Shell LiveWIRE Discussion Forums - scratch pads. I've done the same for years now. Everything I've learned, all the ideas and universal principals are all in boxes written on pieces of envelopes and beermats etc. I've got a good 30+ A4 pads full of useful information from when I've been searching online for hours. It's in no particular order at all, I might organize it into keynote soon. See what ideas I have. It would be a weeks work though. Going off topic but I was looking through google video the the other day and I found some bloke giving a lecture in some US university.
Scratch pad on my desk daily. Personal Productivity: 9 helpful yet REALISTIC tips - Manage Your Life on Shine. I confess: I can't touch each piece of paper just one time. I can't return every email within 24 hours. I can't maintain a clear desk at all times. I can't go paperless. Nevertheless, I've found some realistic strategies for getting things done that have helped me a lot. One thing I know about myself is that an accumulation of tiny tasks, even if they aren't particularly irksome in themselves, combine to make me feel overwhelmed and drained. If I can keep little chores from piling up, I feel much more capable of tackling bigger, more difficult tasks.
For that reason, many of my most important daily personal productivity rules are very low-tech and simple - they're aimed to help me accomplish the most basic tasks of my day. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. . * Sign up for the Moment of Happiness, and each weekday morning, you'll get a happiness quotation in your email inbox. Loose leaf vs bound notebook for lists - Discussion Forum. DIY on the fly. SusanBeth's "Writer Hipster" SusanBeth posted this kit image in response to many requests and much interest. See the forum post A Writer's "Hipster". - DJ The only purchase I've ever made for this kit was index cards, and at about $3.00 for 500 that is pretty cheap.
Everything else was scrounged together from normal household/office supplies and leftover bits from other projects. And, yes, I feel silly posting a picture of such a minimalist kit. Nevertheless.... Top Panel -- The 'components' Starting in the top left, we find the cover: a piece of strawboard cut down from a legal pad backing and covered with contact paper. Below that is the main contents: about twenty blank index cards. In the center are the 'Stripers', index cards with stripes colored down the sides. On the right are two 'Pockets' with their usual contents. Bottom left panel: The assembled Writer's Hipster, ready to be slipped into pocket or tote. A writer's "Hipster" It appears most of you started out developing your kit as an organization tool, with other aspects added on.
Me, I started with a writer's notebook and gradually added in just a couple organization tools. My need for 'portable' organization resources is very minor. I've always identified as a writer, even before I published anything, and so one of my requirement for a job is that it be just that: something that brings in money but that I basically don't have to think about outside office hours.
My business organization stuff is completely separate from my Life organization stuff, and it kept at work. What I always carried was notebooks, for the recording of inspirations and bits of overheard dialog and such, but mostly to turn stray chunks of time into writing time. Over the years, many types of notebooks were tried and found unsatisfactory. Elegant ones intimidated me, spiral bound notes got smushed and snagged on things, glued pads fell apart, composition notebooks didn't lie flat...