mkowske
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Hi all,
I am a long time GTDer and it has helped me immensely in managing my time and stress. Our teenager (16) is now facing, probably for the first time in her life, having to deal with overwhelm and stress. A lot of different activities, extra curricular, school work, college and scholarship applications, etc.. She doesn't feel like she has time for anything "fun" and that there is "no end in sight". She says she is stressed out about it all. I want to give her some strategies to deal with this.
Now, in my mind, GTD would be great for her -- but it also takes a long time and a lot of discipline to get full advantage of it. I'm looking for tips on easy wins I can convey to her that would get her a large part of the way there. She already writes down things and had a to do list, but her complaint is that there is always too much on it and can never get it all done.
Any suggestions would be welcome -- if I give her too much to implement it will just stress her out more, so I need to be careful here. Thanks.
I am a long time GTDer and it has helped me immensely in managing my time and stress. Our teenager (16) is now facing, probably for the first time in her life, having to deal with overwhelm and stress. A lot of different activities, extra curricular, school work, college and scholarship applications, etc.. She doesn't feel like she has time for anything "fun" and that there is "no end in sight". She says she is stressed out about it all. I want to give her some strategies to deal with this.
Now, in my mind, GTD would be great for her -- but it also takes a long time and a lot of discipline to get full advantage of it. I'm looking for tips on easy wins I can convey to her that would get her a large part of the way there. She already writes down things and had a to do list, but her complaint is that there is always too much on it and can never get it all done.
Any suggestions would be welcome -- if I give her too much to implement it will just stress her out more, so I need to be careful here. Thanks.