Tool Review #3: Reshma’s Outlook Tasks–Make It Work For You!

Tool Review #3: Reshma’s Outlook Tasks–Make It Work For You!

Even though I happen to be an avid Outlook Tasks user myself, this feature is not for the faint of heart: slightly too complicated, doesn’t sync well to gadgets, and has some serious formatting limitations. In fact, we almost broke up last month when I met Workflowy....
Tool Review #2: Another List-Making App—Kate’s View of Todoist

Tool Review #2: Another List-Making App—Kate’s View of Todoist

Awhile back we turned some of you on to the To-Do app Wunderlist via Kate S.’s testimonial. Kate recently let me know she’s shifted since then to a different app called Todoist. While I don’t promote promiscuous organizing, if you have strong habits in place (like...
Tool Review #1: Remember the. . . Milk! Valerie’s To-Do’s Tour

Tool Review #1: Remember the. . . Milk! Valerie’s To-Do’s Tour

Welcome to a brief summer organization tool review series! I’ve come across several new and old productivity tools in the past few months, and I can’t wait to show them to you. Summer is a great time to bolster your habits AND to be sure you have selected the right...
A Shout-out to My Teachers Who Are Also Parents. . .

A Shout-out to My Teachers Who Are Also Parents. . .

I’m back from a week-long family vacation on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (gorgeous, by the way, for those of you in the Mid-Atlantic United States!). Anyway, as the mom of two little people, who’s married to a teacher-husband, I spent some time on vacation thinking...
Cara’s Transformation: Whiteboard to Weekly Worksheet

Cara’s Transformation: Whiteboard to Weekly Worksheet

I met Cara at a recent Together Training in DC. She’s an Achievement Coordinator and the mom of an about-to-finish-high-school kid! Cara entered the training as an already very organized thinker, but she had a few challenges with her organizational tool of choice –...