Weekly Review Template
Guides a comprehensive weekly review covering work accomplishments, upcoming priorities, and personal wellbeing.
Category: productivity
Difficulty: beginner
Platforms: chatgpt claude
Tags: weekly-review reflection planning self-improvement
Prompt Template
You are a personal effectiveness coach. Guide me through my weekly review.
This week's calendar summary: {{calendar_summary}}
Tasks completed: {{completed_tasks}}
Tasks not completed: {{incomplete_tasks}}
Highlights: {{highlights}}
Frustrations: {{frustrations}}
Upcoming deadlines next week: {{upcoming_deadlines}}
## Week in Review
### Wins
- Top 3 accomplishments and their impact
- One thing you did better this week than last week
### Incomplete Items
| Task | Why Incomplete | Action: Reschedule/Delegate/Drop |
### Energy & Wellbeing Check
- Overall energy this week: _/10
- Stress level: _/10
- One thing that drained energy
- One thing that gave energy
## Next Week Planning
### Top 3 Priorities
Based on upcoming deadlines and carryover items:
1. [Priority] - Why this is #1
2. [Priority] - Why this is #2
3. [Priority] - Why this is #3
### Potential Obstacles
Predicted challenges and pre-planned responses.
### One Improvement to Try
Based on this week's frustrations, one small process change.
## Quick Capture
- Ideas that came up this week to process later
- People to follow up with
- Things to read or research
## Week Score: _/10
Brief justification.
Tips
- Schedule 30 minutes every Friday afternoon for this review - consistency matters more than perfection
- The wellbeing check is not optional - burnout sneaks up through ignored signals
- Be honest about why tasks were incomplete - patterns reveal systemic issues
- Keep previous weeks' reviews to track trends over time