Weekly Review
David Allen's GTD practice of systematically processing all capture inboxes, updating projects, and confirming that every commitment lives in a trusted system — the trust-maintenance protocol that makes cognitive offloading work.
Prerequisites
Linked Lessons
Review completes the capture loop
Run Your First Weekly Review
The weekly review as safety net
Run Your First Three-Phase Weekly Review
The two-minute rule for small tasks
Clear Sub-Two-Minute Tasks from Your Todoist Backlog
The weekly planning session
Execute Your First Weekly Review in Notion
The action filing system
Consolidate Your Action Items into Todoist
Information expiration
Tag Twenty Notes with Expiration Dates in Obsidian
Output is what creates value
Track Your Output-to-Consumption Ratio in Toggl Track
Output measurement
Build an Output Value Scorecard in Google Sheets
The output review
Conduct Your First Output Review in Notion
Reflection transforms experience into learning
Conduct a Structured Project Reflection in Obsidian
The weekly review
Conduct Your First Weekly Review in Notion
The quarterly review
Conduct a Quarterly Strategic Review in Notion
The annual review
Create Your Year-in-Review Document in Notion
Reflection questions that work
Build a Reflection Question Bank in Notion
Pattern spotting during review
Identify Recurring Patterns in Obsidian Weekly Review Notes
Energy and emotion in reviews
Track Energy Patterns in Your Notion Weekly Review
Reflection and gratitude
Add Structured Gratitude to Your Weekly Review in Notion
Reflection resistance
Audit Your Reflection Blind Spots in Notion
Reflection skills improve with practice
Track Reflection Quality Improvement in Notion
The operational weekly rhythm
Build Your Weekly Review Template in Notion
Operational debt
Audit Operational Debt in Notion
Operational simplification
Audit and Simplify Your Weekly Review in Notion
Operational adaptation
Audit Your Operational Routines in Notion
Operations reduce anxiety
Conduct a Brain Dump and System Audit in Todoist