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Year in Review Printable 2026

A year in review printable is a one-page sheet you fill in at the end of the year: one thing from each month, the best moments, what you are proud of and what you are leaving behind. Pick a sheet below — month by month, sixteen end of year reflection questions, couples or kids — type your answers or print it blank, on A4 or US Letter.

Your 2026, month by month

Pick a month and write one thing that happened in it — a trip, a change, a meal you still think about. The ring fills as you go, and every month you write lands on the printed sheet.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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your word for the year
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December

Your answers are saved in this browser.

End of year reflection questions

Sixteen questions in four groups: what happened, who it happened with, what you learned and what comes next. Answer the ones that catch you and skip the rest. Whatever you write here prints on the reflection questions sheet, and five of the answers go on the month-by-month sheet too.

Looking back

People

What I learned

Looking ahead

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Plan 2027 with what you just wrote

What you want more of and what you want to start are the first lines of next year’s plan. The resolution tracker turns each one into an action with a week and a place, and prints a plan sheet to keep with this one.

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How the sheets and the year are worked out

Nothing is scored. The page lays out four sheets — month by month, the sixteen reflection questions, couples and kids — and prints the one you pick. Each is drawn at the true size of the paper, converting millimetres at the CSS definition of 96 pixels to the inch, so an A4 sheet is laid out at A4 and US Letter at Letter, and each fits on one page. What is on screen is the printed sheet rather than a preview of it.

The year on the sheets is computed, never typed. In December it is that year; for the first fifteen days of January it is still the year just finished, because that is when many people sit down to write it; after that it is the year in progress, so next December's sheets are already in place. The year after it, printed on the sheets where they look ahead, is that number plus one. There is no year literal anywhere on the page to go stale.

The ring counts the months you have written something for, out of twelve. Nothing else is counted, and no month counts for more than another. The sixteen questions, their four groups, the ten couples questions and the kids boxes are ours: they are writing prompts, not a validated questionnaire, and there is nothing to pass or fail. Answers that run longer than the lines on a sheet are cut at the last line; print the sheet blank if you want to write at length by hand.

Two research claims are made on this page and both are cited below: that people are more likely to start on goals just after dates that feel like a fresh start (Dai, Milkman and Riis, 2014), and that a 2022 review of 20 randomised trials found journaling gave a small to moderate benefit on health measures, with too much variation between studies to name a firm effect. What you type is saved in this browser's local storage under one key, and the clear button empties it.

Where these numbers come from

  1. 1. The Fresh Start Effect: Temporal Landmarks Motivate Aspirational Behavior — Dai H, Milkman KL, Riis J, Management Science 60(10):2563–2582, 2014 (authors' copy, Wharton)
  2. 2. Efficacy of journaling in the management of mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis — Sohal M, Singh P, Dhillon BS, Gill HS, Family Medicine and Community Health 10(1):e001154, 2022 (PMC)

Nothing on this site is medically reviewed. Every figure above was read out of the code that runs on this page, and where a number is our own judgement rather than a published one, the note says so and cites nothing. Method last checked 12 October 2026.

How to do an end of year reflection you will want to read again

An end of year reflection is worth doing when it is specific. "It was a busy year" is true of every year and tells you nothing in twelve months. "March: the week the boiler broke and we ate at my sister's every night" is something you will be glad you wrote down. That is why the first sheet here asks for one thing from each month before it asks for anything bigger: the months jog the memory, and the big questions are easier to answer once the year is laid out in front of you.

Start with what happened, then move to what it meant. The best moments and the hardest part come first because they are the easiest to reach. Who made the year better comes next, and it is the question people most often skip and most often value later — if the answer is someone who does not know it, that is a message worth sending in December. What you learned and which habit helped are slower questions. Leave them a day if they need it.

Finish by looking forward, but only a little. What you are leaving behind and what you want more of are the bridge into next year, and that is where this page hands over to the resolution tracker, which turns a wish into an action with a week and a place. The date helps: in a 2014 study by Dai, Milkman and Riis, people were more likely to start on goals just after dates that feel like a new beginning, which is the fresh start effect. A review is a cheap way to make sure that start is pointed at something you chose.

Be honest with yourself about what a sheet of paper can do. A 2022 review of journaling trials found a small benefit with a lot of variation between studies. It is a good hour, not a treatment. If you would rather do it in smaller pieces through the year, the year in pixels keeps one square a day, the printable gratitude journal keeps a page a week, and the end-of-day review is the five-minute version you can do every evening.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a year in review printable?
A one-page sheet you fill in at the end of the year to look back on it before the next one starts. This one has room for one thing from each month, your word for the year, the three best moments, what you are proud of, what was hard, and what you are leaving behind. Print it blank and write by hand, or type your answers on this page first and they print on the sheet.

What questions should I ask in an end of year reflection?
Questions about what happened, who it happened with, what you learned and what you want next. The sixteen on this page fall into those four groups: the best moments and the hardest part; who made the year better and whether they know; what you learned about yourself and which habit helped most; and what you are leaving behind and want more of. Answer the ones that catch you and skip the rest.

When should I do my year in review for 2026?
Any time from mid-December to the first weeks of January. A quiet hour in the last week of December is the usual slot, but there is no wrong day. This page keeps the 2026 sheets until the middle of January, then moves on to the new year by itself.

Is there a year in review for couples?
Yes. The couples sheet asks ten questions — your best day, the best place you went, the hardest thing you got through together, a habit you want to keep, one thing to do together next year — with a column for each of you. Fill it in apart and swap, or answer it out loud together and write as you go.

Is there a year in review printable for kids?
Yes. The kids sheet has big boxes for favourite things — food, song, book or show, game and place — plus the best day of the year, something they learned, something they are proud of, a friend who made them happy and a box to draw their favourite memory. Children who are not writing yet can draw in every box and have a grown-up write the words.

How do I print it or save it as a PDF?
Pick a sheet and a paper size, A4 or US Letter, then press the print button. To get a file instead, choose Save as PDF as the destination in your browser's print dialog. Set the margins to None, because the margin is already drawn into the sheet. Every sheet fits on one page.

Does reflecting on the year actually help?
Probably a little, and honestly it is hard to say more. A 2022 review of 20 randomised trials found journaling gave a small to moderate benefit on health measures, but the studies differed so much that the authors would not name a firm effect. What is better established is that dates like New Year make people more likely to start on a goal. A review is a cheap way to decide what that goal should be.

What should I do with my year in review afterwards?
Keep it, and use its last section. What you want more of and what you want to start are the raw material for next year's plan — the resolution tracker on this site turns them into specific actions with a week and a place. Then put the sheet somewhere you will find it next December, because reading last year's is half the pleasure.

Is the year in review printable free?
Yes. There is no signup, no email and no watermark. Every sheet prints straight from this page.

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