I’ve had a few people ask about my to-do list/productivity system recently, so I decided to write an in-depth post about it.
It’s basically an Evernote notebook that I set up based on David Allen’s Getting Things Done method – essentially, a digital version of his series of folders and notes. In it, I plan out my tasks for the week and keep track of all the bigger picture projects I have going on in my life.
As a bonus, because it’s in Evernote, I can link to other notes and subfolders within the program.
(I love Evernote.)
For a long time I struggled to find a system that was flexible enough to accommodate my ever-changing workload, digital enough to travel with me, and convenient enough that I’d actually use it.
Enter my Evernote Productivity System. 
This system works particularly well for me because I feel more at ease when I know exactly what’s going on in my day/week. Will it work for you? Maybe, maybe not. If you like to have minute-by-minute control of your day and never lose track of your tasks, it just might. If you prefer to roll with the punches and work on whatever you feel like at the moment, maybe not.
Either way, it doesn’t hurt to check it out. Even just reading this post might inspire you to think differently about your own to-do management system.
If this sounds vaguely interesting to you, here’s the post:
An Evernote System for Self-Employed Creatives.
I’ve been wanting to experiment more with publishing on Medium, and since I was recently invited to join the Writers on Writing publication I decided to make this my first topic. I have to say I love formatting posts in the Medium ecosystem – it’s very pretty. I haven’t tried actually drafting anything there yet, since I don’t trust my drafts not to disappear. I’ll stick to Scrivener there, thank you very much.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the post! If you end up using all or any of this system, I’d love to hear about it.
How do you to-do? I love learning from other people’s productivity systems. Let me know how you structure your day in the comments!
Congratulations on being invited to Writers on Writing!
Just read your Medium post, and really related to how you plan your schedule. I like how you take care of urgent goals, but also give yourself space to brainstorm and check in with long term goals.
I think it’s also important that you add “other to-do items” for your personal life. I do that all the time. If someone has a birthday, you want to make sure you make time to call them up or get together, for example, so your biz schedule might shift a little that day/week.
Thanks, Ayelet! Of course, your accountability helps keep me on track when it comes to brainstorming and long term goals. 🙂