# 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](https://fortelabs.com/blog/the-annual-review-is-a-rearchitecture/)

### Resources

- [https://nesslabs.com/year-in-review](https://nesslabs.com/year-in-review)
- [https://fortelabs.com/blog/the-annual-review-is-a-rearchitecture/](https://fortelabs.com/blog/the-annual-review-is-a-rearchitecture/)
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# 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.

- The official GTD website provides a [Weekly Review Checklist](https://wiki.jamesravey.me/attachments/42) template which is kind of neat.
- [This page outlines a basic review format ](https://facilethings.com/blog/en/basics-weekly-review)which I've copied and pasted as a recurring todoist task

# 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](https://nesslabs.com/plus-minus-next) ([mirror](https://archive.jamesravey.me/archive/1705870144.619148/index.html)). 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](https://habitgrowth.com/tada-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

- [The Design of a Weekly Review - Tiago Forte ](https://fortelabs.com/blog/the-design-of-a-weekly-review/)([Mirror](https://archive.jamesravey.me/archive/1705869860.450849/index.html))
- [Ness Labs - The power of the weekly review](https://nesslabs.com/weekly-review) ([Mirror](https://archive.jamesravey.me/archive/1705869994.404863/index.html))