Weekly Reflection Sheet

Who this is for

A week looked at once before it goes. Five short prompts — what went well, what was hard, what you learned, what you will carry forward and one thing to let go of — with a small table for the week's wins, which are easier to list than to remember.

Anyone who gets to Friday with no clear idea of what happened, people who review their work but never their week, and anyone who wants ten quiet minutes on a Sunday to close one week before the next one starts.

What this helps you track

• What went well, written down before it is forgotten
• What was hard, named rather than carried
• What you learned and what you will carry forward
• The one thing you are choosing to let go of
• The week's wins, however small, in a list you can read back

How to use it

1. Write the date the week began and your name at the top.
2. Start with the wins table: list the things that went right this week, with the day and what made each possible. Small ones count.
3. Work through the five prompts in order. A sentence or two each is enough; the sheet is not an essay.
4. Be specific about what you will carry forward — a habit, a decision, a person to keep in touch with — so next week's sheet can check it.
5. Choose one thing to let go of and write it down. It does not have to be big.
6. Keep the sheets together and read the last few before you write a new one.

Formats

• Printable PDF (A4 and US Letter)
• Fillable PDF with form fields
• Fill in online, saved in your browser

The printable is laid out inside a box that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the two files are identical and neither one is scaled. The fillable PDF has real form fields. The online version keeps what you enter in your own browser and builds the completed PDF on your device.

How to print

Download the A4 or US Letter file to match the paper in your printer, open it in a PDF reader and print at 100% — not "fit to page", which shrinks the writing space. Both files leave a 14 mm margin, which clears the unprintable edge on home printers. To print the online version with your entries in it, use the Print this sheet button, which prints only the sheet and none of the page around it. More on printing.

Questions

How long should this take?

As long as you give it. Most people find a sentence or two per prompt is enough to be useful, and a longer answer is a sign the prompt touched something worth coming back to.

What counts as a win?

Anything that went right that you had a hand in: a call made, a walk taken, a difficult thing said, a job finished, a day survived. The table has room for the small ones because those are the ones that get lost.

Is this a work review or a personal one?

Either, or both. The prompts do not care where the week happened. Some people keep one sheet for work and one for the rest; most find one sheet covers it.

What does 'let go of' mean?

Whatever you decide it means: a worry, a grudge, a task that will never get done, a standard you set yourself that is not helping. You choose; the sheet only asks.