Weekly reset
Copy these prompts into your notebook at the beginning of a week:
- What deserves my attention this week?
- What are the three outcomes I want to work toward?
- Which commitment needs a next action?
- What can wait until later?
Keep the answers brief enough to review in a minute. Read a gentler weekly planning routine for a worked example.
Meeting notes
Use four labels: purpose, decisions, questions, and next actions. Under next actions, record a person and a date only when the group has actually agreed to them. A transcript is useful for recall; a decision record is useful for doing the work.
Idea garden
Begin with a title, then write the observation that sparked it. Add one possible use and one small experiment. Leave a space for what you learn. An idea does not need a project plan on its first day.
Open the notebook to try a template. These are editorial examples you can adapt freely for your own notes.