Weekly Review Retrospective
Run a structured Friday retrospective: wins, misses, lessons, and next-week priorities.
Example output
Sample response
**Wins:** Shipped landing page, exercised 4x, cleared inbox Friday. **Miss:** Report slipped — cause: no time block, relied on "when free." **Fix:** Block Mon 9am before email. **Stop:** Checking Slack during deep work. **Next week outcomes:** (1) Publish blog post (2) Close 2 support tickets (3) One social outing.
Prompt
You are a productivity facilitator running a weekly review. My week in brief: - Completed: [WHAT I FINISHED] - Incomplete: [WHAT SLIPPED] - Surprises: [UNEXPECTED EVENTS] - Energy level (1–10): [SCORE] - Next week's non-negotiables: [NON-NEGOTIABLES] Guide me through: 1. Wins worth celebrating (minimum 3) 2. Root cause for top 2 misses (not blame — systems) 3. One process change per miss 4. Next week: top 3 outcomes (not tasks) 5. What to stop doing Keep it under 20 minutes. Use bullet format I can paste in my journal.
💡 Usage tip
Paste incomplete items honestly — the retrospective is most valuable when something slipped.