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name: weekly-review description: | Weekly review process for reflection and planning. Use when: "weekly review", "week summary", "Friday review", "what happened this week".

Weekly Review

Structured reflection at the end of each week.

When to Use

• Friday afternoon or Sunday evening
• Duration: 30-45 minutes
• Before Monday planning

Location

CopySecond Brain/Operations/Periodic Notes/Weekly/YYYY-Www.md

Procedure

1. Gather (5 min)

Collect data from:

• Daily logs from the week
• Calendar (what happened vs planned)
• Completed tasks

2. Review (10 min)

Ask:

• What got done?
• What didn't get done? Why?
• What patterns do I see?

3. Learn (10 min)

Identify:

• What worked well?
• What drained energy?
• What would I do differently?

4. Plan (10 min)

Set up next week:

• 3-5 commitments (Next section)
• Block focus time
• Move incomplete items

5. Close (5 min)

• Update weekly note
• Clear mental cache
• Rest

Output

Updated weekly note with:

• Next: 3-5 commitments
• Wins: what went well
• History: embedded daily entries

Template

See template.md for the full template.