Several readers had questions about starting a bullet journal. The most common question was: one journal or two? When you’re starting out and you haven’t built a journaling habit, it’s usually best to stick with one notebook. Your bullet journal: one or several? In Bullet ...
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Getting Things Done For Writers: 4 Tips To Increase Your Output
A reader asked about “getting things done for writers”: is there a special strategy for GTD which helps with writing? (Here’s an article on GTD which has some useful tips.) We’ve discussed Getting Things Done several times at our writers’ group meetings. Some members are keen on it, ...
3 Easy Writing Tips To Get Things Done In 2020
Let’s look at some useful writing tips for 2020, courtesy of our local writers’ group. (Original post from December 2017; edited and updated) Writing tips: start with a process Ouch. I used to have a writing process, but that vanished this year, due to workplace chaos. I wrote ...
The Evernote App: Clever Ways To Organize Evernote And Your Life
Evernote has been one of my most-used and loved apps since 2009—I recommend the Evernote app to everyone I meet because you get to keep your life in your pocket. Your work life too, if you’re a marketer and writer, as I am. (By the way, if you’re a light user, or just want to try Evernote, ...
Getting Things Done: 3 Productivity Secrets You Can Use Today
We’re in February of 2020. Are you keeping your New Year’s resolutions and getting things done? It’s OK if you’ve let your resolutions slip. I have, sadly. If you’re one of those magical beings who hasn’t, kudos! My writing buddy and I were commiserating on how wretchedly we were doing ...
Writing Plans: 3 Strategies To Achieve Your Goals In 2020
At our first writers’ group meeting of 2020, we discussed our writing plans for this year. Only two of our members had created comprehensive plans with timelines and deadlines. I admire those writers, because even though I have a list of what I’d like to write this year, I haven’t set any ...
