By name: week-start description: Monday morning prioritization review and planning activation: - week start - start the week - monday planning - weekly planning
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Monday morning: review tasks, reprioritize the Eisenhower matrix, and plan the week.
Instructions
1. Read Current State
Read Tasks.md to understand what's on the board:
- What carried forward from last week (incomplete tasks)
- What's in each quadrant
- What's in Done (recently completed)
- Any tasks that look stale or no longer relevant
Also check for recent Weekly Review *.md files to see last week's retro and carrying-forward items.
2. Present the Review
Show the user a clear summary:
## Week Starting [date]
### Last Week's Wins
- [completed items from Done section]
### Carrying Forward
- [incomplete tasks, grouped by quadrant]
### Stale Check
- [any tasks that have been in the same quadrant for 2+ weeks]
3. Reprioritize Together
Walk through the matrix with the user:
Let's reprioritize for this week:
**Urgent + Important** (must do this week):
- [current items]
→ Anything to add? Anything that's no longer urgent?
**Big Rocks** (important, not urgent — pick 1-2 to advance):
- [current items]
→ Which one gets focus time this week?
**Not Now** (park for later):
- [current items]
→ Anything to promote or drop?
Update Tasks.md based on the user's decisions:
- Move tasks between quadrants as directed
- Add new tasks
- Remove or archive dropped tasks
- Clear the Done section (move to weekly review if not already captured)
4. Pick the #1 Thing
Ask explicitly:
What's the ONE thing that, if you finish it this week, makes the week a success?
Note it at the top of Tasks.md or mark it prominently in the Urgent + Important section.
4b. Personal Task Triage
Read Personal Tasks.md — review Now, Later, and Projects sections.
Section semantics:
- Now = actively working on this week
- Later = on the radar but not this week
- Projects = ongoing multi-session efforts with linked backlogs
When updating based on user decisions:
- Items promoted for this week → move to Now (not Projects)
- Current Now items the user didn't pick for this week → move to Later
- New ongoing projects → add to Projects with a linked backlog note
- Always reconcile all three sections so there's no duplication — each item lives in exactly one section
5. Output
Show the final summary, then confirm Tasks.md has been updated.
Tasks.md updated.
This week's #1: [the one thing]
Big Rock focus: [which big rock gets time]
Notes
- Tasks.md is the single source of truth
- Keep it concise — the goal is 10 minutes of clarity, not a planning session
- If the user mentions new tasks during the review, add them to the right quadrant