The Weekly Reflection
Twenty minutes a week that turn your life from something that happens to you into something you observe and steer.
- Runs for
- Weekly, ongoing
- Costs you
- 20 minutes, same day each week
The problem
Weeks disappear. Without a moment of looking back, you can't tell whether you're actually changing, and you repeat the same patterns without ever seeing them.
The protocol
How to run it
- 1
Pick a fixed time each week. Sunday evening works for most people. Put it in the calendar.
- 2
Phone in another room. Paper if you can.
- 3
Answer four questions: where did my attention actually go this week, what did I make, what drained me, and what mattered?
- 4
Write one sentence on what you'll do differently next week. One. Not a list.
- 5
Read last week's entry before you write this week's.
What to expect
The first few entries feel thin and a bit pointless. By week four you start seeing patterns you could never have noticed from inside the week, and the entries begin to change your behavior on their own.
The thinking behind it
Attention Is How You Decide What Your Life Was About12 min