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GTD Weekly Review May Week 2 2021
Weekly Progress
Tasks
Notable/-Impact
- Finished my 7 day split keyboard challenge
- Journals, daily typing practice
- Did my school work
- Started writing
- Attended math class, did math test, practiced diff eqns and u sub
- Finished video production rubric
- Spent 1-2 hours every day doing apcs practice
- Finished leadership scholarship, started global lift one
- Virtually finished assembler program for nand2tetris
- Finished reading how to decide, started reading “Your body is not an apology”
- Submitted app
Moderate/-Impact
- Played games with some of the sfu peeps
- Kept rewriting obisidan notes
- Planned some video ideas and future projects
- Planned my entrepreneurship journey
- Attended SFU next steps
- Handed in my quote
Categories Assessment
Productive
- Scholarships
- I like my current pace, gonna keep on at it since there’s a LOT due in june
- idalksd,alsdjaldkj i dont wanna ask someone to revise my essay but I feel like it would help a lot, i’m quite prone to overconfidence
- I like my current pace, gonna keep on at it since there’s a LOT due in june
- School
- Been super productive and on-task with my school homework
- I wanna go back for social reasons but I wanna stay for productivity reasons alsjdkalsd
- Hopefully the social test does not rail me
- Should probably ask someone about the logistics of it
- Been super productive and on-task with my school homework
- Split keyboard
- It’s qualified to be my daily driver, and honestly, I might keep it for now until I get new keyboards
- I don’t feel much ergonomic differences but its refreshing and has lots of future potential with its customization and extra keys
- It’s qualified to be my daily driver, and honestly, I might keep it for now until I get new keyboards
- AP CS
- I’m a bit concerned about my rushing tendencies paired with the inability to go back to previous questions as it might screw me over, but if I mess this up, I can still take a test to skip a class
- If I get this though I can skip 2 classes, as cmpt 120 can be skipped simply by taking a test
- I’m a bit concerned about my rushing tendencies paired with the inability to go back to previous questions as it might screw me over, but if I mess this up, I can still take a test to skip a class
- Reading
- Really enjoyed the two books I read, as they provide new and refreshing ideas
- I’m gonna crack down on applying the stuff I read into my everyday life, possibly even making videos
- Would help me better internalize the information and it would help towards my youtube channel
- Nand2tetris
- This assembly program has taken me a while lmaoo
- I honestly don’t have much experience with building programs so this experience has been super useful
- Gonna start having notes for every program I make to reflect/organize the stuff I need to do
- I honestly don’t have much experience with building programs so this experience has been super useful
- This assembly program has taken me a while lmaoo
- Videography
- I have potential to be a decent content creator
- 3 of my videos have been able to blow up considering my channel size, and I love talking to people
- Not feeling the drive to make valorant montages anymore
- I have potential to be a decent content creator
- Socializing
- I didn’t let it consume my thoughts, and the chill night on saturday helped me relax
- Reading reddit has been quite insightful, and I think I’m going to continue doing it every night
- Thanks to the one guy for waking me up
- Vipassana Meditation
- Stocks
- I’ve been starting to adopt a rather passive approach to investing which I think is better for the long term
Hobby
- Media
- Didn’t watch as much youtube as before
- Read chaps 67-94 on reddit
- Gaming
- Played like no val and started getting back into playing beat saber
- Losing
- Don’t think so :D
Key Metrics
- Productive hours:
- Mon- 10.25
- Tues- 10
- Wed- 9
- Thurs- 10
- Fri- 9.5
- Sat- 8.5
- Sun- 8+
- Total Hours: 65.25
- Hours average: 9.3
Reflection
Thoughts About the Week
- Those hours lookin nice B)
- This week consisted of a lot of practice, whether it be for using a split keyboard, math, or apcs
- Of course, with such high hours come heavy resistance as the day progresses
- There’s no difference between 3/45 and 2/30, so I should be okay with doing the latter for more breaks
Setbacks
- Having to get used to the split took a few days, but as of right now, I would say I’m in a comfortable spot
