“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 completed my University of Washington application and two art assignments, a math assignment, two english assignments, and a ceramics assignment.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

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

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 5 minutes
  • Finish sketch of arm for Ceramics
  • Do English essay about self
  • Finish WSU application
  • Do today’s math homework
  • Do first Sneakonthelot assignments

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

• Set a timer
• Spend up to 5 minutes
• Prioritize your list, here in this section of your blog
  • Finish WSU Application
  • Do first Sneakonthelot assignments
  • Do English essay about self
  • Do today’s math homework
  • Finish sketch of arm for Ceramics
• DELETE ALL OF MR. LE DUC’s INSTRUCTIONS, AFTER YOU ARE DONE

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)

• Oct. 2020 interview with David Allen

• The goal is getting my GTD to the point it becomes self-sustaining if that makes sense. Obviously, no one wants the low end of the list, but it’s a wheel that can spin in both directions. It would be best to have a plan to stop the wheel once it starts spinning negative.

• The rain was cruel today, but the discomfort of the elements was far easier to brave than the stress of sitting motionless in front of my computer, knowing what I should be doing and yet not doing it. That first step is vital, the time when you realize the confusion of where to start that was causing you so much stress was only a puddle deep. I’d better finish this up as well as the second GTD assignment.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• I learned that any system which allows you to push back your responsibilities to uncertain times is a faulty one.
• This and a few other assignments have been woefully late as my focus has shifted to college applications, but now I am working my way through them all. I feel less stressed than I have been in a long while.