Weekly Review Questions: 20 Prompts to Check Your Goals

A weekly review works when you ask a few good questions and write down short answers. This page lists 20 weekly review questions in five groups. Pick 4 to 6 for a 10-minute review, and swap them every few weeks so they stay useful. For a ready-made routine, see the weekly review template, or use the free weekly review tool, which asks four prompts and downloads your answers.

Short answer: ask what moved, what stalled, what you learned, whether the goal still matters, and what the first step is on Monday. Write one line for each.

1. Progress: what moved

1. Which goals or steps did I finish this week?
2. Which one moved the most, and what made it easy?
3. Did I do the thing I said I would do on Monday?
4. What is the one thing I would be glad to have done by next Sunday?

2. Stalls: what did not move

5. Which goal or step did not move at all?
6. Was it too big, too vague, or just not a priority?
7. Is the due date still realistic? If not, what is the new one?
8. What got in the way: time, energy, a person, or a missing piece?

3. Habits and energy

9. Which days did I keep my streak, and which did I miss?
10. What was the real reason for each missed day?
11. Is my daily minimum small enough for a bad day?
12. When this week did I have the most energy, and what was I doing?

4. The goal itself

13. Do I still want this goal, or did I only want it in January?
14. Is it still one of my top three? What would I drop to make room?
15. What have I learned that changes how I would plan it?
16. Do I need help from anyone, and have I asked?

5. Next week

17. What is the first step on Monday for each active goal?
18. Which day and hour will I do it?
19. What could stop me, and what is my fallback?
20. What do I want to be able to say on next Sunday?

Three ways to use them

An example

• Q1: Finished the outline for chapter 2 and booked two writing sessions.
• Q5/Q6: The research step did not move. It was too big. Split it into three sources.
• Q10: Missed Wednesday and Thursday because of late meetings. Move writing to mornings.
• Q17: Monday 7:30, read the first source and write five notes.

Keep the answers where you will see them

A review that lives in a notes app is easy to forget. In GoalTracker, the review answers sit next to the goals they refer to: tick finished steps, move a due date, and add the Monday step as a microgoal. For related reading, see weekly goals examples and how to build a daily streak.