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

• Through the assignment, “GTD: Part Two,” I worked on creating my system. From watching videos, it helped me create certain sections to place work into. This helps eliminate stress and makes me more organized.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

This is quite interesting. It is fascinating how many people don’t have GTD systems! To achieve effective results, you need a system. There are five simple steps:

• Capture
  • Ideas
  • Tasks
  • Capture it so you don’t have to keep it in your brain
• Process
  • Ask: is it actionable
  • Yes: Would it take two minutes or less? Less than 2-minutes = do it. More than 2-minutes = create an action list.
  • No: Discard or keep as a reference
• Organize
  • Project
  • Time
    • Place in calendar
  • Context
• Review
  • Weekly reviews
  • Are tasks going to plan?
  • Every month: Review short-term goals
• Engage
  • DO IT!

These steps seem difficult in the bigger picture, but it will be beneficial. As soon as you have a system, this will become second nature and you will be much more successful. I am going to use this GTD system to hopefully reduce stress and improve my time management. We will see what happens!

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

• Most people have 30-100 projects and 150-220 next actions right now.
• You need maps to get these done
• You will add more significant projects as you go
• Doesn’t take long for you to get to where you want to be.

Two GTD Maps: Basic and Detailed

1. Detailed map by guccio@文房具社 licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
2. Basic map from BiggerPlate.com embedded below

GTD-based Trusted System

1. 1. • I use Trello and a physical planner for my GTD system.

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

• 31% of adolescents have an anxiety disorder
• Everyone is overwhelmed
• Walk to clear your mind
• Grades
• Work
• One step at a time
• Take time to relax
• Take time to think

STUDIO (CREATING MAPS)

• Action items have been added to my GTD system. There are also many more to come!

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

• From this week, I learned how to use a GTD system. I hope to use this learning from now on and in the future. One problem I had was understanding the system. This took me to watch videos over and over to comprehend the topic.