Evernote Notebooks – the First Level of Organization
If you’ve read my blog post on Evernote here: Use Evernote For a New Level of Organization then you know that it’s a great way to organize your digital information.
Navigating the Evernote interface is dependent on the platform that you’re using it on. I have a desktop PC, a MacBook, and a smartphone – all of which are running Evernote. (You can also use Evernote through their web […]
Have you heard of Evernote?
It’s hard to tell you what it is in one sentence. It’s a note-taking application, you can use it to create to-do lists, you can use it to organize files into notebooks, you can use it to scan documents and make them searchable, you can use it to “clip” and save web pages, etc. The list goes on and on…
Whether you’re someone who likes to keep digital information organized or whether […]
If you don’t keep your digital files organized, chances are you are not as productive and efficient as you could be.
Are you a desktop piler?
Then you may also be someone who automatically saves files to the desktop. This means that you have icons all over the place. Your computer desktop is much less visible than your actual desk desktop, so it may not bother you at all, except when you need to find something.
Are you […]
Do you suffer from email overload?
Terrible, isn’t it? Every time you open your Inbox the email just flows in like a waterfall.
The challenges with managing email are myriad. Here are a few:
Feeling overwhelmed before even getting started
Losing track of an email and asking the sender to send the email again. (Now there are 2 copies in the Inbox!)
Difficulty prioritizing
Looking at, but not dealing with emails. This becomes an unproductive pattern.
Email seems more like a curse […]
If you’re using your email inbox as a task list, you’re probably seeing it get out of control. Even if you’re flagging important emails and looking at your flagged email daily, are you feeling a little worn-down with how many emails you’re seeing? Seeing a long to-do list or a stack of actionable emails can leave you feeling like throwing in the towel.
You know that you can’t give up. You need to get through them […]
If you have a smartphone, you probably do. Apple’s iOS first popularized the use of swipe gestures such as swiping between app screens. In later iOS updates, Apple added more swipe gestures, such as swiping down to see notifications. Now, smartphone applications are adding their own swipe gestures, which are similar to clicking on something in a computer application and then selecting an action. But swiping is so much simpler, isn’t it?
When you think about […]
If you’re like me, you spend a good part of the day in front of a computer. I have several to-do lists, consisting of project tasks, business tasks, and personal tasks. Throughout the day, I’m also getting phone calls and emails.
The phone calls are easy because they’re immediate.
I take notes during the call, bring up my calendar for scheduling, and then fill in my intake form with the information that I’ve written down. I can […]
Staying on top of email chaos is not easy.
Even after you’ve followed the steps to manage your email inbox (see my blog post here: 4 Steps to Becoming More Responsive ), you still need to “deal with” those emails that require a follow-up task. How do you make sure that you get those done, and that they don’t get lost in the daily shuffle?
The easiest way is to have a daily routine to review and act […]
If you’ve gone through the process of email organization (see my blog post here: 4 Steps to Becoming More Responsive), then you should have a streamlined inbox with just the most important emails. You also should have a daily routine of dealing with those emails that consists of:
Evaluating and Categorizing
Acting On, Filing, or Flagging by Priority
Flagging an email in Outlook actually assigns a follow-up task.
If your email account is a POP account, this is pretty […]
If you’re like most people, you’re getting too many emails in your inbox.
An overflowing inbox can create stress and cause you worry that you’re missing important emails.
One way to reduce the number of emails going into your inbox is to unsubscribe to as many automatic emails as possible, such as the ones from shopping sites that add you to their newsletter or promotions list. However, there still may be automatic emails that you would […]
