From bfb56ad43fb63f46dc247e6d5382fdeb1e4772cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lars Wirzenius Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:40:35 +0200 Subject: rewrite the whole site Signed-off-by: Lars Wirzenius Sponsored-by: author --- review.mdwn | 80 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 80 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 review.mdwn (limited to 'review.mdwn') diff --git a/review.mdwn b/review.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 60a2160..0000000 --- a/review.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ -The weekly review -================= - -So you've got your lists set up, and you process your inboxes daily, -and tasks flow smoothly through the projects and next actions lists. -How do you know everything is OK? You need to take a look at every -part of your GTD system, and your life, to make sure everything's in -its right place, and you've not forgotten anything. - -The weekly review is a fundamentally important part of making sure -you stay on top of things. You need to review all your lists, and -calendars, inboxes, etc., and have a short meditative moment where -you reflect your life, and try to think of anything you may have -missed so far. If you do this regularly, and with some thoroughness, -you'll be certain that you've captured everything into your system. - -You might not need to do such a review weekly. If you live a very -calm, regular life, you might only do it rarely. On the other hand, -if your life is a maelstrom, you might want to do a review more often -than once a week. Experiment, and see what works for you. - -Here's my checklist for doing a weekly review: - -* Process inboxes. -* Review journal entries since previous review. Write a summary of the - highlights of what has happened. -* Review calendar entries since previous review, and for the next month. -* Empty head from things. -* Review projects. Make sure each has at least one next action. Remove - any projects that are finished or aborted, or move them to someday/maybe - if that's appropriate. -* Review next actions list. Are they all of good quality? -* Review waiting for list and mail folder. -* Review pending and support files: - * physical folder at home - * folder in e-mail -* Review someday/maybe. -* Review "Read and Review". -* Review areas of focus, goals. -* Re-process inbox. - -It usually takes me a couple of hours per week to do a good review of -the entire system. Sometimes more, if I do a thorough review of all -my open bug reports, for example, but I only do that if I have the -time, and haven't done it in a while. (A thorough review of the bug -reports tends to mean reading through everything, and sometimes checking -that bugs still exist.) - -It's common for me to postpone doing a review, if I'm tired or busy -or have any of a number of other excuses. If it gets really bad, -I postpone the -review for months. In that case, it can take a bit of an effort to do -the review, which acts as further encouragement to push it forward. - -The way I get out of that is that I need to be reminded of the strong -feeling of relief and being in control that I get after doing a review -properly. -I feel that I'm on top of things, that regardless of what surprises -the universe may throw at me next, I know where I am now and what I need -to do next. (And then I often go read the Internet instead, but that's -another problem.) - -In fact, doing a review gives quite an energy spike for me. I feel -motivated to work on things right after a review. Because of this, I -try to schedule my reviews for Monday mornings rather than, say, -Friday evenings. - - -Other reviews -------------- - -In addition to the weekly review, it is good to have another kind of review -about once or twice a year. For this, I find it's best to do a weekly -review first, and then concentrate on bigger issues: what do I want -out of life? How do I want to live in one year, five years, twenty years, -or in my retirement? What do I need to do to achieve those things? - -I've not done much of that yet, so I don't have a lot of concrete advice -about that. I'll add more about it when I do. - -- cgit v1.2.1