Weekly Review

Process the past week's inbox, synthesize learnings, write the review note, and keep soul files current.

Step 1 — Determine the week

• Today's date → compute current ISO week number (YYYY-Www)
• The review covers Monday–Sunday of the completed week
• If today is Monday–Wednesday, the review is for the previous week
• If today is Thursday–Sunday, the review is for the current week (Mon–today)
• Review file path: Reviews/YYYY-Www.md

Step 2 — Read all sources in parallel

Source	What to extract
Inbox.md	Every bullet point or paragraph — categorise each one
Daily Notes/YYYY-MM-DD.md for each day of the week	Todo list (checked/unchecked), Logs, reflections, Chinese entries
Reviews/YYYY-Www.md (existing file if any)	Weekly todo list (checked/unchecked items)
Now.md	Current 3-month focus — what has changed?
Goals.md	Current quarter goals — any progress or gaps?
Beliefs.md	Existing beliefs — any new ones surfaced this week?
Someday Maybe.md	Existing list — anything from inbox to add?
Values.md	Check if anything from the week deserves reflection here
Knowledge/ (recent files)	Any new knowledge notes created this week

Step 3 — Process the Inbox

For every item in Inbox.md, decide its destination:

Item type	Destination
Insight / belief / stance on something	→ Beliefs.md (appropriate section)
Habit / reminder / recurring action	→ relevant Areas/ file
Long-term aspiration, book, resource, idea for later	→ Someday Maybe.md
Rich enough insight to stand alone	→ new Knowledge/ note
Practical task with a deadline	→ relevant Projects/ or Areas/ file
Already actioned / stale	→ delete, no destination needed

After categorising all items:

• Update each destination file with the new content
• Create new Knowledge/ notes where warranted
• Overwrite Inbox.md with only the header line and Someday Maybe link (empty, ready for next week):

Dump thoughts here, don't organize. Process weekly.

For long-term ideas, places to go, books to read → [[Someday Maybe]]

Step 4 — Write the weekly review

Use this template. Fill every section — never leave a section blank.

---
type: review
review-type: weekly
date: YYYY-MM-DD
week: YYYY-Www
---

Weekly Todo:
[copy the weekly todo checklist from the existing review file if it exists, or leave blank]

# Weekly Review — YYYY-Www

## 这周完成了什么
- [concrete completions from daily logs + checked todos]

## 这周没完成什么 & 为什么
- [unchecked todos + honest reason why]

## 这周学到了什么
- [insights, knowledge notes created, concepts understood — link to Knowledge notes where relevant]

## 下周最重要的 3 件事
1.
2.
3.

## 状态检查
- Energy level (1-5):
- Focus quality (1-5):
- 最大的阻碍是什么:

## 随想
[free prose — synthesise the week's emotional/motivational arc; include Chinese where natural]

---
*Links:* [[HOME]] | [[Reviews/Reviews Home]]

Rules for filling the review:

• Pull facts from daily note Logs only — don't invent
• For 下周最重要的 3 件事: derive from unchecked todos, Now.md priorities, and any upcoming deadlines
• For 状态检查: infer energy from daily note start times and tone; infer focus from how much got done vs planned
• 随想: synthesise the week's main theme — what was the thread running through it? Be honest, not performative
• Chinese reflections from daily notes: include them directly; don't translate

Step 5 — Update soul files

Only update if there's a genuine change. Don't pad entries.

Now.md — update if:

• A project's status changed (new interview confirmed, application submitted, project stalled)
• A new active focus emerged from the week
• Update the Last updated: date

Goals.md — update if:

• A quarterly goal was achieved (mark it ✓)
• A goal needs to be revised based on what actually happened

Beliefs.md — add if:

• A new stance crystallised this week
• Add to the most specific section; add a new section heading if truly a new domain
• Keep entries short — one or two sentences max

Someday Maybe.md — add if:

• Any inbox items were flagged as long-term aspirations
• Add to the most relevant subsection; add a subsection if needed

Values.md — update only if:

• A core value was genuinely challenged, refined, or earned this week
• Don't add for minor events

Output to user

After all writes are complete, output a compact summary:

---

Week YYYY-Www reviewed.

Inbox cleared: N items → [Beliefs: N | Knowledge: N | Someday Maybe: N | Areas: N | Deleted: N]

Review written: Reviews/YYYY-Www.md

Soul files updated: [list only the ones actually changed]

Next week's top 3: 1. 2. 3.

---

Rules

• Write to files — don't just output to screen
• If the review file already exists, preserve the Weekly Todo checklist at the top; rewrite everything below it
• Never fabricate tasks — only use what appears in the daily notes
• If a daily note is missing for a day, skip that day silently
• Keep all Chinese text as-is — do not translate