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Weekly Review System (GTD for Side Businesses)

By David Allen

David Allen's Getting Things Done system, adapted for employed founders. Every Sunday, spend 60–90 minutes reviewing your side business progress, clearing your inboxes, processing ideas, and planning the coming week. The weekly review is the engine that keeps your side business from becoming noise.

Best for: Founders with too many ideas who need a system to manage the chaos without dropping balls

Weekly commitment: 60–90 min (Sunday) + 10 min/day (daily review)

Steps

20 min (weekly)

Collect everything

Go through every inbox: email (personal + work), Notion, Slack, physical notes, voice memos, browser tabs. Collect every idea, task, and commitment into one master list.

15 min (weekly)

Clear the small stuff

Process the easy items immediately: forward an article, reply to the email, move the task to the right list. If it takes <2 minutes, do it now.

15 min (weekly)

Update your side-business project list

Review every active project (aim for max 3 at a time). Each project needs a 'next action' — the very next physical step. No project without a next action.

10 min (weekly)

Plan next week's 3 priorities

Pick 3 outcomes for the coming week. Not 10. Three. Each gets a time slot on your calendar. Everything else is a 'someday/maybe' item.

10 min (daily)

The daily 10-minute review

Every morning: review your calendar, check your 3 weekly priorities, execute the one that matters most today. That's it. No elaborate daily planning.

Tools Needed

Notion or Evernote (master list)CalendarTodoist or TickTick (task management)Physical inbox (for brain-dump capture)

Expected Results

No dropped tasks, no forgotten ideas, no 'I'll get to it' items haunting you. Every idea is either an active project or safely parked in 'someday/maybe.' The weekly review confirms you're making progress on the right things.

Common Mistakes

Just doing the weekly review without doing the daily review. The daily 10-minute review is what turns the Sunday plan into daily action. Also: over-collecting and under-processing. A list of 200 'someday' items is just digital clutter.

Frequently Asked Questions

Should I include my dayjob tasks in the same system?

Yes — one trusted system for everything. The separation between 'dayjob' and 'side business' is tags, not different tools. David Allen's system works best when everything is in one place. Just tag each task by context.

What if I miss a weekly review?

Don't skip 2 in a row. One missed week is a speed bump. Two missed weeks and your system collapses. If you miss one, do a 15-minute 'catch-up' review on Tuesday to keep the system alive.

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