Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

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“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

  • I did some work and procrastinated a lot.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

Image of David Allen at TED Talk
Screenshot from David Allen TED Talk

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

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk

late assignments:

  • flow charts blog post
  • workflow blogpost
  • recipe for success blog post
  • 50 square feet within discusson
  • creative writing assignments
  • analyzing gorilla, my love
  • (4) independent reading discussion
  • lesson 1 review (japanese)

current assignments:

  • this one
  • keystone species research
  • formatting essay assignment

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
Screenshot of David Allen TED Talk
  • workflow blog post
  • recipe for success blog post
  • lesson 1 review
  • analyzing gorilla, my love
  • 50 square feet within discussion
  • formatting essay
  • creative writing assignment
  • keystone species research
  • independent reading research

STEP 3: SET A TIMER

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OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

David Allen image
Oct. 2020 Lucidchart interview with David Allen
Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done
  • 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?

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

  • lists actually helped quite a lot and i was able to get rid of a few missing assignments I had.

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