A life spent worthily should be measured by a nobler line,—by deeds, not years.

Years are a poor unit because they accumulate whether or not anything is in them. Deeds are countable in a different way: specific things done, specific people helped, specific work finished. Ten of those in a decade say more about a life than the decade does.

Try listing what you actually did in the last twelve months rather than what you were busy with. If the list is short, that is information rather than a verdict. Choose one thing for the coming year that would belong on it, and arrange the ordinary weeks so it happens.