I’ve been reading on-again, off-again about Getting Things Done (GTD), and one thing I’ve decided to implement is the Weekly Review (WR), and what better way to make sure I stick to implementing it than to blog publicly about it?

The basic idea behind the WR is to process stuff that went on during the week, get things out of the way and refocus on the next week. There are various ways to do it with varying specifications, but as a starting point, I’ve picked three points from Scott Young, as well as one of my own.

1) Expenses review
I’m usually pretty meticulous about this in Singapore, but the combination of traveling and using cards has meant I haven’t kept an eye on expenditure since I left Singapore three weeks ago. While I’m not revealing this part explicitly, I have set a budget and in the next update, will tell you whether I managed to stick to it or not.

2) Social review
This is really just forecasting what social stuff I have this week so you know when to schedule what.. Outside of Podcamp Montreal, where I’ll head down to Montreal from Friday to Sunday, it looks like a large portion it is going to be spontaneous and unscheduled.

3) Learning review
I finished Cult of the Amateur this week and will review what I learned (don’t worry, it’s not much) on my other blog by Wednesday.

4) Goals for the week
This is my section and I have a few things I feel I’ve been putting off for the longest time:

• Get down to baking – I didn’t bring my recipe with me, so I hope Google serves me well
• Various academic stuff – I shall not bore you with the details
• Clearing my bookmarks and GMarks – This is easily going to take me half a day
• Read a chapter a day of the books I’ve gotten from Amazon – I’ve picked Assassin’s Apprentice and Web Analytics: An Hour A Day
• Laugh at my investment banking friends – This is only semi-serious, but I just gotta do it

Writing this down, it doesn’t seem like much, but it’ll be a good stepping stone for the WR, which I’ll revise again next week. Wish me luck!