For those who hate @contexts.

[Brent]

I currently have 49 projects, and 137 next actions. I'm not particularly stressed by the numbers but I do feel the system is a bit unwieldy.

137 Next Actions is a BIG HUGE red flag to me. How many of those did you get to in the past seven days? How many of those 49 projects did you actually work on last week?

The Projects list is supposed to be a list of active Projects. I suspect there are some Projects in here that you aren't really truly actively working on.

What if you cut your Projects and Next Actions lists by half? Defer the rest to Someday/Maybe.

[mydifferentfeet]

I concur with the folks who say some level of a review should happen daily. My weekly reviews became more manageable when I learned I needed to look at my next action list and project list daily (fyi: I use the GTD Outlook plug-in from Netcentrics, and other than more bugs than I would like, it is a wonderful GTD tool to facilitate weekly reviews).

I also split up the next action/project Weekly Review from the Calendar Weekly Review. I do my calendar weekly review for 20 minutes on Monday mornings, but my next action/project/paper processing review on Fridays for a couple of hours. I think I got this idea from the Mike Williams In Conversation interview.

Another KEY learning I have experience about the Weekly Review...It is a VERY creative time for me. I come up with great ideas on projects, areas of focus, goals & objectives, etc. during the weekly review. Therefore, I am no longer too caught up on whether I do it in an hour or two hours.

The ROI is always there.

[TesTeq]

Weekly Review is more a safety check than a brainstorming or creativity session. Its main goal is to make sure that there are no leaks in your GTD system (for example no active Projects without Next Actions or WaitingFors and no missed dealines).