“It was just a busy year again” is not enough to explain how my days actually went.
In truth, the most honest story of this year is told by the daily records quietly stacked up on my calendar.
Rewind is a year-in-review feature that gathers all the events and tasks logged in your calendar throughout 2025 and shows you where – and how much – of your time really went. It turns everything into clear graphs and numbers: when you were at your busiest, when work piled up, where you actually had room to breathe, and how your weekdays and weekends flowed.
Looking back on a year is more important than we think.
If we leave it at a vague feeling of “I was busy,” we’re likely to repeat the same patterns again. But when you face the actual data, a different picture appears. You start to see, all at once, how much time went into meetings and deadlines, how long you’ve been postponing personal projects, and how little space you left for rest and taking care of yourself. Rewind organizes all of that into patterns and calmly shows you where your energy has really been flowing. Going through this process makes it easier to decide what to protect, what to reduce, and where to leave more white space in the year ahead.
Rewind isn’t a report card telling you whether you did well or poorly. It’s a tool to understand yourself as you are. As you scroll through your year, what starts to appear is not just “a busy year,” but a picture of how you kept going and made it through in your own way. From that understanding, you can design next year’s version of yourself to feel a little lighter and a little stronger. Rewind is where that begins.
Don’t chase perfect. Small starts build routines: set smaller loops in the same window, and one calendar is enough to make habits stick.
A single line the night before simplifies the dawn ritual. Clear the space and silence interruptions.
The rhythm becomes clear.
A short breath and stretch prepare your focus.
Wake the body with a light stretch, then do the hardest task first.
Leave shallow work like messages and email for later.
When the thinking work comes first, the rest of the day feels lighter.
A light lunch and deep focus open the afternoon. Keep caffeine gentle with matcha and turn off notifications to give one task your full attention.
Afternoon focus begins with small wins. Warm up with familiar tasks, then finish one important item to bring sluggish hours back to life.
The end of the day can be the quietest beginning. As others wrap up, steady your breath and lift your focus.
The quieter it becomes, the sharper the focus.
At the darkest hour, your focus is at its peak. Step away from distractions and listen only to what matters now,
but keep your stop time and protect your sleep.
A calendar does not force time.
It makes intent visible.
Keep hours flexible, but commit today’s essential task to today. Repeat short focus and short recovery so the next start feels easy.
Do not box yourself into a single type. You can do deep work in both.
Observe today’s rhythm and design a type that suits you.
Not just another busy year.
Take a quiet moment to see how your year really went.
