12 Weekly Review Template Examples to Adapt Today

Starting from nothing is hard, which is why people look for weekly review template examples. This post gives you twelve. They are illustrative, written for this post, not drawn from real businesses or real customers, and none comes with a result. Each shows what a short Friday review could look like for a different kind of work, with a note on what to copy and what to change.

All twelve share the same bones, borrowed from the shape of David Allen's published weekly review checklist: clear what is loose, check where things stand, then look ahead. Lesson 6.4 teaches the routine that sits behind them: Your weekly review.

Pick the example closest to your work, copy its three numbers and its top three format, and delete anything you would not use.

How to read the examples

Each example lists a few numbers to score, a Seek prompt and a sample Set line. Replace every item with your own. If an example has a section you do not need, drop it. The goal is not to follow any of them to the letter. It is to see how a review can be small and specific.

The twelve examples

1. The baker or food seller

• Numbers: orders, money received, unanswered messages.
• Seek: which product or post prompted the most orders, and my guess why.
• Set: "If it is Thursday 10am, then I post the weekend pre-order."
• Copy: the unanswered messages count. It keeps slow replies visible.

2. The freelance designer

• Numbers: new enquiries, projects in progress, unpaid invoices.
• Seek: which client stage stalled, and what I was waiting for.
• Set: "If it is 9am Monday, then I send feedback requests on the two open drafts."
• Copy: a Waiting on list for client feedback.

3. The tutor or coach

• Numbers: sessions held, booked sessions next week, follow-ups sent.
• Seek: which learner or client needs a different approach.
• Set: one follow-up message for each active client.
• Copy: the follow-up count, which is easy to let slide.

4. The cleaner or tradesperson

• Numbers: jobs completed, quotes sent, quotes accepted.
• Seek: which job ran over and why.
• Set: "If it is the morning after a quote request, then I send the quote."
• Copy: a note on jobs that ran over, to improve how you price time.

5. The content creator

• Numbers: pieces published, replies or messages received, one number you care about.
• Seek: which piece did best by your own measure, and your guess why.
• Set: the next two pieces with publish days.
• Copy: the guess about why. After a month, you can see which guesses repeat.

6. The online course seller

• Numbers: sign ups, questions received, emails sent to the list.
• Seek: the most common question this week, which may be your next lesson or page.
• Set: one fix to a page or lesson that caused confusion.
• Copy: the common question log.

7. The local shop owner

• Numbers: takings, supplier orders placed, items out of stock.
• Seek: what sold faster than expected.
• Set: supplier orders to place and by which day.
• Copy: the out of stock list, a direct link between review and action.

8. The consultant

• Numbers: booked calls, proposals out, proposals awaiting reply.
• Seek: which proposal has gone quiet.
• Set: nudges to send on Monday.
• Copy: the proposals awaiting reply list.

9. The photographer

• Numbers: shoots done, galleries delivered, payments received.
• Seek: where editing time got squeezed.
• Set: blocked editing time, and a cap on bookings that day.
• Copy: the delivery count, which keeps promises visible.

10. The solo accountant or bookkeeper

• Numbers: client deadlines this month, documents outstanding, new enquiries.
• Seek: which client is always late with documents.
• Set: reminders sent before the next deadline.
• Copy: documents outstanding. Details of tax or legal deadlines should come from your own official sources, not this post.

11. The market stall or event seller

• Numbers: events attended, takings, stock left.
• Seek: which event type was worth the effort by your own measure.
• Set: next event prep list with a pack by date.
• Copy: stock left, which feeds the next prep list.

12. The tiny team of two or three

• Numbers: tasks finished against planned, blockers raised, customer messages open.
• Seek: one thing the team should repeat or stop.
• Set: three shared priorities, each with an owner and a day.
• Copy: the owner on every priority. It removes the question of who does what.

What the examples have in common

How to adapt one in ten minutes

1. Pick the closest exampleChoose by how you earn money, not by industry name.
2. Swap the numbersReplace each with something you can find in two minutes.
3. Keep the Seek promptIt is the part that creates learning.
4. Write one Set lineUse a real day or time for your first priority.
5. Run it on FridayCut anything that felt empty.

Using an assistant with any of them

For any example, an AI assistant can collect your week into the sections. Paste in notes, messages or figures and ask it to fill the Sweep and Score parts. Check each item against the source, because assistants make mistakes with numbers and can add things that never happened. Do not paste sensitive data without reading the tool's privacy terms.

The input is cleaner if your email and calls are already tidy. See A clean inbox every morning and Notes and next steps from every call.

Questions people ask

Are these based on real businesses?

No. They are made up for this post to show formats.

Which example should I start with?

The one closest to how you earn money. Then cut it down.

Can I mix two?

Yes. Keep the total to about three numbers.

Where do I get a blank version?

See the free template post linked below.

Where to go next

Take a blank copy from the free template post, or compare templates with the manual way. The guided lesson is Lesson 6.4: Your weekly review.