What are the crucial points in this article or video that make it iconic, ideas I want to remember for the rest of my life? 1. 2. 3.
during his weekly check in, there are essentially three parts to the system.
a. journalling session (5 questions)
- how am i feeling right now?
- whats exciting me right now?
- whats draining me right now?
- are there any profound / exciting ideas? (he uses threads as a quick capture as well as a notes widget on his iPhone called weekly thoughts where he dumps ideas there)
- what can i do to make it a good week?
- 12 week year review
- weekly tactics + score this week
- work main quest = life main quest
- what are my 12 week goals
- goals + tactics
his idea here is similar to me because he will be able to look back at and see what has he been thinking or where certain thoughts come from
just a side note, on his phone he has 4 widgets
- weekly thoughts - any type of thoughts or just wanna jot something down
- talking topics (dump) - things he want to talk about on content
- business brainstorm -
- yt ideas list (integrate into vlog content as topics)
— b. scheduling session
can give claude parameters and what you want to have as an input and ask when’s the most idea day for different activities
he plans using ideal week method (same as me!)
new thinking for ideal week, use it as a template to plan, but actually schedule in each week what i’m doing, rather than just having it as an overlay.
he uses reminders, calendar(google), and physical journal - similar for myself, that would be the pocket notebook, and maybe things 3, notion/apple calendar instead of google
he likes apple reminders because there’s a kanban board where he just uses columns of days of the week and one extra columns of priorities or to do list where he will just bring them into each day depending on his scheduling. i honestly really like kanban style boards as well, but now that my time is mostly working at a 9-5, perhaps it’s not the most practical or useful, just a simple to do list on a pocket notebook and notes would be sufficient.
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c. budget session
he uses copilot, maybe for myself its going to be google sheets, a note in apple notes or notion financial hell dashboard.
i will teach you how to be reach (book recco)
How was this video or article relevant to my current life? Did it answer a specific question, enlighten me on a topic, etc.
- what are the 5 journalling questions I’d answer most honestly in a weekly check-in — are these the same as benny’s or do I need to personalise them?
- is the reason my weekly reviews keep rolling the format (too long) or the timing (wrong day/time)?
- how do I integrate budget review into a weekly ritual without it feeling like a chore?
- what’s the minimum viable weekly review that I could actually do consistently on a Friday evening?
- nick houchin – this weekly practice changed my life (the weekly planning session) — directly comparable system; see which elements to combine
- ali abdaal – success is hard until you build systems like this — the relationship and financial systems overlap here
- Getting Things Done — David Allen (the weekly review as a core practice)
- Friday weekly journalling block (30 min) — answer the 5 questions benny uses: how am I feeling? what’s exciting me? what’s draining me? any big ideas? what can I do to make next week a 10/10?
- budget review during weekly check-in — 10 minutes every Sunday reviewing spending vs plan; not a separate task but attached to the weekly ritual.
- in the weekly note, always capture the “threads” — ideas, observations, sparks from the week before they disappear.
- design a personal weekly check-in template in the vault using benny’s 3-part structure as a base
- set a recurring block on Friday evenings (or Sunday evening) for the weekly check-in — protect it like a meeting
- write my own 5 journalling questions for the weekly review, personalised to current goals
- try the system for 2 consecutive weeks and note what breaks or gets skipped