Weekly Review Template
Design a weekly review ritual that keeps you aligned with your goals, captures lessons learned, and sets up each week for success. The most important productivity habit you can build.
Usage
Provide your role, key responsibilities, and goals. The skill creates:
- Review Checklist: Step-by-step process for your weekly review
- Accomplishment Log: Template for documenting the week's wins
- Lessons Learned: Framework for capturing what worked and what didn't
- Goal Check-In: Progress assessment against quarterly/annual goals
- Next Week Plan: Priority-setting for the upcoming week
- Inbox Processing: System for clearing all inboxes (email, tasks, notes)
- Calibration: Are you spending time on what matters most?
Examples
- Knowledge Worker: "Design a Friday afternoon weekly review for a product manager. Cover: feature delivery, customer feedback, team health, personal development."
- Entrepreneur: "Weekly review template for a solopreneur running a consulting business. Need to review: client work, business development, finances, and learning."
- Student: "Create a Sunday evening weekly review for a graduate student. Cover: coursework progress, research milestones, teaching duties, and self-care."
- Manager: "Weekly review for an engineering manager. Review: team velocity, 1:1 follow-ups, hiring pipeline, cross-team commitments, and personal growth."
Guidelines
- Schedule it at the same time each week — treat it as a non-negotiable appointment with yourself
- Keep it to 30-60 minutes — longer reviews don't get done consistently
- Process ALL inboxes (email, Slack, notes, task lists) to zero — this is the foundation
- Review your calendar for the past week (did I attend everything?) and next week (am I prepared?)
- Celebrate wins explicitly — your brain needs positive reinforcement
- Identify the ONE thing that would make next week a success
- Write down lessons while they're fresh — you'll forget by next week
- Adjust your system every month based on what sections you skip or find most valuable