Weekly energy journal review

When This Fires

• Weekly, after 7 days of energy logging (Log energy (1-5) three times daily with sleep, meals…)
• During the weekly planning session (Write this week's priorities on a blank page without last…) when energy patterns inform the coming week's scheduling
• When daily logging feels like "just collecting data" without producing actionable changes
• Complements After 10+ post-action reviews, analyze in aggregate… (aggregate review analysis after 10+ reviews) with the weekly energy-specific protocol

Common Failure Mode

Data accumulation without review: logging energy diligently for weeks without ever reviewing the data. The logging feels productive but produces zero behavioral change because the patterns were never extracted. The review is where the value lives — without it, the logging is a journal exercise, not a feedback loop.

The Protocol

(1) Weekly (same day each week), read your energy log entries from the past 7 days. (2) Answer three questions in writing: Repeats: "What energy patterns appeared on 3+ days this week?" (Same drain at same time? Same boost from same activity?) Surprises: "What energy reading surprised me? What was different about that day?" (Unexpectedly high? Unexpectedly low? What factor might explain it?) Trends: "Is my average energy this week higher, lower, or the same as last week? What changed?" (3) Based on findings: one action for next week. Address the most actionable repeat, investigate the most informative surprise, or respond to the trend direction. (4) Keep the review to 10-15 minutes. The constraint prevents over-analysis and keeps the practice sustainable.