Comments on: Why The Weekly Review Is Here To Stay

By: Daryl Furuyama

Daryl Furuyama — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:27:34 +0000

So it seems that we agree it’s a need based thing and not necessarily seven days. But I do think seven days is a good starting point for people just getting going with the concept of reviewing and are not yet aware of their needs.

By: Francis

Francis — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:38:25 +0000

It’s tough to say that seven days is the magic number for everyone. I’d rather say that each person should decide how often they should do their reviews, based on the needs of their own time management system.

For example, my mother is retired, and her needs are very different from mine, and I can imagine that she doesn’t need the same frequency that I do.

Also, when I moved from Florida to Jamaica, I noticed that my need to review increased due to the more hectic day to day lifestyle that I started to lead.

Given that each person has their own goals, career, job and system, I think it makes sense to say that each person should use the same principles, but they might very well arrive at different specific practices.

By: James

James — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:36:16 +0000

Thanks for the comment. You make a good point about starting out with regular reviews until you get comfortable. Doing it weekly does seem rather specific, though it is a good target to have if nothing else. I think the need to review is so dependent on how much you have going on in your life. The more I’ve simplified my life and what I do, the less things there are that need reviewing.

By: Daryl Furuyama

Daryl Furuyama — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:14:53 +0000

In my experience, it seems that the weekly review basically serves two functions:

To catch up
To reflect

I tend to forget some of the things I experience throughout the day, so I try to reflect on my life daily. Even if things weren’t eventful, I still try to figure out why they weren’t eventful and what I can do about it.

As for catching up, if I were to do what I set out to do, then I wouldn’t have to do that (making daily catching up unnecessary). But I don’t always do things perfectly, so in a weeks time there will usually be things for me to catch up on.

Ideally, (or at least my hope is that) one would do a review quite frequently at first. As one becomes better at doing what he hope to achieve, the need for review would become less. I see a review as a safety net to catch you when you start to fall. Do you agree?