- Feeling demotivated later in the night
Adjustments/Improvements
- Remembering my purpose and continuing to minimize distractions
Catalysts
- Prioritizing my sundays to plan things and prepare for the week
- Getting necessary research for new projects, thinking of possible improvements
- Maybe saturday can get some action too 😳
- Feedback loop op
- Maybe saturday can get some action too 😳
- Getting necessary research for new projects, thinking of possible improvements
- Trying new learning methods and practices throughout the week to make weekly reviews more effective
Future Plan
Thoughts
- I’m ready to see some exponential progress this next week
- Gonna look to improve other areas of my life and learn new things
- I’m so prone to burnout lmaooo
- Excel, stoicism, obsidian life hacks, social anxiety, exercise
- Less braindead youtube, more story games/anime/manga
Adjustments/Improvements
- Keep the 2 hr/30 min breaks, maybe even less idek
- Would be helpful if I’m burnt, as I don’t really need the long breaks anymore
- Grit
Lead Measures (Skills/Learning)
- Start working out 3/w
- Refer to work out plan
- Don’t need to strictly follow it, but I also shouldn’t be half-assing it
- Do it during breaks initially, and if I don’t like doing it during breaks, I’ll probably set it as a task
- Reading 1/d
- Finish “The body is not an apology” and
- be thorough with it’s application by importing it into my life
- If I’m not successful with it, I can use sundays to think about it
- be thorough with it’s application by importing it into my life
- Finish another book
- Marcus aurelius???
- Finish “The body is not an apology” and
- stocks :15/d
- Gotta keep up to date
- Hasn’t been keeping me anxious so I’m chillin
- Nice to be the shift in my mindset
- Maybe I’m not anxious because I’m actually being proactive again lmao
- Social studies 1-2/d
- Need to ask someone about the test (simon)
- Finish review
- If the test is this week, find out if I can write it at home
- Study and recap
- Go through assignments
- Go through previous powerpoints and notes
- Study and recap
- Math 1-2/d
- Attend lectures and do homework
- Obisidian improvement :30 x 3
- It would be cool if I could do it daily, but idk how that will work LMAO
- Watch youtube videos, tread the forums, start building my obisidan notes
- Can help me come up with new video ideas potentially
- Stoicism :30 x 3
- Go on the reddit, watch some videos to gain a general understanding
- Start developing my stoicism notes
- Vipassana Meditation :15/d
- Focus on my breath
- Reddit learnings
- Every day, during down time and review time
- Incorporate important things into notes
- Every day, during down time and review time
Lag Measures (Products)
- Talk to an academic advisor 1-2
- Probably gonna schedule one in wed-fri, just gotta make sure I won’t have a social test on that day
- Think of an appropriate time and book it then
- Have questions and topics ready
- feedback on schedule
- how to use ap credits
- any general advice
- possible resources for assignments
- nand2tetris :30-1/d
- Gonna finish this once and for all 😎
- Find out how to get the program to read and write the file
- Lots of troubleshooting probably
- Gonna finish this once and for all 😎
- APCS 5-7
- Final review tomorrow, gonna have a prime mindset for the test
- Go over:
- Object declarations
- subclass relationships
- interfaces
- sorting methods (insertion, selection, merge)
- Serious multiple choice practice
- Videography 1-2/d
- Upload my split keyboard video
- Script, audio, footage
- Counsciously think of ways to make my script, audio and visuals entertaining while doing it
- Script, audio, footage
- Start working on more video scripts and finish one
- Probably gonna be weekly review
- Think of ways to speed up my video-making process
- Think of relevant yet potentially rewarding productivity video ideas
- New learning experiences probably
- Start journalling more often
- New learning experiences probably
- Upload my split keyboard video
- Excel learning 30 x 3
- I want to start getting into data
- Check out udemy courses and dedicate some time learning about them
- I want to start getting into data
- Amazon Selling 30 x 2
- Just wanna dip my toes a bit
- Scholarships 1/d
- Finish forklift scholarship
- Loneliness
- Getting saved
- Finding a new home
- Final moments
- Start spine essay OR
- Work on the other one
- Have new transcript
- Finish forklift scholarship
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