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The Weekly Review has the power to heal your mind and let you get your things done. Block out some time in your schedule and create a plan for managing all of the pieces of your weekly review:

This Review Checklist is designed to keep your Projects and Next Actions from slipping through the cracks in your memory.

1. Review the Tickler File ~ Look at all of the folders/pages from the past week, making sure that everything was done. Re-Tickle anything that didn't get done, if appropriate. Jot down any ideas that occur to you while reviewing and put them in the In-Box.

2. Process the In-Box ~ I use this time to pay bills, update my checkbook, file receipts and papers and notes, clean out my wallet, and other little "housekeeping" chores. After the in-box has been emptied, I review and clean up the hPDA.

3. Calendar Review ~ Simply reviewing the time-specific actions and information from the past week. Does any of it need to get archived for possible retrieval? Then I synchronize my diary with G-Cal, focusing on the full month ahead. Finally, in the spirit of efficiency, I process any emails that are sitting in the inbox.

4. Project Review ~ First I close and archive any completed Projects, prepared to jot down any ideas that occur to me as I do this. Next, I update current and forthcoming Projects on the @Project List by asking myself if the Project is still worthwhile. I have saved a great deal of time by letting go of projects that had turned away from the original goal, or if the goal of the project had shifted. While reviewing each Project, I can check the status of Next Actions that are in @Waiting For, and tickle or calendar a contact action for the person responsible for getting back to me. (Do not actually email them now, the purpose of this exercise is review, not do)

5. Next Action Review ~ Clean up the @Next Action list with the focus on "is the action/project still worthwhile" and "what is being waited on. This is the third time the @Next Action list has been

6. Review the Someday/Maybe list ~ Has the Review brought any ideas to the front of your mind that need to be logged here?

7. Review Support Files ~ Scan through these files and archives for inspiration.

8. Brainstorm Creative Ideas~ What would your current projects look like from beyond the completion date? Envision wild success.