Monthly Review
Use this monthly. Zoom out further than the Weekly Review — this looks across the month’s weekly reviews for strategic-level patterns, not weekly execution details.
- Month: [FILL]
1. Life Areas Review
Rate each area 1-10 and note what drove the score.
| Life Area | Rating (1-10) | What drove it |
|---|---|---|
| Career / Work | [FILL] | [FILL] |
| Health / Fitness | [FILL] | [FILL] |
| Relationships | [FILL] | [FILL] |
| Finances | [FILL] | [FILL] |
| Learning / Growth | [FILL] | [FILL] |
| Fun / Recreation | [FILL] | [FILL] |
2. Biggest Win
[FILL]
3. Biggest Miss
[FILL]
4. Patterns Across the Month’s Weekly Reviews
What showed up in more than one weekly review this month?
[FILL]
5. Start / Stop / Continue
| Start doing | Stop doing | Continue doing |
|---|---|---|
| [FILL] | [FILL] | [FILL] |
6. Next Month’s Theme
If next month had a single word or phrase as its theme, what would it be — and why?
[FILL]
Reference: Start/Stop/Continue is a lightweight retrospective format borrowed from agile team retros, applied here at the personal-strategy level.
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