Here is a somewhat sanitized version of what I shared with my team:
- Unsubscribe from noisy GitHub repos or ones you aren't interested in anymore.
- Create a 2023 brag sheet!
- Leave Slack channels that are abandoned or not useful.
- Sort email and schedule new meetings.
If you are like, but Amara... I only have the brain cycles for 1 thing, commit to making (and maintaining!) a brag sheet.
Mine includes quotes, links, screenshots, and short descriptions of things I do throughout the year. This is a great resource for performance reviews!
Maybe you are a manager like me, so I also include sections to brag on my reports, peers, and even my managers. It never hurts to give someone else some kudos or notice their brag-worthy work.
How are you finishing out the year? Or will you do some of this new year prep in the first week of 2023?
TBH I'm not doing anything, for me the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 is a completely arbitrary and essentially meaningless "moment" ... but yeah, could be food for thought, depending on how you look at it.