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ADHD Weekly Review Checklist

A short weekly review checklist for repairing planner trust, clearing leftovers, and preventing another reactive week.

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Who this helps

Adults whose planner, calendar, or task list slowly becomes untrusted unless it gets reset.

Use this when

  • The week ended with too many leftovers and no clear restart point.
  • You avoid your planner because it has become a guilt list.
  • You need a light reset before the next week starts.

How to use the template

  1. Clear dead tasks before moving anything forward.
  2. Review calendar commitments and deadlines.
  3. Pick the week anchors that deserve protected space.
  4. Move only still-relevant tasks into the next week.
  5. Choose one friction point to simplify.

Template prompts

Delete

These tasks are no longer worth carrying:

Move

These still matter and need a next date or block:

Anchor

The week needs protected space for:

Watch point

The most likely breakdown point is:

Simplify

One step I can remove or make easier is:

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Common questions

How long should an ADHD weekly review take?

Twenty minutes is enough for most weeks. If it takes much longer, the review is probably trying to do too many jobs.

What is the most important part?

Clearing or pruning old tasks matters most because it restores trust before the planner becomes emotionally heavy.

Want the complete system behind this template?

The related John Lindberg book expands this tool into a fuller ADHD system with examples, troubleshooting, and repeatable routines.

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