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GTD Weekly Review June Week 3 2021
Remind yourself about the plan in monthlyReviews/2021-M05
Weekly Progress
Chilling amongst the finals rush
Assessments
Consider the following questions: What did I accomplish? Am I satisfied with my progress? What setbacks did I face? What are some possible improvements and plans for next week?
Important Categories
Reading
- Accomplishments
- Finished 4 hour work week, principles, 28% complete “Ask Powerful Questions”
- Planned and organized potential books to read
- Satisfaction
- Am happy with the information I am learning from my books
- Setbacks
- For days with school, my tiredness is affecting my focus
- I might have spent a bit too much time organizing/browsing books
- Plans for Improvement
- Do book-browsing some other time so I can consistently have one hour of reading a day
- Make sure I don’t spend too much extra time with adding onto my application note
Skillshare Learning
- Accomplishments
- Finished Ali’s productivity and studying masterclass, took notes along the way
- Satisfaction
- There are some useful and applicable practices I can refer to
- Learned a lot from his presentation and teaching style
- Setbacks
- Didn’t do as much learning as I would have liked
- Plans for Improvement
- Find a way to use youtube as my version of skillshare
- Will require organization of topics of learning though
- Find a way to use youtube as my version of skillshare
Social Studies
- Accomplishments
- Did all the homework required for marks
- Created a study plan for finals and have been somewhat keeping up on it
- Satisfaction
- If I truly want a good mark, I wish I would have started earlier
- Happy I’m not writing down things I already know
- Setbacks
- Time left for studying
- The scarcity and organization of all the notes I didn’t take lmao
- Plans for Improvement
- 1.5 units worth of short answers per day
- Do some flashcard practice
- At least once/break?
- Cram the night before
Math
- Accomplishments
- 83% on trig integration in-class, 88% on rational integral exam
- Created some notes/flashcards
- Planned a daily routine and have been following it
- Satisfaction
- I’m happy my mark didn’t drop too much, but the mistakes I made were kinda disappointing
- Setbacks
- Not taking notes screwed me over in the in-class, and my rushing tendencies cost me marks
- Plans for Improvement
- Be more methodical yet efficient in preparation for my final exam
SFU
- Accomplishments
- Replied to TechConnect stuffs
- Started to be active in community again
- Applied for TechConnect
- Attended FAS live social event and Virtual Games Night
- Satisfaction
- It was fun, and it’s nice to be more active in the community
- Setbacks
- Still haven’t started talking in CSSS discord though
- Plans for Improvement
- Get used to sfu2021 discord first, attend the upcoming events
- try to connect with at least one person
JS
- Accomplishments
- Implemented working Caesar Shift
- 10ish chapters until finished part 1!
- Satisfaction
- Am surprised I have been able to commit to making this much progress
- Setbacks
- Not for certain, but retention?
- Reading the lessons is boring
- Plans for Improvement
- Learn more about git workflow
- Make JS learning more fun
Productivity
- Accomplishments
- Created a discord server for me and Zain
- Established a decent habitica workflow
- Satisfaction
- The discord server has been super epic
- Habitica has rekindled my organization and commitment
- Setbacks
- Break lengths
- Time on miitopia
- Plans for Improvement
- Determine what the best course of action is
- Do something equally rewarding
Videography
- Accomplishments
- Talked to a camera for the first time
- Did research on camera talking skills, lighting tips
- Looked for graphics techniques and editing effects
- Typewriter, color correction
- Finished editing video
- Have recorded every day of habitica
- Satisfaction
- Super happy I got over my anxieties and did it
- Setbacks
- My appearance, my expressions, and lighting
- Plans for Improvement
- 10 idea rule
- Slowly work towards being comfortable on camera, I can focus on previously styled videos for now
- Continue to explore ways of advertising
Exercise
- Accomplishments
- Ran everyday during break
- Did a workout every day
- Satisfaction
- Super happy I didn’t skip out on any days
- Setbacks
- Cramps are screwing me over early on
- Plans for Improvement
- Slowly ease into running, and don’t run on a full stomach
Stocks
- Accomplishments
- Bought some dips, diversified portfolio
- Satisfaction
- Very stagnant
- Setbacks
- My stock choices and strategy
- Plans for Improvement
- Either accept the long-term plays or be more aggressive/active in relevant stocks
Obsidian
- Accomplishments
- Created new notes and put an emphasis on workflows
- Learned query search
- Satisfaction
- Super happy about still being able to improve my obsidian vault :D
- Setbacks
- Time and willpower
- Plans for Improvement
- Daily obsidian improvements?
