Weekly Communication Review — Template

Run every Sunday evening or Monday morning. Synthesizes the week's Signal OS packets.
Output should fit in 1 page (or one Gmail draft). Goal: zero buried open loops.

Inputs

• All archive/ packets from the past 7 days
• Open BOS obligations (Monthly Obligations tab)
• Calendar for week ahead
• Active engagements (Eden Gardens, future consulting clients)
• Mildred's last weekly rollup

The 10-section template

WEEKLY COMMUNICATION REVIEW
Week of [DATE]
Generated: [DATE TIME]

1. MOST URGENT OPEN LOOPS
   - [open loop] — blocked on [person/system] — first flagged [date]
   - [open loop] — ...

2. PEOPLE I OWE RESPONSES TO
   - [person] — [one-line context] — by [date]
   - [person] — ...

3. DECISIONS MADE THIS WEEK
   - [decision] — [why] — [who decided]
   - [decision] — ...

4. MONEY / OBLIGATION ISSUES
   - [item] — [amount] — [due/status]
   - [item] — ...

5. FAMILY LOGISTICS
   - [Chanie] — ...
   - [kids] — ...
   - [Mom] — ...

6. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
   - [opportunity] — [stage] — [next action]
   - [opportunity] — ...

7. THINGS MILDRED MAY NEED
   - [item] — [from her rollup or my flag]
   - [item] — ...

8. DRAFTS WAITING TO SEND
   - [draft subject] — [recipient] — [why parked]
   - [draft subject] — ...

9. THINGS THAT ARE EMOTIONALLY LOADED
   - [item] — [why it weighs] — [my move]
   - [item] — ...

10. THINGS TO ARCHIVE
    - [item] — [done/dead/cancelled]
    - [item] — ...

How to use

1. Open all archive/YYYY-MM-DD/ packets from the last 7 days
2. For each section above, scan packets for matching content
3. Compress into one-line entries
4. Save to archive/YYYY-MM-DD/weekly-review.md
5. Email to self with subject [WEEKLY REVIEW] Week of [date]
6. Read it Monday morning before opening any other email

Cadence rules

• Sunday evening: generate the review (low-friction, reflective time)
• Monday morning: re-read it before doing anything else
• Wednesday: spot-check section 1 (urgent open loops) — anything moved?
• Friday afternoon: scan section 8 (drafts waiting) — anything to send before Shabbos?

Connection to BOS

The Weekly Review feeds the BOS Weekly Report and vice versa:

• Section 1 (urgent loops) → ACTION BUMPERS section in v1's WEEKLY_SEND email
• Section 4 (obligations) → already in BOS Monthly Obligations + INSTALLMENT_PLANS tabs
• Section 7 (Mildred) → her Apr 24 touch-base email + Tuesday sync agenda
• Section 8 (drafts) → Gmail drafts folder

Don't duplicate. Reference + link.

Tuning notes

• If review takes >30 min: too much detail. Compress further.
• If review consistently has 10+ items in section 1: open-loop generation rate exceeds close rate. Have a hard conversation with yourself about scope.
• If section 9 (emotional loaded) is consistently empty: you're suppressing. Re-read the week with that lens.