Todoist does a much better job handling GTD. Use two software: One for tasks management (GTD) and a second for Notes I moved my GTD to Todoist and kept all my notes on Evernote and I have never been happier. Over a year and a half ago, I wrote about how I organize my notes in Evernote. The only way you will be able to get out of Evernote is to change your paradigm. To this day, it is one of the most frequently-asked questions that I get about using Evernote and going paperless. Part 2: How You Go Wrong Using Evernote for GTD. Which is why I present this article in two parts: Part 1: Why Evernote for GTD. You must also use Evernote effectively, or your GTD practice will fail. The way we organize is often tailored to the way we work. And embracing Evernote as your GTD tool is the first step to putting the methodology into practice. In this respect, one size does not fit all. That said, how I work evolves over time, and eventually, the way I organize my notes in Evernote needs to evolve to keep in sync with my working style. Recently, I’ve gone through the process of changing how I organize my notes in Evernote. I thought I’d share the process with you, covering why I reorganized my notes, and how I did it. A lot of people use Evernote to manage their GTD categories (), making this addition a crucial factor in making IQTELL a successful GTD app. Rather than try to pack this all into a single post, I’ve broken down into a couple of posts. If you follow the link to make your purchase, 40Tech gets a small cut. For a different look at Evernote and GTD, check out Dan Gold’s book, Evernote, the Unofficial guide to capturing everything and getting things done. This week’s post will discuss how I’ve simplified my notebook organization in Evernote. Update: If GTD isn’t your thing, check out our post on Action Method Online. Next week’s post will discuss my evolving use of tags in Evernote. These notes were spread over 45 notebooks. Two things made me want to simplify things.įirst, I found over time that I used only a handful of the notebooks regularly. More than 80% of my notes were contained in just 8 notebooks. That meant that less than 20% of my notes were spread over nearly 40 other notebooks. If I was spending most of my time in 8 notebooks, maybe I could simplify things and get rid of some of those other notebooks.
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