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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

This week I learned about systems to get things done. I was able to identify what I learned and how to use it in my daily life.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Screenshot from Animated Book Summary And Review at YouTube

The Getting Things Done process is an important skill to learn while you are young. It is hard for teenagers to stay organized especially with the distraction of social media, so it is important to develop your own system to actually get things done. When given a task, the first step is to just figure out what it is and what needs to be accomplished. Many people get lost at this first task and instantly fail at getting things done. You then need to decide the time it takes to do the task and what the steps are to do it. Basically, people just need to understand that there are ways to ensure tasks will get done successfully by just following a personal Get Things Done System.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED)

GTD-based Trusted System

My trusted system is paper and pen or pencil

OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

OPTIONAL EXERCISE

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned the importance of deciding the time it takes to complete a task before making a plan. I have been so used to just doing things and hoping I can get it done in time without putting much thought in.

A problem I solved was time management when deciding the order of what I need to get done.

I also solved my problem of thinking I was the only one who struggled to understand the importance of staying organized through the getting things done process. It seems many people get disorganized at times and also need a reminder of what to do.

Film – Week 8 – Screenwriting

“Kicking Television” by dhammza is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

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“Ali film script” by Zadi Diaz is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

“You can’t fix a bad script after you start shooting. The problems on the page only get bigger as they move to the big screen.” – Howard Hawks

SUMMARY

This week I learned some film history from Sneak on the Lot, basics of story telling from Every Story is the Same, and had some fun thinking about stories.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

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CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Intro-to-Film.png — Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/

Today on Sneak On The Lot, I learned about the basics of filmmaking. I was able to learn some history and fun facts as well as important information I will need for making films.

LAB (THEORY PRACTICED

Things that create tension for me:

When I’m in class and my internet flickers or goes out
If I’m about to go to the post office and someone places an order
When I have a ton of homework and my teachers keep assigning more
My room is super cold during the day but will feel like it’s 100 degrees at 3am
When my sister bakes desserts full of sugar and I know if I eat them I will feel sick because I’m sucrose intolerant, but they always taste so good
Feeling super tired in the day and then not being able to fall asleep at night
Practicing for the SAT and continuing to miss the same questions continuously for months
Caring about school and then having random people tell me I’m a try hard and that doing homework isn’t important
Taking showers when someone starts doing the dishes or laundry causing the water to go cold

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

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Two siblings fighting over who gets to sit in the front seat of the car
A character is working on their online school work and someone keeps turning the internet off causing the first character to have to restart their work
Driving anywhere in Olympia at night and seeing a deer on the side of the road and having the fear of it jumping out in front of you
A character has been super excited to eat their leftover food from a restaurant but they walk to the kitchen and another character is already eating it
One character goes online shopping and their mail keeps getting stolen so they fill a box up with a prank and leave it out for the robber to steal.

STUDIO (FILMING)

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I really enjoyed watching Every Story Is The Same because it pieced together what actually is used to give stories an entertaining point. I never realized that the circle may apply to characters as well as the plot.

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

Today I learned the circle from Every Story is the Same can apply to characters as well as the story line. I have always found hero’s journey to be interesting and this was a very similar idea. I really enjoyed knowing that now when I write stories, I will be able to apply the 8 steps and have a much better story than I normally write. Today I solved the problem of really understanding time management. I used to sit down and spend hours doing assignments that could have taken a lot less time. I have started setting timers to do all my class work and I am really starting to be more efficient and more relaxed.

Film – Week 7 – Tools, Time, and Rooms

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is 6864215326_f5a21b6920_c.jpg — CreativeCommons image Tool Stash by Meena Kadri at Flickr.com

SUMMARY

I found the assignments this week to be very important for the rest of the year. This week covered a lot of the necessary basics, like Sneak on the Lot and finding an editor.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

I found a playlist that gives clear and quick instructions for Shotcut. The YouTube channel is based around free software for computers. The playlist is specifically the basics for using Shotcut and starts with the very beginning of downloading the editor to your computer.

CLASSROOM (THEORY & ANALYSIS)

Image from sneakonthelot.com/my-courses/

The work I did on Sneak on the Lot was very interesting. I read through the overview and points of how the website works, which included some videos. In the end, I took a quiz on what the lesson went over. I found the First Time User Activity to be very helpful and it really increased my understanding on how the website works and why it works that way.

OUTSIDE (CREATIVITY & THE BRAIN)

The coldness outside set an unhappy mood. I thought about all the homework assignments I needed to complete as well as the projects I needed to do for my job. I have never liked cold weather and the crisp October air did not help brighten my day. All I could think about were the assignments I still needed to complete, 2 tests I would have to take, and warm chocolate lava cake. The thought of cake just made me sad since I am sucrose intolerant and no sugar free desserts taste good. I missed the warm weather. Thoughts about how I should have spent more time outside in the sun filled my mind. I have never really understood how people can sit outside for hours trying to tan or just simply enjoy the warmth. I would always go outside and immediately get bored. But now I wished I could go back to summer when I had no worries about school and didn’t have to walk in the rain. The rain has always bothered me. I hate parking lots where you either have to walk a long distance or deal with traffic close to the building. I always hated the Capital parking lot. You could get a close parking spot if you got to school very early, but no matter what trying to leave at the end of the school day was a disaster. At least with virtual learning I don’t have to deal with the school parking lot. I continued my walk thinking about the business I run. I needed to start making the holiday soaps, but I would need to finish all of my homework before starting.

Week 9 – GTD – Getting Things Done – Part 1

“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 got assignments done for other classes. I learned some good habits like setting timers to take breaks.

