The Importance of mindfulness to enhance productivity

One important part of growth is understanding your limitations. Life is not a race; task may have a time limit but there are reasons why some tasks need to be broken down. For phase two I really enjoyed learning about excel but I guided myself through the learning material so quickly I didn't grasp as much as I had hoped. Also, by moving too quickly I got burned out and the next tasks became tougher to keep up with. This brings me back to a story I heard when I was young an Aesop tale about a tortoise and a hare. Just because you may be faster doesn't mean you will win the race. We all have our limitations and sometimes slow and steady wins the race.

I will definitely be able to use what I learned about making tables and charts in real life. I want to create a budget sheet for my upcoming goals, and I want to keep practicing the easy methods like using sequence to fill out charts faster. I learned from the A6 Spreadsheet Analysis Trailer that it's not just about putting charts together; it's about keeping everything aesthetic. The font should be the same in similar sizes across the worksheet, the colors should be printable in black and white, sometimes icons are fun to add but unnecessary and distracting. I enjoyed piecing together the different elements. 

For my Chapter I chose 5.6.3 Add and Average using the auto sum makes everything simpler. If you place the cursor below the total you want to add you can click the auto sum button and it will automatically total the numbers together. If you are working with only a few numbers you can press the equal sign and add each number with a plus sign. If you want to use the sum function you would type the equal sign, sum, open parenthesis and select the range of data you would like to sum. The same goes when you are looking for the average of a particular set of numbers you would type the equal sign, average, open parenthesis and select the range of numbers that you would like to average. These steps making adding and averaging much easier.

I am excited to learn more about Phase 3 and the creativity aspect of using PowerPoint. Looking ahead our A7 Mail Merge assignment seems a bit complex and might take some work to get right the first time. I have finally passed both practice exams for Excel and feel almost ready to take the real exam. I always get a bit sluggish toward the end of the semester, but I hope that I can shake it off. Good luck to everyone else on their success this semester and remember to slow down when necessary and be mindful.