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 mostly on history homework. My teacher assigned us with a long video to watch and then answer a lot of questions, it has taken up most of my time this week. Other than that I have been working on my poetry project from English and last but not least I have been spending my remaining time working on this blog post.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• This video that you had us watch was on how to organize all of your work so you don’t get stressed. The guy in the video talked about how even new technology like iphones won’t help us focus any better than the older. The best way to stay on track is to make a system where you write down all of your assignments and order them into how important they are and then check them off when you are done. This technique helps your brain calm down and get into a rhythm and you will be able to be more organized for the rest of your life through a few simple steps.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

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

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

• Spanish: Finished everything so far
• Film: This blog post, GTD 1 blog post
• History: John Adams video questions
• Chemistry: Finished everything so far
• Literature: Poetry Project, Independent Reading Nov 25
• Calculus: Math Exploration paper

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

• Math Exploration paper
• Poetry Project
• This blog post
• John Adams video questions
• GTD 1 blog post
• independent reading Nov 25

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)

• The guy in the video was saying that there are a few bsic steps to being organized and finishing your work and those steps are: Capture, clarify, organize and reflect. You first need to capture all the information on all the assignments you have like when they are due and how long they are and how important they are. You then need to clarify on what you found with someone else. After that you need to use the information and organize them on how important they are so you can prioritize and work on the important ones first. After you are done you can reflect on how well this system works to determine if you want to use it again.

OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Read the article and go for another walk 🙂

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WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• I learned that making a system to organize all of your work really helps and can be the most useful tool ever. The main steps to this are to capture, clarify, organize, and then reflect on what you have done. Using all of these steps will help you out in life.
• A problem I solved was getting all of my assignments done this week. I had so much homework assigned to me this week and I was stressed, but I used this tactic for organizing my work that I was able to prioritize the important work and finish it all.

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION