Keeping Someday/Maybe in Line with Evernote
What do you do with all the things you'd like to do someday, but just don't want to be bothered by now? David Allen suggests creating a someday/maybe list. It's a good idea - get the things down into a system that you'll review and decide if you truly want to do those things, and if so, when. I embraced the idea of a someday/maybe list when I read Getting Things Done. Here was a great way that I could keep track of all the things I wanted to do! But my someday/maybe turned into a never list. I talked about it in the article "Is Your Someday-Maybe List A Never List?". Today I'll explain how I implement that in Evernote, my tool for notes.
Quickly Decide on Projects and Tasks: My Remember The Milk Process
In the last article I talked about my Remember The Milk setup in general. Since Remember The Milk (RTM) is my power tool, I also wanted to cover in specifics how I have RTM set up so that I can quickly decide on projects and tasks for every week and day.
Tending Tasks With Remember The Milk
Remember the Milk is the backbone of my productivity system. It is what I work from, period. Today I'll talk about my basic setup, and then in the next article I will show you how I set myself up for the week.
Use Email For Email Only
In August we are taking a look at the details of my personal productivity system. Today we will look at how I handle the place where most of the information I need to deal with ends up: email.
Appointments Only: My Calendar
During August I am giving an in-depth look at my personal productivity system. These are they tools that help me get things done. In the first article, I talked about the basic tools. The calendar part of the system is Google Calendar. Today I'll talk more about how I interact with Google Calendar.
My Productivity System: The Tools
In August we will be looking in detail at my productivity system. Today we look at the five base tools I use, and why I chose them.
How To Simplify Flylady
Sometimes the best results are about simplifying, rather than following exactly.
Why I Don’t Use Getting Things Done
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity is almost 20 years old, and is one of the most ground-breaking systems out there. I no longer use it out of the box, though.
