How is being productive different than organized?
Let's take a hint from each of their definitions…
Since productivity relates to your ability to produce a large amount of "goods, crops or other commodities," we can safely assume that great organization comes from being productive in the first place.
Read: organised means structured.
In other words, to be productive, you need to be organized.
Since I have discussed about productivity, here are some suggestions of the apps that you can use to get organized:
1. Capture ideas, images, and voice messages anytime, anywhere
✔️ Evernote, Google Keep
2. Use your smartphone calendar and alert notifications to remind you of important events
✔️ Google Calendar, Calendar 366 II (for Mac)
3. Prepare spreadsheets to keep track of finances, time and projects
✔️ Google Sheets, Microsoft Office Spreadsheets, Monny (export Excel feature is available)
4. Back up and sync files while you're still working on them
✔️ Goodsync
5. Save all passwords in one place — safely
✔️ Lastpass* (with 2-factor authentication feature)
6. Store all important documents and images securely on Cloud storage
✔️ OneDrive (you can also set automatic backup for images and files from your mobile phone), Dropbox
*My all-time favorite app
In my previous article, I have also mentioned why I have chosen these apps.
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Why these apps and not others?
The aforementioned apps must fulfill these four conditions for me to be a true fan:
1) Freemium or low cost to upkeep
2) Convenient for me to backup files
3) Accessible anytime, anywhere (on my laptop, and mobile)
4) Reliable, which means if I lose either my laptop or phone, the backup files must be easily obtained and retrieved afterward
Also, if you're looking to declutter your messy life and the other aspects of it, check out these books. Guaranteed to make you think thrice about hoarding your new troves.
PS: I'm not sponsored by any of these brands. I love them 'cause of the abovementioned pre-requisites. So what have you done to be organized. Sometimes I wish I can code so I don't have to brew my own coffee.
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