Productive Life
Choosing Productivity Apps
Over the years, as I have honed my productivity workflow, I’ve had to do lots of assessing and reassessing of what works for my job, what work I’m doing, and what preferences I have. Here are some questions you can use to guide you as you assess what your needs are and what apps would best help you achieve those needs. Take advantage of free trials, and give yourself maybe a solid week or two when trying out new apps so you get a better grasp of their features and how they work for you.
One piece of advice I have given to folks looking to try new apps and workflows is to take some time to explore YouTube and Medium tutorials. Chances are, there’s someone out there who has a system pretty close to what you want, or will be able to share features in an app you weren’t aware of before. You can certainly go down a rabbit hole, and end up not being very productive, but if you’re deliberate with what you’re trying to learn you’ll start to find the keywords and the creators who have the information you can get the most use from.
What capture method works best for you?
For a year or so I used the Bullet Journal method, pen and notebook, to write down tasks and reminders. That helped to establish the capture habit for me, but my needs evolved to where I needed a digital…
