I’m a bit of a scatterbrain at times, I’ll admit that. I generally need to write something down if I want to have any hope of remembering it later. If an event is not in my calendar, I’ll almost certainly miss it. I also find that I’m terrible at keeping track of paper, so I try to avoid post-it notes whenever possible. Here are some of the tools I currently use to help me keep track of things (tasks, ideas, events, etc):
- Remember the Milk
- My Moleskine notebook
- Evernote
- Delicious.com
- OneNote
- Starred items in Google Reader
- The notes app on my iPod touch
- Flagged items and my calendar in Outlook
As you can see, it’s not a small list. You might think that there’d be quite a bit of overlap between these, but there isn’t really. For instance, I use RTM for tasks, things I actually need to do something about. In contrast, I mainly use OneNote for brainstorming.
For the most part, this toolset helps me keep track of things. It’s not the most efficient system in the world though, and I wonder if there’s something better? For a creative person such as myself, who loves to read and has a million thoughts and ideas a day, what tools exist to help keep track of it all? It’s like I need something to help annotate my life.
Maybe a new tool isn’t the solution. I don’t regularly review the items in each of the tools above, which might be something I should start doing.
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I use a notebook for big items that need to be accomplished, and small scraps of paper or notes for things I’m doing right away.
For all my appointments or meetings I use Google Calendar synced with my phone. Works amazingly.
I use a daytimer. with paper. and pens. 🙂
I like to use google’s notebook at work. I can keep a log of the things I do every day and then keep separate logs for my personal tasks.
And I just use Rentoni for all things I lend and borrow. Try it, it’s FREE and all the world becoming to love it: http://www.rentoni.com.