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Weekly Review Checklists
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Weekly review works when the same short checklist runs every Sunday on purpose.
Key Concept
- The checklist should be boring on purpose.
- Review and Quarterly Planning use the same rhythm at different spans.
- Same steps every week: empty inbox, scan calendar, check projects, pick one express action.
- Skip the fancy template - repeat the same short list even on travel weeks.
Level 1 - Recognize
A weekly review checklist is the same short list of steps run every week on purpose.
Level 2 - Explain
Repeating one short list lowers the friction of starting and builds trust that nothing important will stay hidden.
Level 3 - Use
Every Sunday, empty the inbox, scan the calendar, check projects, and pick one express action.
Level 4 - Connect
The fixed schedule builds trust, but the checklist must stay short enough to survive low-energy and travel weeks - shorten it rather than skip it.
Level 5 - Create
Build a weekly checklist from the few steps that restore trust, then test and trim it until it still runs on a bad week.
Examples
- Inbox, calendar, projects, one express action - twenty minutes beats skipping review because this week's “different.”
- Sunday checklist: bowl by the door, calendar, kid forms, one family thing to finish - same steps even on travel weeks, shortened not skipped.
Note Relationships
| Relationship | Wikilink | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| contradicts | Minimum Effective Dose | when the full checklist beats the smallest review that works |
| extends | The Trusted Inbox | The weekly checklist empties the inbox first - the boring steps that keep trust alive |
| implements | Periodic Knowledge Review | Carries it out in practice |
