The 12 Week Year
Table of Contents
Compress yearly goals into twelve-week arcs you can feel - and map wiki projects to them.
Key Concept
- Twelve-week arcs compress goals into quarters you actually feel on the calendar.
- Map wiki projects to the arc with weekly numbers - vague annual resolutions die in February.
- Periodic Knowledge Review rhythm fits naturally at week twelve.
Level 1 - Recognize
The 12 Week Year splits big goals into twelve-week chunks with a real deadline you can feel on the calendar - not vague annual resolutions.
Level 2 - Explain
Quarters you can feel beat annual resolutions that die in February - compressed horizons put weekly numbers against an arc you can miss.
Level 3 - Use
Map one wiki project to a twelve-week arc with weekly checkpoints - vague annual goals become a date you can miss.
Level 4 - Connect
Drift shows up before the year is gone when weekly numbers run against the arc - tradeoff against Slow Productivity when quarterly intensity skips depth; Periodic Knowledge Review fits at week twelve.
Level 5 - Create
Ship the arc at week twelve, then start the next - treat the year as four felt deadlines, not one vague resolution.
Examples
- Twelve-week sprint on one fitness goal beat a vague annual resolution - week ten finally bit.
- The team treated the quarter like a season - one scoreboard, weekly film, no fake annual plan.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Slow Productivity | when quarterly intensity beats fewer deeper projects |
| extends | Periodic Knowledge Review | Twelve-week arcs compress goals into review quarters you actually feel |
| extends | Quarterly Planning | Sprint scoreboard rhythm this method compresses |
