On the student-”real-world” interface
This summer/autumn I went from being a student to a pretty-much real-world worker, in something that approximates to an office. My job is actually a lot more diverse than most office work, insofar as I have to spend a large portion of my time doing things in other parts of the theatre (bar, cellar, and front-of-house areas, primarily). However, I thought it would be interesting to compare the productivity challenges and solutions that I faced as a student, to those I’m experiencing now. While I had three years of student life (more than one of which after my discovery of GTD) to hone my work patterns in, I’ve only been in this environment for less than two months, so naturally I’m comparing a finished item to a work in progress. I’m also going to be assuming that most aspects of my work aren’t too dissimilar to typical office work, which may not be true, but is a helpful simplification. Caveats aside, here I go… Read more
