Not to track. To think. Most people review their week on Sunday night. They look at what they did, feel vaguely guilty about what they didn't do, and make a plan they'll ignore by Tuesday. This isn't a review. It's a ritual of mild self-judgment.
What a review actually is: A weekly review should answer three questions. What did I learn? Not just what happened — what did you learn from it? What should I stop doing? Every week, something you're doing isn't working. The review is where you identify it. What should I start doing? Something specific you learned from the week's experience.
Why most reviews don't work: Because they're focused on tracking, not thinking. 'Did I go to the gym 3 times?' vs 'Is how I'm spending my time aligned with what actually matters?' The difference is whether you're just measuring activity or making intentional decisions about it.
The review that takes 20 minutes: Sit with a notebook. Write one thing I learned this week, one thing I'm stopping, one thing I'm starting. That's it. Twenty minutes. You leave knowing what you want to be different next week.
I put together a weekly review template with these three questions plus a weekly highlights section. Use it every Friday afternoon.
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