Ever feel like you're not being productive? Feel like you just can't get through all the things you have to do? That's exactly how I feel like sometimes... until I found this.
The key to being productive is time management. (Did you get that?) It's so easy in our world of cyberspace to lose track of time, and to squander away valuable fragments of time while losing productivity. Not to mention the numerous distractions that beset us at every hand, especially while on the web. We live in a world stimulated by visual distractions... The key is to know how to prioritize and to decide what is most important to do.
I've always kept my to do lists and other lists in the Notes app on my Mac, which syncs to my iOS devices through my mail server (years ago) and most recently through iCloud. iCloud actually syncs everything very well, and without any real hitches. I'm satisfied with it, except for one thing... All of my notes are in the same iCloud account, which means they are in a never ending list in my Notes app... I accumulate all kinds of notes, from things I need to do, to financial records of money spent, to that quotation that I want to remember. The problem is that there's no way to organize it. Welcome to Evernote!
Two weeks ago I discovered this post, and I found a lot of clues of good time management. One of the things that this writer talks about is how to organize your day. You have to actually organize your day and decide what is most important to you to get done. This way you can decide what's most important before that interesting link in your email distracts you.
I started organizing my day with Evernote, and it's really helped me in accomplishing the goals of what I want to accomplish in a day. With a Desktop app, iOS app, and android apps, it really helps to have your todo list available on any of your devices. And everything syncs seamlessly in the background through your data connection.
Evernote has two different versions. One is a premium version for $5 per month, or $45 per year, which includes offline viewing and editing of your notebooks and lists as well as 1GB of new upload space per month... The other option they have is a basic free version that still supports through the cloud syncing, and a small amount of upload space every month. If you don't need offline access and a lot of upload space, you may not need the premium version at all. In any case you can start with the basic version and see if you like it, and if you need the perks of the premium, then you can get it. Five bucks per month isn't bad for something that can increase your productivity. And if you use the link above you'll get one free month of premium so you can check it out.
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