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GTD Weekly Review for Nextcloud Deck as a free board template.

A Getting Things Done board with stacks for Capture, Clarify, This Week, Waiting, Someday, and Done. The weekly review card holds the routine as a checklist.

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Weekly Review

Capture1

Collect every open loop

Get commitments out of your head and into one place before you try to decide anything.

  • Empty your notes app and paper notes
  • Skim your inbox for unanswered commitments
  • Walk through your calendar for the last two weeks
  • Write down what is quietly bothering you
Review

Clarify1

Empty capture list

Turn every captured item into a next action, waiting item, someday item, or delete it.

  • Is it actionable? If not, delete it or park it in Someday
  • If it takes two minutes, do it now
  • If someone else owns it, move it to Waiting
  • Otherwise write the very next physical action
Reviewdue in 2 days

This Week2

Choose three committed outcomes

Keep this week narrow enough to finish.

Next Action

Block time for the hardest one

The outcome you are avoiding is the one that needs a calendar slot, not a reminder.

Next Actiondue in 1 day

Waiting1

Check all waiting items

Send follow-ups or move stale items back to clarify.

Waitingdue in 5 days

Someday1

Park ideas instead of deleting them

Someday is what makes it safe to say no this week without losing the idea.

Review

Done1

Run the weekly review

The review is the habit that keeps the rest of the board trustworthy.

  • Empty Capture to zero
  • Reread every card in This Week and Waiting
  • Scan Someday for anything now worth doing
  • Check next week's calendar for hidden work
  • Choose the three outcomes for next week
Reviewdue in 7 days
ReviewNext ActionWaiting
View the portable v1 template JSON
{
  "schema": "deckloud-template-v1",
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "slug": "gtd-weekly-review-nextcloud-deck",
  "locale": "en",
  "title": "GTD Weekly Review for Nextcloud Deck",
  "description": "A GTD-lite board for capture, clarify, weekly commitments, waiting items, someday work, and done work.",
  "category": "personal-productivity",
  "tags": [
    "gtd",
    "weekly-review",
    "planning"
  ],
  "quickCreateStackKey": "capture",
  "compatibility": {
    "requiresBoardCreate": true,
    "includesAttachments": false,
    "includesComments": false
  },
  "board": {
    "title": "Weekly Review",
    "color": "10B981"
  },
  "labels": [
    {
      "key": "review",
      "title": "Review",
      "color": "10B981"
    },
    {
      "key": "next-action",
      "title": "Next Action",
      "color": "3B82F6"
    },
    {
      "key": "waiting",
      "title": "Waiting",
      "color": "F59E0B"
    }
  ],
  "stacks": [
    {
      "key": "capture",
      "title": "Capture",
      "order": 1
    },
    {
      "key": "clarify",
      "title": "Clarify",
      "order": 2
    },
    {
      "key": "this-week",
      "title": "This Week",
      "order": 3
    },
    {
      "key": "waiting",
      "title": "Waiting",
      "order": 4
    },
    {
      "key": "someday",
      "title": "Someday",
      "order": 5
    },
    {
      "key": "done",
      "title": "Done",
      "order": 6
    }
  ],
  "cards": [
    {
      "stack": "capture",
      "title": "Collect every open loop",
      "description": "Get commitments out of your head and into one place before you try to decide anything.\n\n- [ ] Empty your notes app and paper notes\n- [ ] Skim your inbox for unanswered commitments\n- [ ] Walk through your calendar for the last two weeks\n- [ ] Write down what is quietly bothering you",
      "labels": [
        "review"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "clarify",
      "title": "Empty capture list",
      "description": "Turn every captured item into a next action, waiting item, someday item, or delete it.\n\n- [ ] Is it actionable? If not, delete it or park it in Someday\n- [ ] If it takes two minutes, do it now\n- [ ] If someone else owns it, move it to Waiting\n- [ ] Otherwise write the very next physical action",
      "labels": [
        "review"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 2
    },
    {
      "stack": "this-week",
      "title": "Choose three committed outcomes",
      "description": "Keep this week narrow enough to finish.",
      "labels": [
        "next-action"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "this-week",
      "title": "Block time for the hardest one",
      "description": "The outcome you are avoiding is the one that needs a calendar slot, not a reminder.",
      "labels": [
        "next-action"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 1
    },
    {
      "stack": "waiting",
      "title": "Check all waiting items",
      "description": "Send follow-ups or move stale items back to clarify.",
      "labels": [
        "waiting"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 5
    },
    {
      "stack": "someday",
      "title": "Park ideas instead of deleting them",
      "description": "Someday is what makes it safe to say no this week without losing the idea.",
      "labels": [
        "review"
      ]
    },
    {
      "stack": "done",
      "title": "Run the weekly review",
      "description": "The review is the habit that keeps the rest of the board trustworthy.\n\n- [ ] Empty Capture to zero\n- [ ] Reread every card in This Week and Waiting\n- [ ] Scan Someday for anything now worth doing\n- [ ] Check next week's calendar for hidden work\n- [ ] Choose the three outcomes for next week",
      "labels": [
        "review"
      ],
      "dueOffsetDays": 7
    }
  ]
}

01

When to use this board

For people who already work in a GTD style and want the weekly review to survive a real week.

02

How to run this board

  • Collect every open loop in Capture.

    Empty notes, inbox, and calendar into Capture before deciding anything.

  • Clarify each item into a next action.

    Delete it, park it in Someday, move it to Waiting, or write its next physical action.

  • Commit to three outcomes in This Week.

    Block calendar time for the hardest one. Tick through the review card every Friday.

03

What this creates

6 stacks, 3 labels, and 7 starter cards with 13 checklist steps.

04

Standard Deck objects only

The result is an ordinary Deck board that you edit like any other. With a Nextcloud account, Deckloud writes it straight to your server, with no relay.

05

Safe import rules

The file holds no server IDs. Due dates count from the day you create the board, and checklists are Markdown task lists in card descriptions.

FAQ

Practical questions

Does the template include comments or attachments?

No. Comments need an author, and attachments differ between servers and Deck versions, so v1 templates hold text only.

Do I need to know GTD to use this board?

No. The stack names say what each state means, and the review card lists the steps.

What goes in Someday rather than being deleted?

Anything you would regret losing but will not act on for weeks. Someday keeps This Week short.

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