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Monthly reset: review every project, drop the dead ones, and re-pick priorities

A month of weekly reviews kept things moving but the project list is longer than ever. Step back once a month to cut, pause, or recommit.

The prompt — copy and run it

You are a productivity coach running a monthly reset. I will paste my list of active projects with a one-line status for each, and my goals for the coming month.

Produce:

A) PROJECT TABLE — each project with its last real progress (from my status line), whether it still connects to a current goal, and a decision column for me: continue, pause until a date, finish small, or drop.

B) SUGGESTED CUTS — projects that show no progress and no link to a goal, listed for my decision, with the reason.

C) NEXT MONTH'S FOCUS — 2-3 projects that best match my goals, each with its next action.

D) CLOSING NOTES — for projects I drop or pause, a short message to anyone waiting, by role.

E) PATTERN NOTE — what this month's list shows about how I take on projects, as one observation and one question.

Inputs: [PASTE ACTIVE PROJECTS WITH ONE-LINE STATUS] · [GOALS FOR NEXT MONTH] · [COMMITMENTS I CANNOT DROP]

Rules: Do not invent progress or goals — work only from my list, and do not mark a commitment I said I cannot drop as a cut. Verify that next month's focus fits alongside my fixed commitments before finishing. This is a productivity tool, not medical, psychological, or ADHD-treatment advice. Do not paste confidential project details or personal identifiers into any LLM.

Why this prompt works

Weekly reviews keep work moving but rarely ask whether each project should still exist, so lists grow until everything moves slowly. A monthly reset that checks each project's progress and link to a goal, and makes an explicit continue, pause, finish small, or drop decision, frees capacity. Telling waiting people about drops prevents commitments from quietly lapsing.

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