May 28th 2007
GTD Dictionary
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Review:
- To examine with an eye to criticism or correction.
- Going over a subject again in study so as to fix it in the memory.
The weekly review in GTD is one of the key elements, and also one of the hardest to implement efficiently. While most aspects of GTD are open to individual interpretation, the review is the one element that David Allen is clear on. Despite your best intentions, stuff always slips through. The review is the one definitive period in your week to catch up on these leaks and process them.
The weekly review also allows you to re-focus your mind on your system and keep it fresh. People take it for granted that they can implement an organizational system and it will just work. Normally, however, it becomes stale, out of date and eventually falls apart. The weekly review gets you focused and keeps the important things at the forefront of your mind.
What should you do in a weekly review? On a basic level you must process any loose paper, receipts, reference materials, etc then review your calender. You should also review all your next-actions lists, project lists, waiting on lists and someday/maybe lists. The ultimate purpose is to clear your mind and bring your GTD system up to date.
Gilad Buchman:
June 6th, 2007 at 10:09 pm