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Tips for Tackling the Weekly Review?
Getting Things Done (GTD) | Last Active: Jan 9, 2019 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
I have a similar question. I don't need the full 90 minutes. I use Trello to keep track of all my projects and individual tasks. I move cards over as I complete each task and add new projects or tasks as they happen, typically after each meeting or checking emails. Since so much of my task organization happens on a daily basis, I don't need more than 10 minutes Friday morning to look over the list and make sure I added and moved all cards. Any reason the long once a week review is necessary?
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I was thinking about trying Trello! The tasks have been the hardest for me. I'm using ToDoist but so far--fail. 🙁 I'm guilty of using the calendar in Outlook and can't get rid of this. I was thinking Trello might feel like a better substitute.
Sounds like you're capturing continuously, @toffenbacher, and keeping your system up to date throughout the week. If you can do your weekly review in a shorter time, that's great. Keeping your inboxes close to empty regularly makes that part of the review shorter. Besides making sure you have next actions for all of your projects, the Weekly Review is meant to help you have a time to at least occasionally think bigger and longer-term. Otherwise you can get so busy with keeping up with next actions that you don't get time to brainstorm projects. Maybe in addition to your 10 minutes to catch up you might just add 10-20 minutes for a mind sweep. But again, if you're capturing continuously even that can be shorter.