<img class="wp-image-3294 alignright" src="https://thehappinessbucket.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/proj-mgmt-website-image.png?w=300" alt="Pen and Journal" width="268" height="151" />How many times have you looked around and realized you had notes written on every type of surface.  Sticky notes, pads of paper, on the back of an envelope, on something you shouldn't have...

The day I discovered Evernote is the day that really changed the game for me and my family.  It is a program that truly understands the mobile person/family and keeping them organized.  So here are 5 ways that Evernote has changed the game for me and my family, for FREE!<!--more-->

1.  <strong>Grocery and Stockpile Lists</strong> - How many times have you been at the store and thought, how much of XYZ do we have and you pick one up just in case to get home and see you have three.  OR your spouse is going by the grocery store and he/she calls you at work and says, honey do we have XYZ at home?  You are thinking, I have no idea?!?!?  Well, my husband and I now use Evernote to keep track of both our grocery and stockpile list.  It is great!  At any time we are at the store we can pull it up on our mobile device and add it.  or if you are out and remember we need this or that...you can just open it and add it right there.  This has changed the game!  I am thinking about keeping track of coupons that we currently have for those items as well, but that would be phase II of our Evernote implementation lol.

2.  <strong>Home Management - </strong>So I am a big proponent of the home management binder, but the one problem I always had was trying to keep the info updated in the binder...and everyone having the info handy when it was needed.  Well low and behold Evernote resolved that issue.  We now have it electronic in this system.  I have a sheet that lists all of our information from light bulb brands/sizes to the air conditioner man's number and rates.  Again, it is all there and can be shared with the necessary people.

3.  <strong>To do's from Email</strong> - I absolutely love the Outlook email capture feature.  Now, I'm not sure if this is a feature in all email or even email on your mobile device, but I have this plugin on my work computer.  So, as I work, if I get an email with an action item attached to it I can either just add it to an Action - To Call list I have set up or I can capture that email, removing the info I don't need from it and just save the action that way.  This has allowed me to reduce my email box size as well as millions of trees.

4.  <strong>Website Capture -</strong> This is another great feature that allows you to take pieces of a webpage and save it as well.  This is helpful for those projects you work on that you just need the website for that to do item or to reference for a short period and then you can get rid of it.  You really don't want to save it in your favorites but you don't want to lose it either.

5.  <strong>Random Lists -</strong> I maintain a number of lists with this system as well.  Weekly to do list, list of vendors I like to use for my business, list of items I need to research, Sizes of my In-Law's, etc.  The other great things is that you can set reminders for your "notes" too.

As you can see, the ability to create notes/lists on the fly and sync them through all of your devices is something that has changed our world.  Something I didn't even mention is the fact that you can tag your notes for easy retrieval, but it also has a great generic search and the fact that you can share your notes with others or just print them.  I encourage you to give it a try, it is free so what will you lose.  Make sure to share with us what you think about it.

Until next time, happy organizing!

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