“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

This week I managed to complete the ToK puzzle and ESS graph assignment. I managed to make progress on my calculus IA and I made progress on my book.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

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

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

Things I need to do

1. Extended Essay – research, writing, revising
2. College Applications
3. Calculus IA
4. ESS IA
5. Sneakonthelot part 3
6. RTW Germany assignment
7. Math HW
8. ToK puzzle
9. Study Spanish
10. ESS Graphs assignment
11. Independent Reading project
12. Finish Book

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

Priority list

1. Calculus IA
2. ESS IA
3. Sneakonthelot part 3
4. College Applications
5. Extended Essay
6. RTW Germany assignment
7. Ess Graphs project
8. ToK puzzle
9. Math HW
10. Study Spanish
11. Finish Book
12. Independent Reading Project

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

I learned that I like to work for a half-hour with a 5-minute break. One problem I solved was my distractions. I got distracted when my phone would buzz, so what I did is I flipped it over so it was less noticeable when I got a notification.