#The secret weapon gtd evernote free#
#The secret weapon gtd evernote windows#

#The secret weapon gtd evernote free#

(If you don’t mind, please use the link at the beginning of the paragraph – it gives both of us free Premium access for a limited period of time). Anyhoo – I am a big Evernote user, and I of course am always looking for ways I can get the most out of it. It is a free tool (well – you CAN buy premium subscriptions if you want, but don’t have to) and has SO much value and in SO many different ways, that you’ll be thinking how you lived without it. What really ended up working for me were 2 things – both with their pros and cons, of course – but both effective.Įvernote: If you have not signed up for it, please do yourself a favor and do it.

Have a safe and reliable sync system across everywhere I used the tool.

An ability to help me file and tag things and also prioritize tasks.

If necessary, it should let me collaborate with others.

It should have the ability to establish due dates and reminders.It should let me set up projects and break those down into tasks.It should allow me to create items for follow up from email (UPDATE: this is now a premium feature – which saddens me as this was a critical feature that was downgraded).The tool I use is ALWAYS available (online, offline, web, mobile).The thing is, for the GTD process to work for me, a few things are essential: I struggled with various task management tools (at one point even using desktop sticky notes). I started looking for ways by which I could get stuff out of my head and get back to GTD via some sort of replacement system. So the whole GTD process broke down for me. When I changed jobs, I was forced to use the abomination that is Lotus Notes (oh how I hate thee – but more on that later). And it worked great as long as I was at Dell – and using Microsoft Outlook. It was absolutely fantastic – because most of us have email open all the time – and it is just easy to create tasks on the fly, schedule tasks and do daily reviews with great ease. When I was at Dell, I took this course wherein they applied the whole GTD thing to Microsoft’s Outlook.

#The secret weapon gtd evernote windows#

I use Day One Classic (on my iOS devices) and Life Journal (on my Windows PC) to help me with this. This leads to clarity of mind, and a capture of actions that would otherwise slip through the cracks. The reflective brain dump is a useful process as part of getting things done and I use my journal as a mechanism to reflect on the day and to identify things that I need to get done – and things I have achieved. One of the other things that I do, and recommend to everyone, is to maintain a journal to complement your productivity workflow. Alright – if you don’t own a smart phone, you might want to get one – you can thank me later. But it seemed primitive to me in today’s world where we are always connected, always online, always digitally enabled. The book talks about using cards and folders to manage the system. Where the deep (oh so sweet) satisfaction of checking off things spurs greater productivity.īut for the longest time, I struggled with this – from an implementation standpoint. Where things are never too big because you can create projects and break them down into manageable tasks. Where the context of the task is just as important as the task itself. Where things are not lurking at the back of your mind at all times – but are filed in some reliable and accessible system where you can get back to them and address them. I like the whole concept of mind-as-water. I am one of those people that bought into the whole GTD (based on the bestselling book Getting Things Done by David Allen) thing.