I'm doing a tiny experiment: I will do a Day Review for 18 weekdays over the period Mon April 7 to Wed April 30, the last 4 weeks of the month (weeks 15–18). I will also do 3 Week Reviews during that time using a similar approach.

I'm also including a separate page for each Day Review, starting with Day 1. My Day Review template includes sections for Plus Minus Next, Thoughts, Questions, and Actions so they have a common structure.

2025-04-07 Review

This is the day review for the day note on Monday, April 7.

View reviews for related time periods:

• Prev: None - Started experiment today
• Next: Day Review 2 - Apr 8 Tue

Plus Minus Next

Reflect on what happened today.

Plus ➕

What went well?

• Family Knowledge: Did Family Review on Property Tax
• Health: Resumed gym workout with cardio & weights
• Health: Diabetes in-range (70–180) all day with average glucose 130!
• PKM: Posted tiny experiment pact: I will do a Day Review for 18 weekdays

Minus －

What didn't go so well?

• I didn't do Day Review until this morning
• Diabetes data to review for entire day not available until morning

Next →

What will I focus on next?

• Identify diabetes reports with CGM data to capture for review
• Meal planning & grocery shopping
• Enhance Day Review Map as a related workflow guide for Day Review
• Learn in public by sharing Day Review experiment in community & website

Thoughts

What do I think and feel about today's activities?

• I’m feeling really good about my Family Knowledge effort this year. I’m creating a Family vault of linked Family notes in Obsidian with everything my family needs to know and do when I’m not available (or gone).
• Recently I have resumed many activities such as morning meditation, walks after breakfast, and gym workout that will improve my health and diabetes.
• After a little hiatus, I am sharing content in community and my website again, starting with my experiments and family knowledge, as well as other interests such as PKM, music, and technology.
• I have been working on my periodic practices with many iterations over time, but this experiment refocuses that effort on my Day Review practices first.

Questions

Any questions for research or exploration?

• When should I do my Day Review—today, tomorrow, or both? I’m using Plus Minus Next as a consistent foundation for reviews across all time horizons. Although you normally think of a Day Review occurring at the end of a day (maybe late afternoon or early evening), that’s not a complete day for diabetes management, which will become available in the morning.
• What do I include in my Day Review beyond Plus Minus Next. Initially, I’m capturing thoughts, questions, and actions generated from my reflections on the day and my review. For example, are diabetes graph screenshots or meal photos helpful?
• How do I perform my Day Review? Initially, I’m simply using my Curiosity Log and my Day Review note with manual workflow steps, but it would be much better to automate much of it via shortcuts.
• I currently have navigation links to visit reviews of related time horizons. Is that helpful or necessary? It seems this would make it easier to rollup reviews as summaries and highlights to broader time horizons (day > week, week > month, etc.), or drill down into details in reverse (month > weeks, week > days, etc.).

Actions

What can I do next?

• Enhance my Day Review template to incorporate what I have learned in this first trial , and use that for tomorrow’s review.
• Begin developing a shortcut to help with my Day Review for both macOS and iOS.
• Enhance and publish posts from this experiment and these daily trials on my Ghost blog, website, newsletter, and social media.