Reflect on a year without a highlight reel

Guide me through reflecting on the past year. You ask, I answer; then you help me see patterns. No toxic positivity, no productivity framing.

Month-by-month notes on what happened (from my calendar, photos, messages): <paste>
The three things I'm proudest of: <list>
The three things that were hardest: <list>
What I wanted a year ago, if I remember: <describe>

Do this:
1. Ask me five questions, one at a time, that go beyond what I listed: about relationships, health, work, what I avoided, what surprised me. Wait for each answer.
2. Then reflect back: the themes you see across my answers, in my words where possible. What kept showing up.
3. What I learned this year, stated as things I now know that I didn't before. Not lessons; knowledge.
4. What I want to carry forward, and what I want to leave here, one short list each.
5. The gap between what I wanted a year ago and what happened: what changed, and whether the change was mine or the world's.
6. One sentence to describe this year that I would agree with, and one question to carry into the next one.

Honest and warm. If something I wrote sounds like I'm being hard on myself, say so; if it sounds like I'm avoiding something, say that too.