- 你今年做了哪些之前从未做过的事？
- 你有没有遵守年初时和自己许下的约定？
- 你身边有人生孩子了吗？
- 你身边有人去世了吗？
- 你去了哪些城市/州/国家？
- 明年你想要获得哪些你今年没有的东西？
- 今年的哪个或哪些日子会铭刻在你的记忆中，为什么？
- 你今年最大的成就是什么？
- 你今年最大的失败是什么？
- 你今年还遇到过哪些困难？
- 你今年是否生过病或受过伤？
- 你今年买过的最好的东西是什么？
- 谁的行为值得去表扬？
- 谁的行为令你感到震惊？
- 你大部分的钱都花到哪里去了？
- 有什么事让你感到超级、超级、超级兴奋？
- 哪首歌会永远让你想起这一年？
- 与去年的这个时候相比，你是：感到更快乐还是更悲伤了？变得更瘦还是更胖了？变得更富还是更穷了？
- 你希望自己能做得更多的是什么？
- 你希望自己能做得更少的是什么？
- 你是如何度过节假日的？
- 你今年坠入爱河了吗？
- 你是否有讨厌某个你去年此时不觉得讨厌的人呢？
- 你最喜欢的电视节目是什么？
- 你读过最好的一本书是什么？
- 你今年发现的最好听的一首歌是什么？
- 你今年看过最喜欢的一部电影是什么？
- 你今年吃过最好吃的一顿饭是什么？
- 有什么是你想要且得到了的？
- 有什么是你想要却没有得到的？
- 你生日那天做了什么？
- 有什么还未发生的事，如果发生了，会让你的这一年变得无比满足?
- 你会如何描述你今年的个人时尚风格？
- 是什么让你保持理智？
- 你最欣赏哪个名人/公众人物？
- 哪个政治问题最令你有感而发？
- 你想念哪些人？
- 在你新认识的人之中，谁是最好的？
- 今年你学到了什么宝贵的人生经验？
- 能够总结你这一年的一句话是什么？
原文地址，作者是斯蒂芬。目前是 Obsidian 的首席执行官，此前是 Lumi 和 Inkodye 的联合创始人。原文如下：
- What did you do this year that you’d never done before?
- Did you keep your new year’s resolutions?
- Did anyone close to you give birth?
- Did anyone close to you die?
- What cities/states/countries did you visit?
- What would you like to have next year that you lacked this year?
- What date(s) from this year will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
- What was your biggest achievement of the year?
- What was your biggest failure?
- What other hardships did you face?
- Did you suffer illness or injury?
- What was the best thing you bought?
- Whose behavior merited celebration?
- Whose behavior made you appalled?
- Where did most of your money go?
- What did you get really, really, really excited about?
- What song will always remind you of this year?
- Compared to this time last year, are you: happier or sadder? Thinner or fatter? Richer or poorer?
- What do you wish you’d done more of?
- What do you wish you’d done less of?
- How are you spending the holidays?
- Did you fall in love this year?
- Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
- What was your favorite show?
- What was the best book you read?
- What was your greatest musical discovery of the year?
- What was your favorite film?
- What was your favorite meal?
- What did you want and get?
- What did you want and not get?
- What did you do on your birthday?
- What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
- How would you describe your personal fashion this year?
- What kept you sane?
- Which celebrity/public figure did you admire the most?
- What political issue stirred you the most?
- Who did you miss?
- Who was the best new person you met?
- What valuable life lesson did you learn this year?
- What is a quote that sums up your year?
另请参阅 我每十年问自己的 40 个问题。