Design a weekly review template I'll actually run every Friday or Sunday — not 'reflect on your week and feel grateful'.
MY ROLE: {founder / manager / IC / parent / student}
TIME I'LL ALLOT each week: {25 / 45 / 60 minutes}
WHEN I'LL DO IT: {Friday_afternoon / Sunday_morning}
WHAT'S TYPICALLY DRIFTING in my work: {projects_stalling / inbox_pileup / over-committing / under-prioritizing}
WHAT I WANT THE REVIEW TO PRODUCE: {a_plan_for_next_week / accountability / process_what_happened / decompress}
WHAT KILLS my past attempts at weekly review: {too_long / too_vague / too_emotional / I_skip_when_busy}
WHAT I USE for my work: {calendar + tasks + email + Slack/Linear/Notion}
DESIGN:
1. **The 5 sections** — each with a specific output, not 'reflection'. Time-boxed.
2. **The 'inputs' you pull before starting** — calendar, email, Linear, etc. Specifically what to look at.
3. **The 'decision moments'** — 2-3 explicit decisions you'll make this session (e.g. 'cancel the Wednesday meeting nobody benefits from').
4. **The 'do not include' list** — what NOT to put in the review (long-form journaling, gratitude, goals 5 years out — none of those belong here).
5. **The 'survives a brutal week' minimum** — if you only have 10 minutes, what 3 things do you still do?
6. **The output artifact** — what you walk away with (a Top-3 for next week, a calendar adjustment, a kill-list).
7. **A 4-week version** done monthly that goes deeper.
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Profile: Founder / CEO of a Series A startup. 45 min. Sunday morning. Drifting: over-committing across cross-functional projects. Want: a real plan for next week + decisions made. Past attempts died because they were vague journaling.
1. The 5 sections:
Total: 45 min. Each section is time-boxed. Use a real timer.
Section 1 — Calendar archeology (8 min)
Input: Your last 7 days of calendar.
Walk through the past week meeting-by-meeting. For each one ask:
Output: a list of 1-3 meetings that should NOT have happened, or that should change format (15 min instead of 30, async instead of sync).
Decision moment: commit to canceling or restructuring AT LEAST 1 recurring meeting before Tuesday.
Section 2 — Open loops (10 min)
Email (last 7 days, sent + received), Linear, Slack starred messages.
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Time-box every section with an actual phone timer. Without the timer, the 'calendar archeology' section eats the entire 45 min and you never get to next week's plan. The timer is non-negotiable. The prompt targets ChatGPT (GPT-4) and lives in the Productivity category on mycopyprompt.
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Scan for things waiting on you. Write a list. Use these categories:
Output: the open-loops list, with one of those 4 verbs next to each.
Decision moment: identify 2 things to delegate this week.
Section 3 — Project status (10 min)
Input: Your top 5 active projects (you should have a running list).
For each project, 30 seconds:
Output: a project status snapshot.
Decision moment: for any 'stuck' project, choose: unblock by [date] OR kill / shelf. Don't let it sit stuck for another week.
Section 4 — Plan next week (10 min)
Input: the outputs from sections 1, 2, 3.
Plan:
Output: a written 3-priority list + calendar blocks for the week.
Section 5 — Big-picture pulse (7 min)
One question only: What's the thing I should be working on that I haven't been?
Write 1-2 sentences. Most weeks the answer is 'nothing new — keep going.' Some weeks it's 'I've been avoiding the hard conversation with [person]', or 'I've been working on roadmap when the bigger issue is hiring.'
Output: a one-line note that informs next month's planning.
2. The 'inputs' to pull before starting:
Not pull-able and not needed: gratitude journal, goals doc, financial reports.
3. The decision moments (per session):
Every weekly review MUST produce at least 3 decisions:
If the session doesn't produce 3 concrete decisions, it wasn't a real review — it was venting.
4. The 'do not include' list:
The weekly review is operational. It moves things. It cuts things. It doesn't process emotions.
5. The 10-minute brutal week version:
If you only have 10 minutes:
That's it. This is the minimum that prevents the system from rotting.
6. The output artifact:
Every weekly review produces ONE Notion / doc page with:
That's the artifact. Pin it. Reference it on Wednesday.
7. The 4-week monthly review (90 min, every 4th Sunday):
Adds these sections to the weekly:
Monthly review is 90 min, once. Most people skip this; the people who do it consistently outperform.