I'm sending this late because I wanted to celebrate 2,500 email subscribers... but we're still short. So, we'll save the celebration for another day.

We added 121 in the last week, which I'm so thankful for. Welcome!

Now onto the issue...

Close to 10 years ago I was constantly overwhelmed at work. I always found myself stressed, behind, and struggling to keep up.

So, I started looking into productivity systems. One of the first I found was Getting Things Done by David Allen. I implemented much of his system and was blown away by how much more productive I was.

But I was still stressed, behind, and struggling.

As is common the first time you read a book, I didn't capture all his ideas. So I went through it again.

It was this time around that I started implementing the Weekly Review process.

The weekly review is now an essential part of staying organized and productive. It's something I think everyone should implement.

Why you as?

Here's why:

1. It helps you reflect back and internalize the lessons from the last week.

2. It helps you close "open loops" and transfer everything to your productivity system.

3. It forces you to pause and plan for the next week.

I call this: Ponder, Process, and Prepare.

I posted about it this week on this Twitter thread, but also released a podcast about it. Feel free to read or listen, whatever you prefer.

What I'm reading

I'm currently listening to Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow on audio book. Overall, it's good, not great. Since listening to Dune, I remembered this was in my "Want to Read" list so decided to pull it out.

What are you reading?

Question of the week

Have you ever done a weekly review? What was your process?