This school year I have been taking pictures of the different sporting events on the McMurry campus. So far, this has been great; the Tribe Tribune has been kind enough to publish five of my pictures. One of the pictures was from the last football game. It was part of a story on how the coach enforces sideline discipline. During the game, I had taken several great pictures of the players sitting on the sideline listening to the coach and watching the game. I never submitted any of these pictures, just the ones of action on the field.

While learning the technical side is part of becoming a better photographer, it is only a small part. The bigger part of becoming a good photographer is developing an eye for what makes a good picture. The only way to develop an eye for good pictures is experience.

Yesterday was able to take part in the first weekly review hosted by Coach Kelly from David Allen's company. This was a very unique experience being lead along the way. I picked up several very good tips which will help improve my weekly review.
 
The first of these tips was to check my sent email folder for @WaitingFor items. This tip netted me several items that I was waiting to hear back on. I am adding this little tip as a sub step in my weekly review checklist.¹
 
Some good mind sweeping ideas include family, health, meetings you attended, upcoming meetings, personal finances, retirement fund, your pets, car.² I have a list I use for my mind sweeps these few items cover most things, and make for a short simple list that to be placed on a business card.
 
I want to thank Kelly for facilitating this weekly review on Twitter. This was one of the most innovative uses of twitter I have seen. While the timing of #Tweekly was not perfect for me, I also understand that no mater what time Kelly did the #Tweekly someone would find it a bad time. I look forward to the next #Tweekly.
 

1. Forrister, Kelly. (May 28, 2009). Twitter / Kelly Forrister:
#Tweekly #GTD WAITING FOR … Retrived May 29, 2009 from http://twitter.com/GTDCoachKelly/status/1949691503

2. Forrister, Kelly. (May 28, 2009). Twitter / Kelly Forrister: #Tweekly #GTD SOME MORE MI … Retrieved May 29, 2009 from http://twitter.com/GTDCoachKelly/status/1949436335

One of the more difficult ideas for me was not filtering what I was writing down when I do a mind dump.  The first few times I did a mind dump at work, I just did not write down things that were not work related. The problem is those items were still on my mind and worse there was no guaranty that I would remember them later.

Once I started keeping track of my areas of focus and responsibility (what David Allen calls 20,000 feet level), I realized that it was just as important to write down home ideas while doing my weekly mind dump at work as it was to write something down that was work related when I was sitting at home. I use these areas of focus and responsibility to choose which projects I consider important and which I can ignore. Below is a sample of what you will find at this level.

One of the greatest benefits I receive from using GTD is a better balance between work and home. This balance wasn’t achieved until I stopped looking just at the next actions and project level and spent a little time focusing on the higher levels. The 20,000 foot level doesn't require as much attention as the lower levels. David Allen does a much better job of covering the higher levels in his last book "Making It All Work" published in December 2008.

Last night I attended "June Groom" the first play I have seen at McMurry University. This play is based around a couple who have been married for three days but the groom Jordan (Aaron Gilbreath) has to remain celibate until his 30th birthday to receive a large sum of money from his uncle.
 
There were times during "June Groom" that reminded me of Abbot and Costello or watching one of Jerri Lewis early comedies. It has been a long time since I laughed so much. In the third act when the character Ginger finally appears, I was reminded of Alice Kramden from the old TV show "The Honeymooners." The set added to the overall feeling of being in the Benadict's apartment and left me with the impression that there were rooms in the apartment that were out of sight.
 
J.D. Davis is to be praised for the play he selected and the selection of cast members so well suited to the parts.