PRACTICE ROOM (TUTORIALS)

Image of David Allen at TED Talk — Screenshot from David Allen TED Talk

STEP 1: MAKE A LIST

3 questions about the IA for business management
Business management reading
Drawing for literature
Math homework due Wednesday
Historian Questions
List of supporting documents for business management IA
Optional questions for Chem
Revisions for Chem quiz

STEP 2: NOTICE WHAT YOU NOTICED

Drawing for Literature
3 questions about the IA
Business management reading
Math homework
Historian questions
Revisions for Chem quiz
Optional questions for Chem
List of supporting documents for business management IA

STEP 3: SET A TIMER

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OUTSIDE (PRODUCTIVITY & THE BRAIN)

David Allen image — Oct. 2020 Lucidchart interview with David Allen

Image from FastCompany Magazine, https://www.fastcompany.com/3026827/the-brain-hacks-top-founders-use-to-get-the-job-done

Getting to the top of the colorful list isn’t easy, but a good start is just thinking happy thoughts.

The GTD process can help you tame the crazy-busy dragon of modern life by starting from the beginning and understanding what is the cause of the dragon. Once you figure out where to start, you can begin the steps of erasing the issues. Just work through what needs to be done until the idea of the dragon is gone.

I thought the first 30 seconds of the video were very interesting. He simply explained the steps that should be easy and well known. The begging on the GTD process starts at the red at the bottom of the colorful picture. As you reach goals, you move up until everything is complete at the purple on top.

OPTIONAL EXERCISE – Literally, read the article and go for another walk 🙂

Katia Verresen homepage — Katia Verresen, kvaleadership.com

“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…

WHAT I LEARNED and PROBLEMS I SOLVED

I learned the importance of taking a break to just breathe. I so often will sit doing homework for extended periods of time forgetting to eat or drink water. The author of the story really emphasized setting timers to get things done but to also still take care of yourself.
I have solved the problem of when is the right time for me to work. I know I’m a morning person, but I find myself getting distracted and working at night instead. I know I need to make sure I do important work in the morning.

Developing Quality Workflow

What is Workflow?

Image Creative Workflow from Behance.com, https://www.behance.net/gallery/27919515/Creative-workflow-GIF

Work•flow /ˈwərkflō/

“The sequence of industrial, administrative, or other processes through which a piece of work passes from initiation to completion.” – lexico.com

What is a quality workflow? How do we develop it? Below are elements of the production cycle that most creative people move through as they create something. First, we must identify the stages of project production. What is each stage and what are the quality checks for each stage. Read on and find out!

Stages of Creation Development

Inspiration

How do we find ideas to develop?

Use tools from internet and ideas around you to think of ideas and a purpose.
Brainstorm ideas to find what draws you to make a creation.
Measure quality by asking yourself if the inspiration can create quality work.
Quality is measured by whoever has the inspiration.

Intention

How do we clarify our specific goal(s) for a project?

Use resources from books, online, and from others to determine what is the intention of the project.
Write a list of achievable goals.
Quality should be measured by how important goals are and if they will lead to a quality piece.
Quality is measured by anyone involved in generating goals.

Pre-production

How can we brainwrite, brainstorm, storyboard, and plan our ideas at this phase?

Research how to turn ideas and intentions into a full piece.
Make a plan using goals and inspiration.
Quality can be measured on how prepared you are for the production.
Quality is measured by those included in the idea phase.

Production

How do we communicate with each other and execute our plan for this phase? This is where we actually make the project.

Use tools necessary for completing the process successfully.
Use the plan from the pre-production phase.
Quality is measured by how well the project is coming along.
Quality is still measured by those involved in the creation process.

Post-production

How do we communicate with each other and execute our final stages of the project for this phase? This is where we publish the project.

Use knowledge from others to assist with the final stage.
Communicate what should be changed and edited.
Quality is measured on how well the project is turning out and if it is ready to be shared with others.
Quality is measured by those involved in the process and anyone else who has been asked for advice.

Presentation/Performance

How do we share our project with our learning community, advisory members, and the world?

Use the project created in the past steps.
Share the project with others.
Quality is measured by feedback from others.
Quality is measured by those seeing the project.

Feedback

How do we conduct a feedback session at the end of the project development cycle?

Use advice from others to edit the project or to use in the future.
Ask for feedback to learn from the good and bad of the project.
Quality is measured on how actionable the data collected from feedback is and by how much can be learned.
Quality is measured by those asking for feedback.

Recipe For Success: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg

Born: march 15th, 1933, in Brooklyn, New York.

Personal Success Definition

I define success as someone who has made a positive impact on the world or others.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was successful by working as a Supreme Court Justice of the United States. She advocated for gender equality and woman’s rights. She was the second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

Skills for Success

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was strategic, unstoppable and incredibly smart. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hardworking from a young age, “She earned her bachelor’s degree at Cornell University and married Martin D. Ginsburg, becoming a mother before starting law school at Harvard, where she was one of the few women in her class,” -Wikipedia. Making an Ivy League school has never been easy, especially when sexism was still a major issue causing many to believe women shouldn’t even attend college. She did not stop using her skills until the day of her death on September 18th, 2020.

How They Used These Skills

Ruth Bader Ginsburg did not give up. After college, she became a professor at both Rutgers and Columbia’s Law Schools still being one of the few girls in her field. In 1993, she was nominated by Bill Clinton to be an Associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Throughout her entire life, she used her smarts, strategies and was unstoppable to do what she knew was right.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg reveals she is 'cancer free' - WWAY TV — https://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/01/09/ruth-bader-ginsburg-reveals-she-is-cancer-free/

Challenges Overcome

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had to overcome lots of negative views and hate to become successful. Being on the Supreme Court, many looked up to her, but also many people disliked her. Getting accepted into college and law school was not easy being a girl, and she was still able to go to some of the highest ranked schools in the United States. She worked hard and ignored hate from others her entire life, because she her choices were right.