Run a Weekly Review to Reset and Plan Ahead

This prompt runs an interactive weekly review: a productivity coach asks you four reflection questions, then turns your answers into a stop/start/continue list and three time-boxed priorities for next week. Reach for it on a Friday or Sunday when you want to close the loop on the week instead of drifting into the next one. The structure deliberately mixes accountability (what slipped) with wins, so the review motivates rather than just tallying failures.

What you can expect back

Nice week despite the fire drill — let's close it out.

Reflection
You hit 2 of 3 planned items; the docs slipped because the prod incident ate two days. The recurring theme is context-switching, not lack of effort. The deploy automation is a real win — it pays you back every week from here.

Stop / Start / Continue
- Stop: taking on a new task before the current one is done — that's where the scatter comes from.
- Start: blocking one 'no-meeting' morning for deep work (docs would already be done).
- Continue: automating recurring toil — the deploy script was high leverage.

Top 3 priorities for next week
1. Write the API docs — 3 hrs (the carryover; do it first, Monday morning).
2. Add a post-incident runbook so the next outage costs hours, not days — 2 hrs.
3. Protect two deep-work blocks — 4 hrs total, calendar them now.

Want me to draft the time blocks against your actual calendar?

Illustrative example — your results will vary by tool and inputs.

Get sharper results

• 01Dump messy, honest notes rather than a polished list — the review is only as useful as the raw material, and the coach can structure the mess for you.
• 02Answer the 'what got in the way' question specifically; vague blockers produce vague advice, while 'three unplanned meetings on Wednesday' produces a real fix.
• 03Ask it to look for patterns across multiple weeks by pasting last week's output too — the recurring problems are the ones worth changing.
• 04Tell it to keep next-week priorities to things that actually fit your available hours, so the plan is realistic instead of aspirational.
• 05End by asking it to convert the three priorities into calendar blocks, which turns the review from reflection into a scheduled commitment.

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