weekly-review

name	Weekly Review
description	Conduct User's weekly review when he says "weekly review", "week in review", or "end of week review". Synthesizes the week's progress, analyzes what worked/didn't, updates project priorities, and plans the next week.

Weekly Review

Facilitate User's end-of-week reflection and planning session to maintain momentum and course-correct.

When to Use This Skill

Auto-invoke when User says any of:

• "weekly review"
• "week in review"
• "end of week review"
• "weekly retrospective"
• "review this week"

Review Structure

Part 1: Week Retrospective (Looking Back)

1. Achievements & Wins

• Read daily notes from reflections/daily/ for the week
• Identify completed tasks, shipped features, milestones reached
• Celebrate wins (even small ones)

2. Time Allocation Analysis

• How was time actually spent vs planned?
• Did Primary project get 40-50% of project time?
• Did art practice happen 3-4x as intended?
• Where did unexpected time go?

3. What Worked Well

• Systems/processes that helped
• Decisions that paid off
• Energy management wins
• Good days (what made them good?)

4. What Didn't Work

• Blockers that emerged
• Distractions or time sinks
• Energy drains
• Commitments that didn't serve goals

5. Learnings & Insights

• Technical learnings
• Process improvements discovered
• Personal insights about working style
• Patterns noticed

Part 2: Project Review (Current State)

Invoke Project Health Check skill to get:

• Status of all projects
• Blockers identified
• Velocity assessment
• Priority alignment check

Additional considerations:

• Should any project priority change?
• Should any project be paused?
• Are new opportunities worth pursuing?
• Is scope creep happening?

Part 3: Domain Check-Ins

Quick pulse check across key life domains:

Career (Strategist):

• Progress on career goals?
• Relationships built/maintained?
• Skills developed?

Wealth (Banker):

• Financial progress this week?
• Side project revenue movement?
• Investment actions taken?

Health (Spartan):

• Fitness consistency?
• Sleep quality?
• Energy levels?

Art (Artist):

• Practice sessions completed?
• Skill progress noticed?
• NMA curriculum advancement?

Operations (Atlas):

• System health?
• Balance maintained?
• Burnout risk?

Part 4: Next Week Planning (Looking Forward)

1. Project Priorities

• Confirm Primary/Secondary/Maintenance focus
• Adjust if needed based on health check
• Set specific milestones for the week

2. Calendar Planning

• Block deep work time for Primary project
• Schedule art practice sessions
• Identify high-meeting days (protect energy)
• Plan YourPet care around work schedule

3. Top 3 Priorities for Week

• What MUST ship/progress?
• What would make next week a win?
• What blockers must be cleared?

4. Commitments & Constraints

• Any special events or travel?
• Deadlines approaching?
• Energy reserves (coming off busy week)?

5. One Thing to Improve

• Based on "what didn't work" - pick ONE
• Specific experiment to try
• How to measure if it worked?

Output Format

Save to: reflections/weekly/YYYY-MM-DD.md

# Weekly Review - Week [N], [DATE RANGE]

## 📊 Week Overview

**Theme:** [One word/phrase capturing the week]
**Overall Rating:** [1-10]
**Energy Level:** [High/Medium/Low]

---

## 🎉 Wins & Achievements

### Projects
- ✅ [Specific achievement - project name]
- ✅ [Specific achievement - project name]

### Art Practice
- 🎨 [Sessions completed, skills practiced]

### Career/Growth
- 📈 [Professional wins]

### Personal
- 🌱 [Life/health/relationship wins]

---

## ⏱️ Time Allocation

**Planned vs Actual:**
- **Primary Project:** Planned X hrs → Actual Y hrs
- **Secondary Project:** Planned X hrs → Actual Y hrs
- **Art Practice:** Planned X hrs → Actual Y hrs
- **Work:** 40 hrs
- **YourPet:** ~7 hrs

**Assessment:** [On track / Overcommitted / Need adjustment]

---

## ✅ What Worked Well

1. [System/process that helped]
2. [Decision that paid off]
3. [Energy management win]

**Why it worked:** [Brief analysis]
**Continue:** [How to maintain this]

---

## ❌ What Didn't Work

1. [Blocker or distraction]
2. [Time sink or energy drain]
3. [Commitment that didn't serve]

