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The Daily Review
End the day with a brief reflection on what worked, what did not, and what you will do differently next time.
Borrowed from the Daily Examen, a daily reflection practice from Ignatian (Jesuit) spirituality. Read the original source.
Ongoing habit · Minutes to start · Anyone on the team can start it
Try this first
Three minutes, three questions. What went well, where did I fall short, what will I change.
Use it when
Individuals or teams run without reflection and recovery is neglected.
Skip it when
This is personal practice. Do not turn it into a monitoring or reporting requirement, because forcing it or tracking it kills it. And for someone already prone to harsh self-criticism, keep it aimed at learning.
How to introduce it
Take a few minutes at the end of the day to note what went well, where you fell short, and what you will do differently. Contemplative traditions built daily self-examination for this, and it works secularly. It turns the day's experience into learning and gives you a way to set the day down instead of carrying it home.
How to show up
Offer it as an optional personal practice, never a mandated ritual or a tracking tool. Its value is private. The moment someone has to report on it, it stops working.
How long it takes
A few minutes at the end of a day or work cycle.
What makes it hard
Keeping it up is the whole difficulty, and it goes first when things get busy, which is when it helps most. Watch that it stays constructive rather than becoming a nightly audit of your own failings.
What it looks like when it's working
The person spots patterns, learns from their days, and ends the day feeling it is finished rather than carried. Turning into nightly self-criticism means rebalance it toward learning.
How long until it sticks
A few weeks of daily practice before it becomes a settled, sustaining habit.
How you know it stuck
Someone keeps it up because they feel the benefit, not because anyone asked.
The idea behind it
An unexamined day teaches you little and follows you around. A short honest review turns experience into improvement and closes the day out.
Where it comes from
Ignatian spirituality. The team debrief turned inward, and one of the few recovery habits that survives a busy week. A small randomized trial found gains in meaning and life satisfaction. A short end-of-day reflection in five steps. Settle, give thanks, review the day and how it felt, face where you fell short, and look to tomorrow.