The Epic Year approach is about speeding up personal growth.
What do you remember from a specific year in your life? When it comes down to what we remember from past years, we tend to remember … the epic stuff.
What do I remember from a specific year?
And why do life events matter?
Here we go:
Life Event Density
When thinking back on a specific year, most of us will remember highly specific life events like:
And so on.
Besides being positive and memorable, what these types of life events often have in common is that they seem to propel our lives forward.
Four is the Magic Number
In 2010, I married Lisah on a Caribbean beach, worked in New York, started blogging in English, and got a studio apartment in Manhattan’s Financial District. Those were four significant leaps in my life — and a life-changing year for me.
For me, 2010 was epic.
In 2013, I remember quitting my job and starting a digital PR agency, Spin Factory. That’s two giant leaps, but honestly, I can’t remember anything else but hard work from that year.
In retrospect, 2013 doesn’t stand out as an “Epic Year.”
The magic number seemed to be four major milestones; if I had experienced four leap-type events in one year, that year would have felt monumental in hindsight.
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The Epic Year Approach
We all experience major life events. Sometimes, they occur one after another, sometimes they’re far apart. It could be finishing or starting an education, relocating, marrying someone, making a crucial career move, starting a business, having a child, etc.
What such events typically have in common is that they tend to propel the progression of your life forward.
A few years stand out, pushing my personal development forward exponentially. What did those years have in common? They contained four (or more) life events.
I call them Epic Years:
Epic Year = experiencing four (or more) major life events within one year.
To accelerate personal growth, examine the upcoming year. How many life events lie in your path? Fewer than four? Take action to get that number to (at least) four!
Learn more: The Epic Year Approach: Control Your Life Event Density
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Keeping Track of Epic Years
I will, for sure, do my very best to have Epic Years moving forward. The plan is to keep track of significant life events by doing annual reviews:
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My Renaissance Projects
The Renaissance was a period of significant cultural, artistic, political, and scientific rebirth in Europe, lasting from the 14th to the 17th century, marked by a renewed interest in the classical art and ideas of ancient Greece and Rome.
Inspired by lifelong artists and learners, I strive to always develop my creative intelligence, physical strengths, and mental well-being.
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In addition to being a PR professional, I’m interested in finding ways to live a better life — and I sometimes stumble upon ideas worth writing down when thinking about such things.
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