[emacs] Add a template for weekly review.

In addition to the template, we introduce a new directory (etc) where
this template will be. There's a new custom variable for the new path.

3 files changed, 95 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/emacs.d/custom/fcuny-org.el b/emacs.d/custom/fcuny-org.el
index 278529c..a9dcee8 100644
--- a/emacs.d/custom/fcuny-org.el
+++ b/emacs.d/custom/fcuny-org.el
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+(require 'fcuny-vars)
+
 (use-package org
   :ensure t
 
@@ -89,6 +91,12 @@
       "* %U %?\n"
       :empty-lines 1 :tree-type week)
 
+     ;; personal weekly review
+     ("w" "Weekly Review" entry
+      (file+olp+datetree ,(concat org-directory "/personal/reviews.org"))
+      (file ,(concat fcuny/path-emacs-etc "/weekly_review.org"))
+      :tree-type week)
+
      ;; templates for work related things only.
      ("T" "Work Todo" entry
       (file+headline ,(concat org-directory "/twitter/tasks.org") "New")
diff --git a/emacs.d/custom/fcuny-vars.el b/emacs.d/custom/fcuny-vars.el
index 67b04fa..f3efe6a 100644
--- a/emacs.d/custom/fcuny-vars.el
+++ b/emacs.d/custom/fcuny-vars.el
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 (defvar fcuny/path-emacs-var (expand-file-name "var" user-emacs-directory)
   "Path to some files for Emacs.")
 
+(defvar fcuny/path-emacs-etc (expand-file-name "etc" user-emacs-directory)
+  "Path to some files for Emacs.")
+
 (defvar fcuny/custom-settings (expand-file-name "emacs-custom.el" fcuny/path-emacs-var)
   "Path to emacs custom variables.")
 
diff --git a/emacs.d/etc/weekly_review.org b/emacs.d/etc/weekly_review.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77d31fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/emacs.d/etc/weekly_review.org
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+* Get Clear [0/3]
+- [ ] Collect Loose Papers and Materials: Pull out all miscellaneous
+  pieces of paper, business cards, receipts, and so on that have crept
+  into the crevices of your desk, clothing, and accessories. Put it
+  all in your in-tray for processing.
+- [ ] Get “IN” to Zero: Review any meeting notes and miscellaneous
+  scribbles on notepaper or in your mobile devices. Decide and list
+  any action items, projects, waiting-fors, calendar events, and
+  someday/maybes, as appropriate. File any reference notes and
+  materials. Get the “in” areas of e-mails, texts, and voice mails to
+  zero. Be ruthless with yourself, processing all notes and thoughts
+  relative to interactions, projects, new initiatives, and input that
+  have come your way since your last download, and purging those not
+  needed.
+  - [ ] Papers
+  - [ ] Physical Notebook
+  - [ ] Physical Objects
+  - [ ] Text Messages
+  - [ ] Email Inbox
+
+- [ ] Empty Your Head: Put into writing or text (in appropriate
+  categories) any new projects, action items, waiting-fors,
+  someday/maybes, and so forth that you haven’t yet captured and
+  clarified.
+* Get Current [0/7]
+- [ ] Review Action Lists: Mark off completed actions. Review for
+  reminders of further action steps to record. Many times I’ve been
+  moving so fast I haven’t had a chance to mark off many completed
+  items on my list, much less figure out what to do next. This is the
+  time to do that.
+- [ ] Archive completed or inactive projects, briefly reviewing each
+  note and moving it to other notebooks if it could be useful there.
+- [ ] Review [[https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/agenda][Previous Calendar Data]]: Review the past two to three
+  weeks of calendar entries in detail for remaining or emergent action
+  items, reference information, and so on, and transfer that data into
+  the active system. Grab every “Oh! That reminds me . . . !” with its
+  associated actions. You will likely notice meetings and events that
+  you attended, which trigger thoughts of what to do next about the
+  content. Be able to archive your past calendar with nothing left
+  uncaptured.
+- [ ] Review Upcoming Calendar: Look at further calendar entries
+  (long-and short-term). Capture actions about projects and
+  preparations required for upcoming events. Your calendar is one of
+  the best checklists to review regularly, to prevent last-minute
+  stress and trigger creative front-end thinking.* Upcoming travel,
+  conferences, meetings, holidays, etc. should be assessed for
+  projects to add to your “Projects” and “Next Actions” lists for any
+  of those situations that are already on your radar but not yet on
+  cruise control.
+- [ ] Review Waiting For List: Any needed follow-up? Need to send an
+  e-mail to get a status on it? Need to add an item to someone’s
+  Agenda list to update when you’ll talk with him or her? Record any
+  next actions. Check off any already received.
+- [ ] Review Project (and Larger Outcome) Lists: Evaluate the status
+  of projects, goals, and outcomes, one by one, ensuring that at least
+  one current kick-start action for each is in your system. Browse
+  through any active and relevant project plans, support materials,
+  and any other work-in-progress material to trigger new actions,
+  completions, waiting-fors, etc.
+- [ ] Review Stuck Projects: Stuck projects are project that have no
+  next actions. For the definitions of what a project is and how to
+  check if it stuck, customize the variable ‘org-stuck-projects’.
+- [ ] Review Any Relevant Checklists: Is there anything else that you
+  haven’t done, that you need or want to do, given your various
+  engagements, interests, and responsibilities?a
+* Get Creative [0/2]
+- [ ] Review Someday Maybe List: Check for any projects that may have
+  become more interesting or valuable to activate, and transfer them
+  to Projects. Delete any that have simply stayed around much longer
+  than they should, as the world and your interest have changed enough
+  to take them off even this informal radar. Add any emerging
+  possibilities that you’ve just started thinking about.
+- [ ] Be Creative and Courageous: Are there any new, wonderful,
+  harebrained, creative, thought-provoking, risk-taking ideas you can
+  capture and add into your system, or “external brain”?
+* Journal
+** How are you doing right now?
+** What went well this week?
+** What didn't go so well this week?
+** Did I learn anything important this week?
+** Is there anything I can tweak, simplify, or eliminate?
+** What is currently holding me back?
+** What urgent questions do I have?
+** What do I feel grateful for in my life and work/school?