{"id":579,"date":"2008-10-27T15:16:47","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T23:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=579"},"modified":"2014-02-03T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:28:44","slug":"gtd-balancing-act-in-three-steps-the-weekly-review-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2008\/10\/gtd-balancing-act-in-three-steps-the-weekly-review-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"GTD balancing act in three steps: The weekly review with kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Work and play are words used for the same thing under differing conditions”<\/em> \u2014Mark Twain<\/strong>
\nAll good things come in three\u2019s\u2014just like the steps of the weekly review:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Get Clear<\/li>\n
  2. Get Current<\/li>\n
  3. Get Creative<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Getting work done<\/strong><\/p>\n

    First get clear. Collect everything in one place\u2014the loose bits of paper, assignments, toys, (school) books and randomly ordered thoughts. Put it all in one place, like the IN basket. Then work it down until you get it is empty.<\/p>\n

    Doing this for myself regularly keeps me in control. Similarly with my children, the effects are most obvious when I am not asked where the clean socks or trousers are\u2014the wash-IN basket is empty.<\/p>\n

    Or where that missing library book is to be found. And when my daughter has the conversation with me about doing less English at school so that she can concentrate more on her Russian. (We speak German together at home).<\/p>\n

    The balance between work and play<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Then get current. Connecting with everything and identifying what to do with or about it, is a balancing act.<\/p>\n

    This is most obvious to me in the moment of now. In reviewing everything, I know how and when to keep in balance. That careful balancing act between work and play.<\/p>\n

    “The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve inner balance between 3 realms: work, love and play. That to pursue one realm to the disregard of the other is to open oneself to ultimate sadness in older age. Whereas to pursue all 3 with equal dedication, is to make possible a life not only with achievement but with serenity.” \u2014Doris Kearns Goodwin.
    \nDoris Kearns Goodwin on learning from past presidents | Video on TED.com<\/a><\/p>\n

    How often do you get to play? <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Get creative. Creative ideas seem easy for kids. Wild outrageous and seriously fun things are so easy for kids because it\u2019s most like play.<\/p>\n

    Sometimes it is also important to do just nothing. Sit out in the garden and enjoy the view of how the seasons change. Or enjoy a coffee in your favorite caf\u00e9\u2014doing nothing. Not even with your notebook. Just doing nothing can be the most productive time of the day. Kids do it (almost) all the time.<\/p>\n

    \u201cHey what are you doing?\u201d \u2014 \u201cOh? Nothing!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    “Work and play are words used for the same thing under differing conditions” \u2014Mark Twain All good things come in three\u2019s\u2014just like the steps of the weekly review: Get Clear Get Current Get Creative Getting work done First get clear. Collect everything in one place\u2014the loose bits of paper, assignments, toys, (school) books and randomly … <\/p>\n

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