Comments on: Take a poll about the GTD Weekly Review

By: Louis Pelissier

Louis Pelissier — Thu, 03 Dec 2020 01:54:34 +0000

Back when I was a teacher and lesson plans were due every Monday I made it a point to do it on Thursday. Each day I procrastinated the job seemed to take longer. 45min Thrusday 1:30 Friday and by Sunday it would take me 3+ hours to do the same work. So now I do my GTD review around 10am on Thrusdays. Once I am done I usually have a list to delegate and I can send that our Thrusday afternoon instead of Friday when everyone has the weekend on their minds.

By: Don Schaffner

Don Schaffner — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:38:05 +0000

I just don’t have time during the week, and when I schedule it for Saturday, it almost always ends up slipping to Sunday.

By: Ralf

Ralf — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:58:33 +0000

I don’t spend time on a weekly review but start every Monday with preview of what I need to get done. That might seem to be just a small turn of the perspective but I consider it important because I can focus on what’s next with a positive connotation.

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:59:11 +0000

I prefer to do my WR on Friday mornings. If something shows up than I have a day of to reach people and organizations who work at office hours. If I know in advance that I can’t make it I will shift this to thursday evenings.
But since Saturday is a full working day for me my fridays might be like thursdays for someone else, a small flaw in this test. Not all working weeks are alike…

By: John Forrister

John Forrister — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:58:56 +0000

Fascinating point — a couple of you say that Wednesdays have fewer crises. My subjective impression is that more crises happen on Monday and Friday, but I’ve never seen any documentation about that. Please chime in if you know of a study. Maybe it’s a variation of Pareto’s 80/20 rule, where 99% of the crises show up on 40% (two out of five) weekdays.
— John

By: Kelly Forrister

Kelly Forrister — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:19:11 +0000

Hi Julie Ann Knott:

You wrote: Hmmm… you didn’t include Daily!

That’s because the GTD Weekly Review is weekly, not daily. A daily review is a different process–usually much less thorough and rigorous. The Weekly Review is an 11-step process defined by David Allen in the book.

By: Jacque

Jacque — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 21:15:00 +0000

Sunday, at home, for the ‘personal’ process. That’s the one I’m most regular about.

At work, where it arguably would bring even greater benefits, I haven’t got my system working with enough clarity. Partly, that’s because I can’t get a regular weekly review going at work! When I do, I try to make it Thursday morning or Friday morning.

By: Philippe99

Philippe99 — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 18:09:40 +0000

Friday around 5pm… many colleagues have leave the Office.. I can freely prepare my job for the next week

By: Nutrition Dude

Nutrition Dude — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:19:37 +0000

Wednesday works really well.

Monday is always hectic, and a lot of really loud things demand attention on Mondays for some reason. Friday is all about trying to put stop points on work for the weekend so they are in the right holding pattern.

Wenesday just marks a good mid point in terms of whats happeneing. Plus for some reason, big crisis stuff doensnt blow up as often on a Wednesday, Mondays and Fridays are the days for those things.

Plus it gives me something to look forward to – a break for an hour or 2 just me and my work blocked off to get together and sort – its real space to think that I value.

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:52:02 +0000

I always try to do it early on a Friday afternoon, but if I have work to complete on a deadline I move it to early Sunday afternoon.