Keep Track of Your Amazing Ideas and Precious Time

Do any of these sound familiar?

• You have a great idea in the shower and then forget it by the time you’re dressed.
• A task you thought might take an hour actually takes three.
• You sometimes get so caught up in one thing that you’re late for something else.
• Prioritizing your schedule to address every one of your “To Do’s” feels impossible.

I offer a wide array of life management tips: from budgeting your time like you do your money to a creating “Things to Not Do” list. However, tips can only get you so far – sometimes you need some extra tools in the toolbox as well.

Here are some simple and easy-to-use tools that I’ve already tried out and can recommend:

1. Many of us do our best thinking in the shower, the problem is holding onto those ideas until you can act on them. Enter AquaNotes (www.myaquanotes.com), waterproof notepads that allow you to hold onto those ideas rather than rinsing them away with the shampoo. The 40 sheet, refillable pad suctions comes with a pencil and suction cups to hold them to your shower wall.
2. Time Timer (www.timetimer.com) has a line of timers, watches, and applications that help you stay on track and on time.
3. Planner Pads (www.plannerpads.com) offer an easy-to-use system that helps you organize, prioritize, and schedule in ways that make sense.

Even the websites are user-friendly. Check them out. Let me know if you start using any of them and tell me about your experience.

I’m also interested in knowing what other tools you recommend. Please let me know what works – and what doesn’t work – for you.

-Sydney Metrick