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GTD Weekly Review June Week 2 2021
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Weekly Progress
Tasks
Notable-Impact
- Partially read “The visual MBA'”, “The War of Art”, 64% 4-hour work week
- Started going out for runs virtually every day during a break
- Studied for and gave AP Calculus Exam
- 2021 frq practice, barrons mc
- Caught up in social homework
- Did FAS START modules, finished planning courses
- Uploaded Obsidian literature notes video and required handins for project
- Posted on r/obsidianmd and got decent exposure from it :o
- Signed up for amazon associates
- Started working on encryption program
- Finished caesar shift, almost done enigma
- Read 12 chapters of javascript.info
- Took Ali’s productivity masterclass course
- Created a script for ali video, set up lighting for talking to the camera and watched some tips
- Started taking math notes and making flashcards
Moderate-Impact
- Finished FMAB, ep 1 wonder egg
- Started playing more on my switch (Miitopia, Catherine Full Body)
- Hung out with friends, chatted in the prom afterparty gc, played some minecraft with them
Categories Assessment
Productive
- Learning
- The contents of the stuff I read this week were quite valuable, especially with the stuff in the 4 hour work week
- Ali’s course was half insightful and half refreshing, 80/20 rule and parkinson’s law are engrained in my mind now
- School
- I think I got enough to get a 4 on the exam
- Social is chillin
- Comm Media is lacking a bit, I have 1 week to finish this last project though 🤔
- AP Calculus is rather easy and simple, nice I started making cards
- Youtube
- Happy I pushed myself to try talking to a camera
- As of now though, it would be more effective to just continue what I’m doing
- Happy I pushed myself to try talking to a camera
- JS
- Happy I was able to stick to my 4 chapters resolution
- Good progress on the program, coding in JS is fun :o
- Gotta continue making programs and refining my coding skills
- Fitness
- Good workouts, shins get stiff after walking but they usually get better at the end of the day
- Entrepreneurship
- Amazon associates is a small step but it’s still one :)
Hobby
- Anime
- FMAB is top 3 jesus, gotta do the writeup soon
- I wonder how much different it would’ve been if I had watched it at normal sped
- Started ep 1 of wonder egg and holy shit the animation is clean
- Switch
- Catherine intrigued me from the intro, but wtf is this gameplay lmao
- Miitopia was fun at first, but now I realize how repetitive it is xd
- Socializing
- Nice I wasn’t a shut-in the whole week, park times was fun even though everything got wet
Key Metrics
- Productive hours: Running low on time so no, I just know it’s an avg of like 6-8
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Reflection
Progress
Did you complete what you set out to do?
- Yes
- Missed some additional stuff (scholarships, book notes organization) but that’s okay :p Does your calendar (and commitments) match your priorities and values?
- Yes it did, surprisingly
- Had a good mix of break and work
- Made lots of effective progress on the things I’m working towards
The Good
- Planning helped me stay on track
- Got back into JS
- More socializing in my life
- Planned my course and am starting to get back into SFU stuffs :)
- Shortened my morning routine a bit
The Bad
- Not as much progress in videography than I would have liked
- Struggling to produce high-quality video talking to a camera
- Breaks are hitting 20-30 minutes frequently :/
Plateaus
- Progress on improvising videos and talking to the camera
- Practice and finding improvements :)
- Entrepreneurship
- I’m gonna focus on finals course, but obsidian course is next ;)
The Learned
- I don’t think meditation is too imporant for me
- 80/20 rule, parkinson’s law
Future Plan
Plan
- I’m ready to see some exponential progress this next week!
- I’m going to have to balance some rather heavy categories in my life, so proper time management and discipline is going to be essential!
Adjustments/Improvements
- Have to muster the discipline to not prolong breaks
- Be more conscious about time management
Morning routine max 2/d
- Meditation, stocks, cardio, breakfast, planning day
Reading 1/d
- Finish 4 hour work week, idk what book to start next honestly
- Public speaking/talking to camera?
Integral Calculus 1-2/d
- Continue making flashcards and writing procedures
- Even if I don’t use the flashcards, making them is already a good refresher
- Make sure time spent solving sums is balanced
- Interleaved practice, gonna have to find a way of mixing them up
Social Studies 1-2/d
- Stay up to date with homework
- Have a chat with Mr. Ford about final exam contents and plan studying from there
- Ask about the difficulty and recommended practice
- Will there be super specific questions, is there importance on knowing or more on applying general ideas?
- Ask about the difficulty and recommended practice
JS 1-2/d
- 4 chapters a day
- Finish encryption program, learn basics of react to help implement the back end stuff
Videography 2-3/d
- Working on 2 videos at once time? :o
- Habitica video project setup
- Track my thoughts on the app and progress
- Stupid video of me lifting weight, reading book, brushing teeth lmao
- Not inspired at alllll
- Plan alternative ali course video
- Do I try the whiteboard video thing? lmaooo
- Address me speaking to the camera
- Practice speaking off prompters, you don’t always need to look at the camera
- Come up with a lighting setup that doesn’t require the sun
Additional
Skillshare lessons 1-2/d
- Gotta make the most of my free trial ;)
Catch up with graduation and prom
- Grad practice? pictures? times? procedure?
Brainstorming obsidian student course plan x 1-2
- Cost, content, method of presentation, forms of advertising, time allocation
Breaks
- Start doing small tasks during breaks
- Go outside once every day
- Do 2 sessions of each workout area
- Nap
- Watch 7 episodes of anime
- Have one social event?
- Talk to some teachers?
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