- Refining reflections and workflows
- Learning new plugins
Extra Notes
- Received and shipped the final-light mouse
Key Metrics
- Productive hours:
- Mon-
- Tues-
- Wed-
- Thurs-
- Fri-
- Sat-
- Sun-
- Total Hours:
- Hours average:
Overview
Did you complete what you set out to do in the previous weekly review?
- For the most part, yes :o
- Had some adjustments for certain things but I am well positioned on all parts of my life
Does your calendar (and commitments) match your priorities and values?
- Yes, I was actively pursuing both weekly goals and small tasks
- Had some downtime, but no consumerism
The Good
- Being able to do tasks during break
- Am not gonna fully commit as I think it could lead to burnout, and I don’t really want that during finals week xd
- Staying organized and on task with Habitica
- I think habitica has really helped me stay consistent and acknowledge the things I need to work on
- Accepting non-perfectionism
- I already learned a lot from my ali video, there is no need to add fire to the flame for some extra marks
The Bad
- My 1 hour breaks for running and showering and miitopia idle time
The Learned
- I’m gonna have a bit more time on my hands once school ends :o
- I have 4ish weeks until I go to BC
Future Plan
Book Implementation
Choose a book (Principles (Book)) and create:
One to do, daily, and habit for the week:
- To Do:
- Identify the kinds of people I will need to network/befriend to help with my weaknesses ⭐⭐⭐
- Find out my weaknesses
- Search around in SFU discord
- Create 3 principles ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Think of the areas of my life that require reflective practice
- Come up with question prompts/procedures for 3 of them
- Deconstruct them to utmost simplicity while staying effective
- Create a structure/template for:
- Baseball cards ⭐⭐
- Issue Logs ⭐⭐
- Dispute resolver ⭐⭐
- Finding people to talk to for certain areas
- Coaching the coach ⭐⭐
- Small group
- Contract tool ⭐⭐
- Small group
- Process flow diagram/Procedures ⭐⭐
- Goal setting procedure ⭐⭐
- Know what goal
- Know how to get there
- Know parts that can be measured
- Know how to adjust process based on measures
- Identify the kinds of people I will need to network/befriend to help with my weaknesses ⭐⭐⭐
- Daily
- Make a baseball card for one person a day ⭐⭐⭐
- Habit
- ( - ) If I don’t share my thoughts or lie ⭐⭐⭐
- ( - ) Complain/blame/be arrogant ⭐⭐⭐
Two reflection questions to ask myself every day (incorporated in daily template)
- Was there a time today where I failed to display humility?
- What’s one point of pain from today? How did it feel? How can I learn from it?
Tasks (Descending Order)
Be throrough in planning!
Todos
- Complete “Principles” book note implementation ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 1-2 work periods
- Build website ⭐⭐⭐
- Add a post for my literature notes video and include templates + script
- Find one impactful editing ehancement for my videos ⭐⭐
- Watch videos
- Read through my common mistakes prior to the math exam ⭐⭐⭐
- Attend super advising event ⭐⭐
- Make JS learning more fun ⭐
- Upload and prepare ali video for publish ⭐⭐⭐
Essential
Additional
Dailies
- Social ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- 1 unit worth of flashcard creation per day
- 1.5 units worth of short answers per day
- Do some flashcard practice for at least one break
- Math ⭐⭐⭐
- Complete daily practice
- Test myself on trig identities using flashcards
- JS ⭐⭐⭐
- Finish part 1 JS readings
- Finish enigma program
- 10 video/general ideas ⭐⭐
- Videography
- 2 work periods/day
- Exercise ⭐⭐⭐
- Daily stock writeup ⭐⭐
Habits
- ( + ) Ask someone a powerful question ⭐⭐
- ( - ) Stalled morning routine because I played miitopia ⭐⭐⭐
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