The Weekly Review — a Sunday routine that actually sticks

Step 1 — pick the time and defend it

Sunday morning after breakfast is the most common time. Some subscribers prefer Friday afternoon (end of work week), some Sunday evening (start of week). Whichever you pick, defend it — put it in the calendar as a repeating block, tell the household you are unreachable for forty minutes. The routine sticks only if the time is defended.

Step 2 — open the Weekly Review app

Open the workspace. Click "Weekly Review" in the sidebar. The current week's page opens automatically. At the top, the Habit Log heat-map for the past week is already rendered — you did not need to click anything for it to appear.

Step 3 — read the heat-map for ten seconds

Do not analyse yet. Just look. The heat-map shows one row per habit, one column per day. Warm cells are filled, cream cells are empty. It usually tells you the story of the week in two glances.

Step 4 — read the mood ribbon

Below the heat-map, the mood ribbon shows seven small dots, one per day, coloured by the mood you logged in Mood Weekly. Look for the shape — steady, wavy, sudden dip. Do not judge; just notice.

Step 5 — answer the three questions

The Weekly Review template asks three plain questions:

• What went well this week?
• What went poorly this week?
• What is the one thing I want to try next week?

Write freely. Two paragraphs each is plenty. Save.

Step 6 — print A5 and file

Click "Print A5" in the footer. One cream sheet with the heat-map, the ribbon and your three answers. Fold once. File in a physical folder in a drawer. Six months of these prints make a small paper archive that is nicer to reread than a scroll on the screen.

Step 7 — close the tab

Do not reread the previous four weeks yet. Save that for the monthly review at the end of the month. If you reread every week, the exercise loses altitude. Close the tab and go for a walk.

Things that break the routine

• Doing it in the middle of a stressful weekend. It stops being reflection and becomes stress-logging.
• Trying to answer more than three questions. Two paragraphs each is plenty.
• Skipping the print. The physical object is what makes the routine feel closed.
• Doing it on the phone. The keyboard is too small and the exercise turns into a text message.

What happens after twelve weeks

You have twelve cream sheets in a folder. You can flick through them in five minutes on a Sunday and see the shape of the quarter. This is when the tool pays for itself — not week to week, but quarter to quarter.

Non-affiliation

HuntingtonMod is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, Huntington National Bank, or Huntington Investment Company. The Weekly Review app is EUR 4.90/month, first month included.