Mastering the Weekly Habit Review

You can't steer a ship if you never look at the compass. Daily tracking is the engine room (shoveling coal, doing the work). Weekly review is the bridge (looking at the map, adjusting course). If you track daily but never review weekly, you might be efficiently moving in the wrong direction.

The Weekly Habit Review is a 15-minute meeting with yourself. It is the most high-leverage time you spend all week.

The Setup

• Time: Sunday evening or Monday morning.
• Place: Somewhere quiet.
• Tools: Your tracker (Didnt app) and a journal.

The 3-Step Process

Step 1: Look at the Data (The "What")

Open your tracker. Look at the last 7 days.

• What is the completion rate? 80%? 50%?
• Are there gaps? Where? (Oh, I missed every Tuesday). This is objective. No judgment yet. Just facts.

Step 2: Analyze the Variance (The "Why")

• The Wins: Why did I crush it on Wednesday? (Answer: I slept 8 hours).
• The Misses: Why did I fail on Thursday? (Answer: I had that late meeting and was too hungry). You are looking for Correlation. "When I do X, my habits fail." "When I do Y, my habits succeed."

Step 3: Iterate (The "How")

Based on the analysis, change the plan for next week. If you missed your morning run 3 times, don't say "I'll try harder." Change the plan. "I'll run in the evening." Or "I'll run 10 mins instead of 30." The definition of insanity is doing the same thing expecting different results. Propose a change.

Questions to Ask

1. What went well? (Celebrate this!).
2. What was the primary distraction?
3. Did I struggle with starting or finishing?
4. Is my environment helping me or hurting me?

Why This Matters

Habits drift. Entropy is real. Without the weekly review, your 30-minute run becomes 20, then 10, then 0. The review catches the drift early. "Hey, I'm slipping. Tighten up." It keeps the standard high.

Conclusion

Don't just live your life. Examine it. The unexamined habit is not worth tracking. Take 15 minutes this Sunday. Look at the map. Steer the ship.