Author: impromptuz

練好一首歌

最專注/最 in the zone/can-do spirit最頂點嘅時候，就係想盡快練好一首歌。將「經常出錯位」逐一highlight出來，再mark上各式各樣（只有我自己先睇得明嘅）提示。

其實我睇譜真係好差，低音d嘅音符我已經唔識睇😂 所以需要去google睇返到底係咩音。

不過其實想「做好一件事」就係咁簡單。反覆練習，有策略地improve failures，參考一下成功例子，加上時間和專注力，就成功了一半了。

如果想更上一層樓，就必須向expert seek for feedback。要不然你就一直在自己的assumption/境界內停滯不前！

Things I want to do #Someday/Later

1) Practice Westworld piano score (both main theme and Sweetwater). [I got both piano sheets! comment below and I will email you :) ]

2) Complete edX MIT 6.00.1x Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python. (I was TA for a JAVA class back in MIT but of coz I don’t remember a thing now haha). Machine Learning should be interesting too!

3) Radically clean my room(Marie Kondo) and upgrade my existing daily items (for daily I really mean daily-daily! already upgraded my hairdryer, toothpaste and working pass holder)

4) Visit some really majestic natural sceneries.. say the Wave in Utahand the Rainbow Mountain in Bolivia (but of course I need a patient a reliable driver for these excursions. I no know drive!) Too many modern shopping malls lately! Boring!

GTD: Google Keep + Google Calendar

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After capturing all my raw thoughts by boogie board or memory palace / mind palace (see earlier post on “The GTD Capture Tools: Memory Palace, Boogie Board”) , the next step in the GTD system (“Getting Things Done” by David Allen) is to clarify the stuff into meaningful categories. 

Here comes Google Keep and Google Calendar. (Evernote should be better but too bad my office blocks the software!! urgh).

Google Calendar – time-sensitive items ONLY! 

  • any time-specific action (e.g. time to renew my monthly MTR pass)
  • any time-specific appointment (e.g. meetings, lunches, dinners, seminars)
  • any anniversaries or holidays

Google Keep – everything else! 

Once I have written down a raw thought, I would then transform it into (1) actionable step + (2) label them accordingly in Google Keep. It could be personal, work-related, basically anything that you think you should bear in mind.

Actionable step should be specific and easy to understand, e.g. “To discuss with my boss on xyz deal”,  “to put these coins into my piggy bank”, “to read these FB saved links by today.”, “to dye my hair”.

For my tailor-made labels, they are:

  • To Contact – these are “Next Action”. Need to execute.
  • To Do  – these are “Next Action”. Need to execute.
  • Pending – these are the stuff I am waiting for other replies. Can only action when someone else responded / completed it for me. I can check the list regularly and follow up when ineeded.
  • Someday / later – not urgent but good to remind myself from time to time. say, Visit Guangzhou K11.
  • Reference – some links and notes. They are NOT actions.
  • !QUICK – anything can be done in 5 seconds but I couldn’t do it now (e.g. to shred a paper in my handbag once arrived office..)
  • !TODAY – it is like an urgent category, must look into these by today.
  • errands 
  • General – some general reminders in daily life, say Read HKET every day.
  • #MT – some MT related tasks.
  • #Wedding – this is project specific.
  • #Boss – this is for my boss -related tasks.