What are some of the processes in your professional, personal or academic life that can be managed differently? How so? What would you expect this new approach’s outcomes to be?

 The typical process of my academic life were start with a to-do list where I write down what I have to do such as the discussion post, learning journal, and reading assignments. Then, it was a long list. I only strikethrough each item when they were done. However, this system has two issues, priority and progress. I don't know which one is more important than the others or their expiration date. Moreover, I don't know which one is what I am focusing on right now or I am just multitasking. 

To robust it, I make two major upgrades, the first is to sort the tasks by priority, and the second is to create a hashtag "#in progress" to highlight the tasks that I am working on right now. After this upgrade, I become much more productive than ever before. Instead of being trapped in a mess, I begin to make better progress and also increase my efficiency. 

However, I reckon that this method benefits when I only care about when I have to finish these tasks and what tasks should I accomplish. It does not provide me further details about HOW I have done these tasks. The quality of the results that have been processed by me. Do I truly understand the core concept of the readings? How could I know if the quality of my journal or written assignments are good or poor, even though I did put intense effort into them? 

To further improve it, I add some parameters to this system. I started to monitor the variations such as notifications from my phone and the schedule of my full-time job. Distractions take attention away from what I need to do when performing a task and divert my attention from a desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information. I believe this update will further improve my focus on my assignments and tasks. After eliminating those distraction factors, I can feel my efficiency has improved due to the more focus mindset.