Weekly Home Review

Guide a 25-minute weekly home review to reflect on the past week, assess key life areas, plan priorities, assign tasks, and track improvements.

A lightweight weekly review ritual to reflect, reset, and plan the week ahead for a smoother home.

When to Use

• You feel reactive instead of proactive about home management.
• Systems you've set up are slowly breaking down because no one checks them.
• You want a regular check-in for yourself or your family.
• You are implementing other skills from this suite and need a review anchor.

Workflow

Phase 1: Look Back (5 minutes)

1. What went well this week?
2. What was frustrating or chaotic?
3. Which systems worked and which were ignored?
4. Did anything unexpected derail the week?

Phase 2: Assess Current (10 minutes)

Review each life area briefly:

• Calendar: Are upcoming events confirmed? Any conflicts?
• Meals: Did the meal plan work? What's in the fridge that needs using?
• Tasks: What wasn't finished? Does it roll forward or drop?
• Supplies: Anything running low? Any restock triggers hit?
• Family needs: Any appointments, school events, or communications pending?
• Personal well-being: Did you get enough rest, movement, and connection?

Phase 3: Plan Forward (10 minutes)

1. Confirm the top 3 priorities for the coming week.
2. Adjust the meal plan based on the calendar.
3. Assign or reassign tasks to household members.
4. Note any supplies to buy, appointments to book, or messages to send.
5. Schedule the next weekly review.

Phase 4: Maintain a Continuous Improvement Log

1. Keep a simple running record of adjustments you've made.
2. Note the result: "Moved laundry to Sunday evening → less Monday morning stress."
3. Review the log monthly to spot patterns and celebrate wins.

Phase 5: Solo and Family Review Options

• Solo review: Complete all phases individually. Useful for single-person households or personal check-ins.
• Family review: Assign one person as facilitator. Rotate weekly if desired. Keep it under 25 minutes to prevent fatigue.

What This Skill Does Not Cover

• Weekly schedule design: Use weekly-life-rhythm-designer to create the initial time blocks and routines.
• Calendar merging: Use family-calendar-harmonizer to merge multiple calendars into one view.
• Task grouping: Use task-batching-blueprint to group similar tasks for efficiency.

Output Format

The output includes:

1. Weekly Review Structure (look back, assess, plan forward)
2. Review Questionnaire by Life Area
3. Coming Week Preview Template
4. Home Task Assignment Board
5. Continuous Improvement Log
6. Monthly & Quarterly Review Extensions

Safety & Compliance

• All skills are assistive and reflective. The user remains responsible for decisions about their home, schedule, and family.
• Do not collect, store, or process passwords, account credentials, or sensitive personal identifiers.
• No financial, legal, medical, or psychological advice is provided.
• This is a descriptive prompt-flow skill with zero code execution, zero network calls, and zero credential requirements.

Acceptance Criteria

1. SKILL.md includes all three review phases with clear timing.
2. Covers at least 6 life areas in the assessment phase.
3. Continuous improvement log is explained with examples.
4. No executable code, API calls, or external dependencies.
5. English-first.

Examples

Example 1: Basic Use

User says: "I want a simple weekly check-in for my home."

Skill guides: Walk through Look Back → Assess → Plan Forward in 25 minutes. Use the life area questionnaire. Create a one-page coming-week preview. Deliver output in the specified format.

Example 2: Detailed Session

User says: "My partner and I keep missing each other's schedule changes."

Skill guides: Add a dedicated "information flow" check to the Assess phase. Use the review as a 20-minute shared sync. Build a simple task assignment board for the week ahead. Start a continuous improvement log.