Workflows and Processes

Personal Annual Review Process

Many PKM and TFT experts advocate an annual review of your life and goals and whilst January 1st is a bit arbitrary, it still seems like as good a time as any to do some self-reflection.

Taking the time to perform an annual review is the most effective way I know of to edit your own narrative and be the author of your own life. Don’t miss the opportunity.

Tiago Forte - The Annual Review is a Rearchitecture

Resources

My GTD Workflow

GTD and Todoist

I'm using Todoist to manage my todos. I've found a few resources online have been useful for getting my head around how to operate on a weekly basis.

 

Weekly Review

A weekly review provides an opportunity to celebrate your wins, commiserate your losses and plan your next move. Almost all PKM authors advocate weekly reviews of some description.

What Should I Review?

During a weekly review you should revisit the past week and consider things that went well and the things that didn't Anne-Laure at Ness Labs advocates a simple 3 column table called Plus Minus Next (mirror). You write what went well under the '+' column, what went poorly under '-' and what you will do next under '->'. 

Ta-da List

A ta-da list is what happens when you complete things off your todo list - it's stuff you've finished. Having sight of all the stuff you checked off this week can be quite inspiring and help you to fight off any negative self-talk along the lines of "I'm useless" or "I never achieve anything".

I like to use Logseq to show me any tasks that I have done within a week which I've tagged with #Goals - that way I can quickly see a list of things that I've achieved.

- {{query((and [[Goals]] (task DONE) (between [[Jan 14th,2024]] [[Jan 21st,2024]])))}}
  query-table:: true

Todo List

YNAB Transactions

 

Resources