A weekly review is one of the most powerful habits for staying on track with your goals, reducing overwhelm, and ensuring continuous progress. Without regular reflection and planning, it’s easy to get stuck in a cycle of reacting to urgent tasks rather than focusing on what truly matters.
This post will guide you through a structured approach to conducting an effective weekly review that enhances clarity, accountability, and long-term success.
A structured review helps you take control of your time rather than letting tasks control you. It allows you to celebrate progress, course-correct where needed, and align your upcoming actions with your priorities.
TO DO
1 Pick your Weekly Review
Choose the right process based on your available time.
For detailed breakdown of steps, please download the template or the process
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1. Build your priority list
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2. Sort out all priorities
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3- visualize
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3- Plan your
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4-Reality
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Benefits
Weekly Planning
Daily Planning
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Duration
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Saving
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30-50% less stress
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Ensures alignment with your annual goals (higher productivity)
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Reduces your level of stress, anxiety and triggers
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Helps you to SAY NO more often without feeling guilty or scared of
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Increases your work life balance, more time with family no thinking of work
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2 If you have 45 min or less per week
Best for Weekly Planning reviews (Friday night or Monday morning)
For detailed breakdown of steps, please download the template
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1. Build your priority list
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Brainstorm ("Present")
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Goals ("Future")
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Previous weekly review ("Past")
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Clean Up Calendar
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Measure Capacity
2. Sort out all priorities
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Sort out all priorities
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Adjust workload and make S.M.A.R.T
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Flag/commit actions: TO DO vs NOT DO lists
3- visualize
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visualize your week
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Adjust priorities and workload
3- Plan your priorities
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TO DO list create time slots in calendar
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NOT DO: cancel, reschedule, decommit, delegate
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Clean Up Calendar
4-Reality Check
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Visualize with your gut
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Visualize with your hurt
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Visualize with your brain
3 If you have 15 min or less per week
Best for Daily Planning reviews in the morning
For detailed breakdown of steps, please download the template
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Step
1. Build your priority list
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Brainstorm ("Present")
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Goals ("Future")
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Previous weekly review ("Past")
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Clean Up Calendar
visualize your week
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Adjust priorities and workload
4-Reality Check
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Visualize with your gut
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Visualize with your brain
4 If you have 5 min or less per week
Best for Daily Visualization in the morning (for the upcoming day) or at night (for the past day)
For detailed breakdown of steps, please download the template
Focus on a few key priorities, not everything at once.
Don’t Let Urgent Tasks Take Over
Ensure strategic goals stay at the forefront.
Don’t Make It a Passive Task
Write things down and commit to actions.
Your next 2 weeks steps
Start NOW or schedule your first try:
Apply the Weekly Review of your choice right away ( and at a minimum the one <5 minutes; see above)
Once done, decide your commitment for the next 2 weeks
How are you feeling right after? Compared to before? What was the value for you?
What to adjust for you to commit for 2 weeks?
Visualize the next time you apply it and how you would like to feel
Celebrate that you have tried something new
2 Week plan proposal:
Week 1: Awareness & Small Steps;
Apply the Weekly Review of 15 minutes
Spend a maximum of 10 minutes 1) reflecting on how you feel compared to before and 2) visualizing what could be improved next time, how much time you would save as a result, and how better you would feel about it
Week 2: Implement & Strengthen:
Apply the Weekly Review of 45 minutes
Spend a maximum of 10 minutes 1) reflecting on how you feel compared to before and 2) visualizing what could be improved next time, how much time you would save as a result, and how better you would feel about it.
Build your habit (-> more practice -> more results)
Model: After [OTHER CURRENT HABIT] and at/when [TIME], I will [NEW HABIT] in [LOCATION].
Example: Before I start my day on Fridays, I close my eyes and visualize myself adjusting my afternoon timeslots for my Weekly Review; then I visualize myself at the end of the Weekly Review, feeling clearer and more excited about the upcoming week, with expectations that are achievable, under my control and aligned with my priorities and my team’s then reflecting on how much I will spend the saved time.
Have applied at least 2X times in the next 2 weeks
What value you can expect:
More clarity and time available for your priorities (between 4 and 6 hours per week); You feel you have more control of your priorities and expectations and feel less stressed.
How to get started:
Print and fill your Habit template then apply right away
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