Archives for the 'Pen and Paper' Category
Use an ideas basket for quick note taking [Hack Your Day]
If you struggle with keeping in mind all the little ideas that come to you, try out a solution I found which works well at home, at my desk, and makes sure I get everything down before it goes away for good.
As I’ve mentioned before I myself struggle a lot with the heaps of ideas [...]
5 steps of mindmapping to determine your goals [Hack Your Day]
Going from May to June my project count jumped from about 3 to about 9, in addition to all the ideas and future developments I have in mind. If you’ve ever had your mind totally full and couldn’t write up a list for fear of forgetting something, here’s a 5 step list to make sure [...]
Always be prepared for productivity with a notebook and pen [Hack Your Day]
Always be prepared would be a nice motto for Rambo and John McClane, but productivity ninjas often use the phrase too. The point it that there are many situations where you would have the time to organize your thoughts, jot down notes, or outline a speech, but you can’t use your laptop, don’t have room, [...]
How to schedule when you’re overflowing with tasks [Hack Your Day]
I used to find myself so many times in situations where I needed to do a lot of work, but actually didn’t do anything because sorting out the initial chaos seemed so impossibly that I just pushed the whole load in front of me. Doing some scheduling works wonders if you have similar problems, just [...]
Natural working hours [Hack Your Day]
Medical studies have concluded and I myself have seen the effect that working in the morning is better than in the afternoon. Many people say that they like working or studying at night because all is quiet and there’s nothing to distract them. I used to be like that, but then I tried going to [...]
Use multi colored post its for productivity [Hack Your Day]
If you’re the type of person who leaves notes, or scribbles to do items on notes, why not buy multi colored post its to cater for your categorizing needs? Take a look on Amazon, or your local office supply store and you will find millions of types to choose from in all the colors of [...]
Productivity without electricity [Hack Your Day]
Recently I had a wonderful opportunity to put my productivity to the test. Due to a storm, we had a power outage of about 24 hours, and not having internet access was the least problem. No power means no lights, no heating, no hot water and a lot more nastiness.
Nevertheless, I did have to find [...]