Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

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

SUMMARY

This week I worked on assignments that were important in all my classes. I also tried to come up with a better system for getting them done and managing my time.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

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

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

• Film & Game
  • Tools, Time, and Rooms Blog Post
  • Screenwriting Blog Post
• English
  • Big 6 Worksheet #2 for Distance Learning

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

• English
  • Big 6 Worksheet #2 for Distance Learning
• Film & Game
  • Tools, Time, and Rooms Blog Post
  • Screenwriting Blog Post

STEP 3: SET A TIMER

1. Set a timer for your first task
   1. Decide how long you think it will take before you start
2. Start working
3. Repeat this process for 45 minutes for as many tasks as you can complete, then take a 15-minute break
   • Get up and get a drink of water
   • Get up and go for a walk
   • Every 20 minute blink your eyes 20 times while looking at least 20 feet away
     • This is good for your eyes

Start steps 1 through 3 again, repeat for your school day

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 20 minutes in this ‘room’
• Watch the first 30 seconds of this Oct. 2020 interview with David Allen

• Reflect on GTD and getting to the top of the colorful list above for a minute
  • How can the GTD process help you tame the crazy-busy dragon of modern life?

• Then, go for a 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
• Write a few sentence reflection
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Literally, read the article and go for another walk 🙂

“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…

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 15 minutes reading…
  • FastCompany Magazine article about Katia Verresen’s techniques and GTD, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
• Then, go for another 15-minute walk, if it is safe to do so
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned how to manage my time with projects and how to get them done. I learned you need to set timers for projects and you need to break them up into parts. This solves the problem of getting completely overwhelmed with what you are doing. When you break it up it’s a lot easier.

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

I really liked this week. It gave me time to come up with a better process for school work and tasks in general. I feel we should do more things like this.