A Weekly Review Routine on One Dashboard (Template Included)

The weekly review is the highest-leverage habit in personal productivity: once a week, step back, look at what actually happened, and decide what next week is for. It's the ritual that productivity systems like GTD (Getting Things Done) treat as non-negotiable. The problem is rarely motivation — it's that the evidence is scattered. Tasks in one app, numbers in a spreadsheet, habits in a third place. The review dies in tab-switching.

Baton Board fixes the logistics of the review: tasks, deadlines, KPIs, habits, and goals are widgets on one board, so the evidence is already assembled. Here's a 30-minute routine you can run on it, step by step.

The 30-minute routine

1. Clear the decks (5 min)

Open the Agenda widget — every dated task in due order, overdue in red. Reschedule what slipped, delete what no longer matters, and check off anything you finished but never marked. The board-wide search (Ctrl/⌘+K) helps you chase down strays.

2. Read the numbers (5 min)

Your KPI widgets each carry a history graph — switch the range to 7 days and look at the week's shape, not just the latest value. If you track a KPI tree, glance at the achievement badges: which driver is green, which is behind? That's next week's focus telling you where it lives.

3. Read the streaks (5 min)

The Habit widget's month view shows completion rates and streaks. A broken streak isn't a moral failure; it's data. Keep the habit, shrink it, or drop it deliberately.

4. Reset the goals (5 min)

Goal widgets show progress and — with a deadline set — the required pace ("N left, X per day"). Adjust targets that reality has overruled, and retire finished ones.

5. Plan the week (10 min)

Add next week's tasks: type them, or draft the list with an AI and paste it into Bulk add — one line becomes one task. Give the important ones due dates so the calendar and agenda catch them. If you keep a Notes widget for a weekly intention, write one honest sentence.

Prefer a daily cadence too? The PDCA widget (Pro) runs the same loop in miniature every day — pull today's done tasks into "Do," add a line of "Check," and carry an "Act" into tomorrow.

Set up the board once, reuse it forever

You don't need a special mode — a review board is just an arrangement:

• Place Agenda + Calendar on one side (what's scheduled), KPI + Goal + Habit on the other (how it's going), Tasks + Notes in the middle (what's next).
• Or keep a dedicated "Weekly Review" profile and switch to it in one click every Friday — profiles are separate boards, so your review layout stays pristine.
• A Countdown widget pointed at your next milestone keeps the review honest about time.

Because Baton Board is local-first, the whole ritual works offline, needs no account, and your week's evidence never leaves your device.

Frequently asked questions

How long should a weekly review take?

With the evidence on one board, 30 minutes is realistic: five each for deadlines, numbers, and habits, five for goals, ten for planning.

Which widgets does the routine use?

Agenda and Calendar for schedule, KPI and KPI tree for numbers, Habit for streaks, Goal for targets, Tasks and Notes for planning — plus PDCA (Pro) if you also want a daily loop.

Can I keep a separate board just for reviews?

Yes. Profiles are independent boards you switch in one click — many people keep a "Weekly Review" profile arranged exactly for this ritual.

Can AI help with the review?

Yes. Export your board as a Markdown summary to your clipboard, paste it into an AI for reflection or reprioritization, then paste the resulting list back via Bulk add. The Pro AI assistant can also summarize and suggest next actions directly.

Do I need an account to start?

No. Baton Board runs in your browser with no sign-up, stores everything locally, and works offline as an installable PWA.

Pricing

Free covers one customizable board with the seven free widgets, export/import, automatic backups, board-wide search, and eight languages — enough for the full schedule-and-plan side of the review. Pro (¥980/month or ¥9,800/year) adds the measuring layer: the analytics widgets (KPI, KPI tree, goal, habit, agenda, activity, PDCA), plus the AI assistant, end-to-end sync, unlimited boards, and deep customization. A ¥14,800 lifetime license is available. Polar handles payments and worldwide taxes.

Try it

Open Baton Board, arrange a review corner on your board, and put 30 minutes on Friday's calendar. Next week starts on purpose.

Related reading: "Daily PDCA: A Tiny Loop That Compounds" and "The Complete Baton Board Widget Guide."