

I had always admired how organized and efficient my boss was, and so I asked him his secret. This system became even more powerful when I learned about David Allen’s Getting Things Done.
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I can use my downtime during my commute on the bus, or waiting in line at Starbucks, to read emails, schedule meetings, note actions, and review documents. I can access everything from my phone when I’m out and about.I can use any computer to access my work. I don’t have to bring my laptop home with me every night in case I need to unexpectedly stay home with a sick child, etc.Leveraging our Drive, I could keep everything in the cloud, meaning that I could access it from anywhere. On the day I got back I received a brand new laptop from IT and it had none of my old files I had a blank slate it was a fresh start! I realized that I didn’t need to keep anything on my local machine.

Macadamian uses G Suite for our business systems, so with my phone, I also had access to my calendar and all of the documents stored on our Google Drive. With that phone, I had access to work emails and, as I soon discovered, a preloaded app, Google Keep, a cloud-based note taking app that’s similar to Evernote. Want to know the details? Keep reading!īefore I had returned to work as a Project Manager back in the fall of 2016 I had purchased a new Android phone. How do I do it? I’ve implemented the principles of David Allen’s Getting Things Done with the Google suite of products. And yet, in the 40 hours a week I work, I now feel more productive and organized I’m never (okay, rarely!) worried that I’ve forgotten to do something. I’m no longer able to stay late at the office, or work on evenings or weekends. As a working mother of a toddler, I always have more work than time.
