Sort out a week of ideas on one canvas — from things you dropped in, to a few groups and next week's to-dos

Borrowing two classic methods (the GTD Weekly Review and PARA), turn a week of saved links, screenshots and passing thoughts into a few conclusions and next week's to-do list in 30 minutes. All examples are made up; swap in your own.

Where the method comes from

How to use this canvas

Every card is yours to edit.
The "Example" groups are made up: the people, products and articles in them aren't real. Clear them out when you start your own.
Checked to-dos are saved back to the file.
In Finder, the whole canvas is just a folder.

The GTD Weekly Review (David Allen Company)

Three stages: Get Clear (empty your inbox and your head), Get Current (go over next actions, calendar, waiting-for and projects), Get Creative (look at someday/maybe and think boldly).
We borrow the first and last ideas: get everything out first, and leave a little time for new ideas at the end.
Source: GTD Times, The GTD Weekly Review, May 2009 (official) https://gettingthingsdone.com/2009/05/the-gtd-weekly-review/

PARA (Tiago Forte)

Projects: goal-driven efforts that end. Areas: ongoing responsibilities like health or money. Resources: topics you're interested in. Archives: inactive items from the other three.
Why it helps: you sort by what you'll do with something, not by topic, so the next step is obvious.
Source: Forte Labs, The PARA Method, published Feb 2023, updated Apr 2026 (official) https://fortelabs.com/blog/para/

Example: what landed this week

An article on writing pricing pages (link)

https://example.com/blog/pricing-page-checklist
Halfway through: it says keep a pricing page to three tiers, one line each on who it's for.

Noticed: the first screen is one sentence and one button.

The first step for new users is too long

A thought from a walk: after sign-up you pick a theme, a template and a folder, three steps before you see a canvas.

Build one thing one person uses again and again

A line heard on a podcast, saved for a future post.

The exported PDF text is too small

A user wrote in: it's hard to read when printed; they'd like a bigger font size.

A book to read: The Mom Test

A friend's recommendation, about talking to users so you hear the truth.

30 minutes on the weekend, three steps

Step 1: look at everything (10 min)

Glance at every card from this week. Don't delete or edit yet; just stack duplicates. (Borrowed from Get Clear in the GTD Weekly Review)

Step 2: group by what you'll do with it (10 min)

Drag cards into piles on the canvas: a project you're working on, an area you look after, a resource for later, or archive. You can also tap "✦ AI Groups" on the canvas to let it make a first pass, then drag to adjust. (Borrowed from PARA)

Step 3: one line per group (10 min)

Add a card next to each pile with one sentence: what this group tells you. Keep two minutes at the end for new ideas. (Borrowed from Get Creative in the GTD Weekly Review)

Example: after sorting

Project "Fix onboarding": conclusion

"The first step for new users is too long" and "The exported PDF text is too small" are both places users get stuck. Start with the first: cut one step next week.

Resource "Pricing": conclusion

Keep "An article on writing pricing pages" and "Screenshot of a competitor's new homepage" for when the pricing page gets redone.

Example: next week's to-dos / Try it this week / Sources

Next week

Remove the "pick a theme" step from onboarding
Reply to the email about small PDF text
Get The Mom Test and read the first two chapters this weekend

Run your own weekly review

Drop everything you save this week onto one canvas, then do the three steps in Group 3 on the weekend. (From: The GTD Weekly Review; PARA)

Sources

| # | Source | Type | Date | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GTD Times: The GTD Weekly Review | Official (David Allen Company) | 2009-05-28, modified 2014-02-03 | 2026-10-29 |
| 2 | Forte Labs: The PARA Method | Official (author) | 2023-02-24, updated 2026-04-15 | 2026-10-29 |

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Note: Groups 2, 4 and 5 are fictional and do not refer to any real person, company or article (only The Mom Test is a real book, taken from the first startups canvas; the link uses the fictional example.com). Screenshots were taken by the social team with the released put·here app in a temporary demo library; their content is fictional too.