Productivity
I’m always searching for ways to do everyday tasks in a more efficient manner. Thought I’d share my top 10 resources that I use or check regularly to increase productivity. Hope some of these are helpful.
- Inbox Heaven - This is a must read post for anyone who uses e-mail on a daily basis. It’s especially useful if you’re juggling more than one e-mail address. I have two church addresses, a personal address, and a booking address and this system has greatly increased my e-mail functionality.
- Happiness and the End of the Working Week - A great post about rewarding output rather than hours. This post explores the advantages of working from home and paying per idea. Very interesting stuff.
- Mint - This is a free online personal finance system that works great. You can set up your budget and then track your expenditures. Mint will even send you a text message if you are cutting it close in any area of your budget.
- Google Calendar - Fantastic. Use it.
- Seth Godin - His blog is a great resource for management, productivity, and marketing information.
- Lifehacker - This site can be fairly random, but it has some great tips for “getting things done”.
- Put Things Off - This blog gives great practical insight into the world of productivity. They also hae a great “creativity should be free” section that lists free software for things like photo and video editing, word processing, and designing.
- Structured Procrastination - Story of my life. On this site professor and author John Perry explores “life choices” that are generally seen as faults in a positive light.
- 43 Folders - Named for the 43 folder “Tickler File” system outlined in the book Getting Things Done, this blog gives great insight into productivity and efficiency.
- Zen Habits - A great site for productivity, finances, and family.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:47 am
Will definitely have to check out the Mint software. I am a pretty avid budgeter myself although not very fond of constantly writing stuff down. This could be a good way to keep me and the Mrs. on the same page, although my fist usually does a pretty good job of that.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Not really, of course, but the brief sense of dominance allows me to live with the fact that I am pwned.
July 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Chris,
I highly recommend Mint. It’s especially useful for people like us who literally put EVERYTHING on the debit/check card. It pretty much does all of the accounting/tracking/budgeting work for you because it links with your online banking…Oh yeah, and it’s FREE!
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Yeah thanks for the tip. We will definitely look into it. I keep a pretty tight track on things as it is, but having that will make it easier for Steph and I to equally know what is going on.
July 23rd, 2008 at 4:38 pm
im just hoping that somewhere in the “google calendar kingdom” there is TRIP TO LAKELAND.
if not, insert as soon as possible (twss).
July 23rd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Misty…I’ll be leading worship in Lakeland at Access this Sunday…Perhaps we can all get together before?
July 28th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Just created a Mint account