I have quite a lot going on in both my personal, professional and business life. I have two kids and all the responsibilities that go along with them, I run a small business full time, and I always seem to have several side projects going on at once. I feel overwhelmed and regularly feel like I am missing valuable pieces of information that if I could just keep better organized as I build projects and run my life, I could make better use of it all. I am afraid my Franklin Covey paper planner just isn't up to the task alone.
Are there any online (because I work from multiple platforms) tools or services that I could make use of to fluidly (paper isn't so fluid) track, organize, categorize, prioritize, and make notes on to keep my ever growing base of data, brainstorming, and resources in a truly helpful form? One that allows me to effectively move forward with all my projects (business, professional, personal) and actually make decent sense of it all?
Check your balance, review recent transactions and pay your bill on the go.
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Rachel Cornell
Independent Writing and Editing Professional
(Feb 23, 2010)For full disclosure, this is my business. I do think my services could be helpful to you.
It's pretty hard to keep everything flowing smoothly when there are so many things to focus on. The problem is that you end up not having that great of focus on any part of your life and that's disheartening, bad for business and family.
Have you used any online mind mapping tools? If you're a visual thinking, like to see the whole picture, these are handy. http://www.mindmeister.com
You may also like reQall which is a memory tool. It is pretty seamless as you go from computer to handheld. Here's a brief review and link to their site: http://pronagger.com/?p=172
Best,
Rachel
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Feb 23, 2010
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ENJOY SPORTS LLC
Mar 03, 2010
Member
I use Google tools. Starting in January I read and started using the "Getting Things Done" approach from David Allen. I highly recommend reading. The approach is open to using technology and getting away from paper but it helps you handle paper too since that is inevitable. Most of the stuff I process now comes in through my email box.
Many times when I think of something I need to do, personal or business, one off or project my cell is the only thing handy. I text an email to myself with what I want to remember and when I'm at my laptop I can process it. I use Google docs to keep project lists, google calendar for appointments and google tasks for to-do lists. In addition to being free, I can access these from any computer I consider secure.
Kevin
LITTLE GREEN APPLES
Mar 07, 2010
Member
I work in a program called FileMaker. I suggest you go to their web site and read about it. http://www.FileMaker.com
You could track all your business projects and other projects.
patricia
LITTLE GREEN APPLES
Mar 07, 2010
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patricia
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