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How to keep a consistent weekly review
Chris Bowler | Feb 7 2008
Greetings ninjas I have spent the last year trying the various ideas\themes that Mr. Allen listed in his book. And with the help of great resources like 43Folders, a lot of those ideas have helped me stay organized, accomplish goals and have reduced my overall stress. But there is one GTD concept I have struggled with consistently. And that is keeping a regular weekly review. And no matter what kind of system (paper or electronic etc), no matter how efficient that system, without a regular weekly review, the system quickly loses it usefulness. Then I stop trusting the system, my stress rises, and I start figuring out how to make a better system (another problem all of it's own). It seems pretty obvious to me when I remove myself from the flurry of incoming tasks and information - if I could consistently keep a weekly review, my system would enable me to reach ninja levels of productivity. Does anyone else struggle with the review? And does anyone have some tips and tricks to help a person stick to doing a weekly review? 6 Comments
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 Make an appointment with yourselfSubmitted by jonr on February 8, 2008 - 10:18am.
A weekly review checklist does help. Also, I make a FIRM appointment with myself to do my weekly review - for me, it's Friday morning. I don't allow anything to encroach on this appointment - door is closed; phone is set to "Do Not Disturb" - you get the idea. I try very hard to avoid having to reschedule it - I am simply unavailable to anyone on Friday mornings. Of course, there have been emergencies or something truly unavoidable, but in that case I clear a different spot on my calendar and hold THAT time slot inviolate. The trick is to always consider this one of, if not THE most important things you'll do all week. » POSTED IN:
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