Organize IT Recap: Upgrade Your Weekly Review

February 1st 2008   Recap   2 comments

Organize IT recap for 1st February 2008

  • The increasing number of people who subscribe to Organize IT every week is always encouraging to see. It took a year to get my first 1000 subscribers, yet I’ve managed to break the 2000 subscribers mark in a third of the time… well, almost. To hit my target I need to get the figure consistently over 2000 within the next seven days, so if you enjoy this blog please subscribe to the RSS feed and make my week complete!
  • If you haven’t checked out my latest template, the habit tracker, please do! I’ve been inspired by David Seah’s Printable CEO series and over the next few weeks I’m going to be radically updating my productivity templates to be more professional. So watch this space.
  • Has anyone tried FolderShare for backing up and syncing their files? It was recently bought out by Microsoft and looks an intriguing prospect. As you may be aware I’ve been a fan of Mozy for the last few months, so I’m looking for feedback on whether to change tools.
  • Lifehack.org discusses twelve ways to upgrade your weekly review. There are some very good points worthy of attention here. However, from my personal experience I’ve found that the GTD concept of a weekly review is flawed (at least for me). What I’m currently doing is reviewing as and when I need to. Of course the trick is to recognize the signs saying you need to review :) Anyone tried a similar approach?

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Stephen
February 1st 2008

I do a weekly review every Friday, whether I need it or not. If I don’t have too much that needs reviewing it only takes a few minutes, but for a week like this past one where I was sick and flat on my back for three days, it was essential for getting back on track and being prepared to hit the ground running.

James
February 3rd 2008

Thanks for the comment Stephen. A review is definitely essential to get back on track and regain focus. I just find that more often than not I need to do it at different times. The same goes for processing stuff, updating next actions list, etc. So I figure, why not just do a review when I need it and can actually benefit from it?

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