**Why it didn't work:** [Brief analysis]
**Adjust:** [How to avoid/improve]

---

## 💡 Learnings & Insights

**Technical:**
- [New skills or knowledge gained]

**Process:**
- [Improvements discovered]

**Personal:**
- [Insights about working style, energy, etc.]

---

## 📊 Project Health

[Paste or reference Project Health Check output]

**Priority Changes:**
- [Any adjustments to project priorities]

**Projects to Pause:**
- [Any projects to put on hold]

**New Opportunities:**
- [Anything new worth considering]

---

## 🎯 Domain Check-Ins

### 💼 Career (Strategist)
**Progress:** [Status]
**Actions Taken:** [What was done]
**Next Week:** [Focus area]

### 💰 Wealth (Banker)
**Financial Progress:** [Status]
**Actions Taken:** [Investments, side project revenue]
**Next Week:** [Focus area]

### 🪖 Health (Spartan)
**Fitness:** [Workouts completed, consistency]
**Sleep:** [Quality, average hours]
**Energy:** [Overall assessment]
**Next Week:** [Focus area]

### 🎨 Art (Artist)
**Sessions:** [X of 3-4 target]
**Focus:** [What was practiced]
**Progress:** [Skills developing]
**Next Week:** [Practice focus]

### ⚡ Operations (Atlas)
**System Health:** [How are systems holding up]
**Balance:** [Life balance assessment]
**Burnout Risk:** [Low/Medium/High]
**Next Week:** [Adjustment needed]

---

## 📅 Next Week Planning

### Week [N+1] - [DATE RANGE]

**Primary Focus:** [Main project and milestone]
**Secondary Focus:** [Secondary project goal]
**Maintenance:** [What needs minimal attention]

**Top 3 Priorities:**
1. 🔴 [P0 - must ship/complete]
2. 🟠 [P1 - important progress]
3. 🟡 [P2 - meaningful but flexible]

**Calendar Notes:**
- [Deep work blocks scheduled]
- [High-meeting days to prepare for]
- [Art practice sessions blocked]
- [Special events or constraints]

**One Thing to Improve:**
- **Experiment:** [Specific thing to try differently]
- **Success metric:** [How to know if it worked]

---

## 🧠 Reflections

[Open-ended thoughts, patterns noticed, bigger-picture thinking]

---

*Generated by Weekly Review skill*
*Next review: [Date]*

Implementation Approach

1. Gather data:

   • Read daily notes from reflections/daily/ for past 7 days
   • Read projects/INDEX.md for current project state
   • Invoke Project Health Check skill for detailed analysis
   • Check for weekly calendar if available

2. Analyze patterns:

   • Look for completed tasks in daily notes
   • Identify blockers mentioned multiple times
   • Notice energy patterns (which days were productive?)
   • Spot time allocation trends

3. Synthesize:

   • Honest assessment (no forced positivity)
   • Specific examples (not generic)
   • Actionable insights (not just observations)
   • Connected to long-term goals

4. Plan forward:

   • Based on actual capacity (not ideal)
   • Adjust for lessons learned
   • One focused experiment (not five resolutions)

Context Files to Reference

• reflections/daily/*.md (past 7 days) - Daily notes and task completion
• projects/INDEX.md - Project status and priorities
• .system/context/preferences.md - Time allocation philosophy and goals
• Previous weekly reviews in reflections/weekly/ - Track progress over time

Integration with Other Skills

• Auto-invoke Project Health Check as part of review
• May lead to Cabinet Meeting if major decisions needed
• Informs Morning Brief for upcoming week

Tone

• Reflective but action-oriented
• Honest about what didn't work
• Celebrates wins without inflation
• Strategic and connected to long-term vision
• Pragmatic about capacity and constraints
• Growth-minded (everything is data)

Best Practices

Do:

• Use actual data from daily notes
• Be specific about achievements and failures
• Connect insights to long-term goals
• Recommend one focused improvement
• Acknowledge energy and capacity

Don't:

• Force positivity if week was hard
• Make vague observations
• Suggest five new habits to try
• Ignore patterns or recurring issues
• Recommend more than User can handle