For the past decade, every Sunday Morning (with rare exceptions) I spend 1-2 hours doing what I and David Allen (of Getting Things Done fame) call The Weekly Review.
A lot gets done in this review. I do some light things (such as reviewing my weekly affirmations), some boring things (such as staus-checking all of my open projects and tasks), and one big thing (reading out my mission statement).
But the thing? The thing which sets me up for a successful week?
I carefully review all of my next week’s goals (usually about 8-10). I pick out my three top goals. I then prioritize them.
That’s the key step—the prioritization of these three goals—because, apart from an emergency, this is what dictates my daily schedule. It’s my compass.
(Note: Thinking deeply about the nuances of prioritization is non-trivial. it often requires me to carefully tradeoff a short-term critical creative or financial project with a longer term, vague health goal.)
Anyway, I have fun during my weekly review. It’s my quiet time, my time to imagine, and my time to be creative with the review process.
But the selection and prioritization of my three most important goals? I take that very seriously.