was the most positive unexpected thing to happen this year?
* What would you do differently if you could do this year over?
* What were the biggest lessons from this year?
* If you had to describe the past year in a few words, what would they be?