reviews

I like to refelct on what I am doing on a regular basis. This has proven useful to me to keep track of what I am doing in the mid- and long-term and work out which things work well for me and which don't. I generally reflect on three levels:

• Daily

• Weekly

• Monthly

For this year, I would also like to take a longer retreat and reflect on the past year.

Daily

I keep track of what I achieved in a day in a diary post in vimwiki. These are just a handful of bullet points, mostly (but not exclusively) work related. I write those every evening. Sometimes, days can feel like you did not achieve anything at all. Reflecting for 5 Minutes and seeing what you actually did is very fulfilling. I also maintain a note in Notes.app for every month with subsections for every day where I write done more generic observations and thoughts. Both of these are good to re-read in the weekly review.

Weekly

Every Sunday, I refelct on how my week went. I check if I did accomplish everything I did plan the sunday before, reflect on how the week went in gerneral, what I could do better and what I want to keep on doing. For every week, I maintain a page in my vimwiki, again with bullet points about the week. At the end, I define some goals for the next week.

Monthly

One level up from the weekly review, I check how my months went. The reviews are similar, but with broader goals. Instead of reviewing my daily notes, I review my weekly notes.