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The art of organizing your year

When the Advent calendar gives way to the year's schedule, it's time to get back to business. Year in review, roadmap, financial check-in, priorities to address… Come on, let's focus on what matters to plan the year's highlights without burning out.

Conclude

Take a step back. Journalists at Mediacités publish an annual impact report to assess the concrete changes their investigations have enabled. On the Ticket side, a media outlet focused on culture, they prefer to integrate the year's review into a dedicated newsletter, as transparent as possible and presenting both successes and failures.

Anticipate

Prioritize and plan your tasks over time to avoid panic. For that, nothing beats a roadmap—just like when you plan a road trip. At Médianes, we have a dedicated practical guide. Think of it as a New Year's gift. If the objectives you've set seem achievable, all that's left is to work backward from your deadline. It's all quite poetic.

Improve

2023 Resolution: organize your work transparently with accessible tools tailored to your needs and environment. Whether you prefer big tech platforms or open-source software… the key is not to multiply platforms. We've chosen a collaborative workspace (Notion + Google Workspace), along with a communication channel with one conversation per project (Slack). What about you?

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