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 I finished all of the thing son my GTD board. The most interesting one though was a science project where I had to drop an egg from 2 meters high, and not have it break when it falls into my egg catcher. The project was about being creative and show what we have learned of the semester.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

• In the Java tutorials for today I learned how to make a calculator with java script.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

• I learned that a lot of Construct is a drag and drop system. This makes it very easy to navigate and work with. Construct reminds me of scratch, but Construct has a lot more stuff to do an work with.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• Review this infographic for 5 minutes (Click for larger PDF version)
• If you want, read more at  bananatreelog.com/blog/daily-dose-of-happiness-chemicals

• I talk a walk and talked to my family for 30 minutes. If I am going to be honest, originally I didn’t think talking to my parents would make my day a whole lot better/ happier but it did a lot.

STUDIO (CREATIVITY)

• You control a small circle character and you try not to get hit by big red spinning rectangles. And when the circle gets hit by the rectangles, the circle disapears.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• I learned how to problem solve because the rectangles were originally not working to destroy the circle but I figured out how to make it work.

SUMMARY

• My week has been going a bit better then most of the weeks before this. I have had a lot less work this week compared to others. One of the reasons I have had less work is because of that chart the class did last week where we had to priorities certain things we had to do.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

PlayCanvas – Javascript

• I choose to do 15 minutes on the Java script class. I am not sure why but, I really liked the variable system in Java script. It feels very easy.

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.’

• The David Allen TED Talk made me think a lot more then all the others and what I have been doing wrong and how I can improve the ways and how i’m doing things on a daily basis.

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
   • https://trello.com/b/wUqLpQMc/getting-things-done-gtd

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• When I was on my walk I was thinking about how this school year has been going so far and what I could have done to improve it for myself and the people around me.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• What I have learned from using Trello and making my GTD map is that, this is a great way to stay organized and keep calm through all the work that has piled up.

“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

• Write your weekly summary here, last, at the end of the week…
  • Only one to two sentences of WHAT YOU DID
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

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

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

• R&J Vocab Quiz
• ASL 1.6 Homework
• Act 4 Reading Assignment
• 2 Fitness Assessments
• IN Week 9

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

• R&J Vocab Quiz
• Act 4 Reading Assignment
• ASL 1.6 Homework
• IN Week 9
• 2 Fitness Assessments

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

• Write only a few sentences of WHAT YOU LEARNED
• In one or two sentences, describe a PROBLEM YOU SOLVED
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

WEEKLY ACTIVITY EVALUATION

• Give feedback on this week’s class Content and Process
  • Fill in the Weekly Activity Evaluation
• DELETE THIS WHOLE SECTION, AFTER YOU ARE DONE