54 New Year’s Questions to Ask Yourself – Free Printable

Kickstart your New Year’s Eve party with our intriguing New Year’s Questions. This engaging activity sparks lively discussions and reflections, creating a memorable celebration as guests share their hopes, dreams, and resolutions for the upcoming year. Get ready for meaningful conversations and welcome a New Year’s tradition you will never forget.

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This engaging conversation starter activity encourages guests to reflect on the past year and share their aspirations for the next, creating memorable moments and an opportunity to host the best conversation as watch the ball drop on NYE.

What to do with these New Year’s Questions

This tradition not only encourages reflection and goal-setting but also provides a wonderful keepsake to look back on in future years. A New Year’s interview is a tradition where you ask various questions to family members, particularly children, as a way of reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the new one.

The end of the year (or the start of a new year) is the perfect time to ask yourself, a family member, or a best friend these New Year’s Questions.

These questions include topics such as goal setting, reflecting, and sharing memories both good and bad. Consider writing down your answers or if you are brave, recording them on video or audio. New Year’s Interview

Save your answers and compare them to what you answered in the previous year. It’s worth the effort to see how far you have grown as a person. It’s incredible to see how much my own thoughts change from year to year.

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SUPPLIES

You don’t need a lot of supplies to get started. Gather the following materials to kick off this fun activity:

• Cardstock paper or paper
• Printer (or have the cards printed at a local printer)
• Optional: Laminator to laminate the paper for more durability.

New Year’s Eve Conversation Starters

Ask these simple questions at your next NYE gathering:

1. Your number one goal for next year
2. The biggest lesson you learned this year
3. The biggest risk you took this year.
4. A way you grew emotionally this year.
5. Something you want to do the same next year.
6. Best advice you received this year.
7. A new skill you want to learn next year.
8. Something you want to do for someone next year.
9. Your number one goal for next year.
10. Something you want to do differently.
11. Your word for the next year.
12. A place you want to visit next year.

13. An unexpected joy this past year.
14. One new thing you tried this year.
15. An unexpected obstacle this year.
16. The biggest thing you learned.
17. The best books you read this year.
18. Three words to describe this year.
19. Something that made you belly laugh.
20. Best movie you watched this year.
21. The biggest problem you solved this year.
22. The best day of the year.
23. A new skill you learned.
24. The funniest thing that happened to you.

New Year’s Icebreaker Questions

25. What was the highlight of your past year?
26. What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned this year?
27. If you could sum up your year in one word, what would it be and why?
28. What’s your favorite New Year’s Eve tradition?
29. If you could change one thing about the past year, what would it be?
30. What’s your biggest goal for the upcoming year?
31. Who has been your biggest inspiration this year?
32. What bad habits do you wish to conquer next year?
33. What is one new skill you want to learn next year?
34. What’s the most adventurous thing you did this past year?
35. How do you plan to make the next year better than the last?
36. What are your New Year’s resolutions?
37. Share a moment from the past year that made you laugh out loud.
38. What are you most grateful for from this past year?
39. If you could travel anywhere in the coming year, where would you go and why

New Year Reflection Questions

New Year’s reflections are a way of looking back on the past year to evaluate one’s experiences, achievements, and challenges. They provide a chance to think about what you’ve learned, how you’ve grown, and how you can apply those lessons in the coming year. Reflections often involve asking oneself specific questions about the past year’s events, feelings, successes, and struggles. They can also include setting intentions or goals for the new year.

40. What was your most significant achievement this past year?
41. What was your biggest challenge and how did it make you stronger?
42. What was an unexpected joy this past year?
43. What unexpected life lessons did you encounter?
44. In what area do you feel you made your biggest improvements?
45. What are you proudest of this past year?
46. What was the most valuable lesson you’ve learned this year?
47. What was the biggest risk you took this year, and what did you learn from it?
48. What was the biggest thing you learned about yourself this past year?
49. What are three words that best describe your year?
50. What was the best way you used your time this past year?
51. What was the most challenging part of your year?
52. What was your favorite moment spent with your friends & family this year?
53. What was the most meaningful compliment you received this year?
54. What is something you’re looking forward to in the coming year?

Have a Happy New Year! I hope this activity provides a good time and provides a moment of deep reflection and new beginnings! 

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More Family Conversation Starters

Keep important conversations going year-round. Don’t forget to grab these conversation starters:

• Year in Review printable for kids – an activity sheet that allows children to reflect on the past year.
• Date Night Questions for Married Couples – a fun way to spend time together on a date with your spouse or partner.
• Questions to Ask Your Parents Now
• 20 Questions for Kids to Ask Their Grandparents – Icebreakers can help bridge the generational gap and foster a deeper connection between kids and their grandparents.
• 130 Questions to Ask Your Spouse

More New Year’s Eve Printables

• Best Printable New Year Games for Kids – 20 fun games for kids to play. It’s a family-friendly way to ring in the new year together.
• New Year’s Eve Scavenger Hunt – How many of these party items can your party guests find?
• New Year’s Trivia Questions – 12 New Year trivia questions that your guests can answer. Answer key included.

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