Podcast Episode 49: Motivation, Levels of Commitment, and Unfinished Projects
Today's show will have segments on avoiding motivation, assessing your levels of commitment and moving on to unfinished projects.
How I Moved From Evernote to OneNote and Trello
When I made the decision to move away from Evernote I knew I had to find a new home for my information. After a lot of searching and trial and error, I settled on OneNote and Trello. However, I was facing a major pile of pain in moving the information over. There was nothing on the web that told me how to do this. So I cobbled together a solution. Today's article is about this solution.
Finding An Evernote Replacement
When I decided to leave Evernote, I knew I needed to find something to replace it. The problem is, there is nothing on the market that does exactly what Evernote does: a repository for reference information with tagging, notebooks and the ability to link to task managers. I looked and tried software, and hunted some more. Today's article is about what I settled on as my Evernote replacement.
Why I Left Evernote
Sometimes people continue to do things out of habit. Even if it's not optimal, they will keep putting up with inconvenience and discomfort because the known is better than the unknown. But sometimes enough is enough. This last is why I left Evernote.
Podcast Episode 48: Clutter In A Different Light
Today we take an unconventional look at clutter: project clutter, hidden clutter, and using opportunities to declutter.
Where to Get Free and Low-Cost Ebooks
I am a reader. The term "voracious" has been applied, but to me, it is just the level I read at. During a typical month I will read upwards of 15 fiction books. That can lead to some hefty book bills, unless you know where to get free and low-cost ebooks.Back in the day, I would get my books at the library or in second-hand bookstores. Because frankly, buying that amount of books new would lead to some really hefty book bills!
Podcast Episode 47: The Zeigarnick Effect And Open Loops
Today we're going to talk about how just putting your open loops - your unfinished objects - into a trusted system isn't good enough. We'll look at the Zeigarnik effect and how this can get in the way of focusing on what your are doing.
Why I Left Hootsuite, And How It Caused Me To Re-evaluate Many Other Things
Sometimes I get complacent. I don't want to do the work to evaluate my habits, routines, processes, and tools simply because I've done the work before. As a result, I often am stuck with things that don't work, until some external force causes me to re-evaluate where I am.I realized this was an over-arching theme in my life recently after one of my tools did just that - forced me to re-evaluate. And it's caused some churn in my life, all of which has made things better.
