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

I did this blog post, and I am going to figure out my GTD system.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

I skipped this room! I know what the guitar strings are already 🙂

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.’

What I’ve learned is that it is important to write down all of your thoughts (which is actually something I do frequently!) to help get distracting things out of your head. Also something I think that might help me from the reading portion was the “timed sprints” where you set a timer and focus on doing something for a set amount of time, and not worrying about completion. I struggle with procrastination quite a bit.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

‘Maps’ from 19:57 to 21:16 of the video

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

Mr. Le Duc Creating a Trello Account and Add GTD Template Tutorial (3:45)

• • • 
    • You can get the free Trello app at the Apple Store or Google Play
    • 

1. 1. Your phone
   2. Paper and pen or pencil
   3. Examine LifeHacker.com’s GTD Resources
      • Try a To-Do List That Lives in Your Tabs

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

 

OPTIONAL EXERCISE

• Read Getting Things Done for Teens: Take Control of Your Life in a Distracting World by David Allen

 

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned different ways to get things done, and a problem I solved was putting all of my items into the GTD template on trello.

 

“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’m going to write my summary now with what I would like to accomplish because I know that otherwise I will forget, I’m going to try to get the majority of my late work in School of Rock done.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

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

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

Classes:

School of Rock

Algebra 2: I’m quitting this class next session

Chemistry A: Start it etc

World History A: Start edgenuity class

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

I’m starting with trying to catch up with School of Rock, because the next session at Avanti starts on the 16th.

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)

David Allen says to

• Store ideas externally to stay focused on the work at hand.
• Clarify the intended outcome of each project.
• Review ideas frequently to determine the next best action.
• Decrease stress by appropriately managing your commitments.

These things can help you stay more organized and less stressed.

• 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…

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

What I learned is that it is important to pay attention to when you feel like you have the most energy in the day, and that tracking it to show a pattern can help you to know when you will be the most productive. Also it is important to keep your emotions in check to that you can use your mental energy to its fullest ability.