Film – Week 10 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 2
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
My week has been quite stressful, as I have multiple big projects that I need to be working on and calculus is really kicking my butt. However, there were some positive things that came out of my work on my English project, because I was able to access some of my hidden creativity to make something very artistically pleasing (in my opinion). I also cut my hair again, which was a nice change to the usual never-ending repetition that happens each week.
CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)
You are going to learn to develop your own version of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) process in this ‘room.’
I watched the book summary video and read the de-stressing article and I found both of them to be really interesting. I thought the “mind sweep before bed” routine that was included in the teen stress article sounded helpful. I might have to try that out sometime this week. The whole idea of finding a way to organize my thoughts and my mental to-do list is very exciting and I look forward to finding a routine and system that’s successful for me. I already have a physical planner and to-do list that I write and check-off each day, but it’s not organized with the depth and intention that Allen discusses.
LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)
Examine Two GTD Maps: Basic and Detailed
- Detailed map by guccio@文房具社 icensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
- Basic map from BiggerPlate.com embedded below
WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED
- What I Learned: In this class, I learned about how the Trello system works and I started to get an idea of what GTD system will be successful for me. Outside of this class, I learned that most flu shots contain a small amount of egg proteins and are manufactured using egg-based technology.
- Problem Solving: One problem that I solved this week was a continued issue with my Chromebook and the WiFi at my house. I mentioned this last week in my problem solving section because I thought my internet issues were solved and out of the way. However, as I started class on Monday, my computer was once again moving slowly, or in some cases, not at all. Though the problem had a huge impact on my ability to work, it was pretty simple to solve; I just had to reset the router and restart my Chromebook.