Month: November 2020

“‘Be shapeless and formless.. like water’ (Bruce Lee)” by Akinini.com is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

“Have a mind like water.”

― David Allen,  GTD

SUMMARY

This week was good, kind of stressful, but I got a lot of work done.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

Since it’s gotten colder all the leaves fell off the trees and it changed the way that the forest looked completely. Everything was more open and bright, though it did remind me of some places I’ve seen in horror movies.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

This week I solved the problem of not being efficient enough when it came to doing work. Making lists and following them helped a lot.

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Weekly Activity Evaluation

Teens are overwhelmed, partly because they don’t yet have the skills to manage the unprecedented amount of stuff that enters their brains each day.  – from LifeHacker.com

“Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.”

“You can do anything, but not everything.”

― David Allen, (GTD) Getting Things Done for Teens: Take Control of Your Life in a Distracting World

SUMMARY

This week was good, I enjoyed the weather and going on walks with my dog.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

I did both of the sneaks on the lot things the last two weeks

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

This week I learned to develop my own version of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) process in this ‘room.’

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

Examine Two GTD Maps: Basic and Detailed

1. Detailed map by guccio@文房具社 icensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
2. Basic map from BiggerPlate.com embedded below

GTD-based Trusted System

• Examine and pick a trusted system from the 4 options listed below to ‘capture’ your work
  • A trusted system is your method for managing your tasks in a way that you consistently get things done

1. Trello.com with a – GTD Template
   • We use Trello in this class to manage group projects
     • You will create a Trello account a few weeks from now regardless
     • You might want to start now
   • We start using Trello in the second semester
   • Watch Mr. Le Duc Creating a Trello Account and Add GTD Template Tutorial (3:45)
   • You can get the free Trello app at the Apple Store or Google Play
   • 
2. Your phone
3. Paper and pen or pencil
4. Examine LifeHacker.com’s GTD Resources
   • Try a To-Do List That Lives in Your Tabs

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

OPTIONAL EXERCISE

• Read Getting Things Done for Teens: Take Control of Your Life in a Distracting World by David Allen

STUDIO (CREATING MAPS)

Today I need to catch up on my assignments, work on writing my debate case, and do my laundry.

CONTROL ROOM (PRODUCTION)

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned how to better write my lists and more about getting things done.

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Weekly Activity Evaluation

“Day 092/366 – To Do List” by Great Beyond is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Your toughest work is defining what your work is! –  Peter Drucker

SUMMARY

Good week! Caught up on a lot of things.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

In this ‘room’ you are going to try Getting Things Done (GTD).

MAKE A LIST

• Film: ✓
• Spanish: ✓
• Fitness: ✓
• Biology: ✓
• Geometry: ✓
• English: ✓

NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

1. Assignments due today or tomorrow
2. Re-do assignments
3. Late work
4. Assignments due later this week

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Oct. 2020 interview with David Allen

A GTD system can help me make progress.

I took my dog for a walk in the forest by my house and listened to some music. The woods were quite and the temperature was perfect so overall it was a very nice and peaceful walk and a good break from school. It even eased my election anxiety a little bit.

“I coach C-suite executives and rising stars from the earliest startups to Fortune 100 companies. My passion is to help ambitious leaders achieve their full human potential.”  – Read more about Katia…

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

This week I learned that getting work done is easier than I thought.

This week I solved my problem of not knowing how to do my Geometry homework by getting help from a friend.

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Weekly Activity Evaluation