{"id":180,"date":"2012-02-03T14:43:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T19:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/averageamericanfamily.com\/?p=180"},"modified":"2012-02-03T14:45:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-03T19:45:33","slug":"getting-organized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/averageamericanfamily.com\/site\/2012\/02\/03\/getting-organized\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Organized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever find yourself so busy that you can not think straight?\u00a0 You have papers with notes stuffed in your bag, in your pockets, on your desk, in folders and pretty much everywhere else?\u00a0 Are you sometimes so disorganized you can not figure out who you are or where you are suppose to be?\u00a0 That use to be me all the time, until I found <a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a> is software that allows you to save your ideas, your conversations, your own ramblings, your pictures, your favorite web pages, and pretty much anything else you can think of that you want to make a \u201cnote\u201d of.\u00a0 The best part of <a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a>, is it is anywhere you are.\u00a0\u00a0 They have apps for most mobile devices and computers and all notes are synched up whether you are using it on your phone, your tablet, or your PC.\u00a0 This app is much more than a note application and is more of a life management tool.\u00a0 I think this is the most powerful information organization tool that I have found at a price I find most enjoyable.\u00a0 FREE.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a> is like a binder, a very large binder, without the back breaking weight of carrying that very large binder around.\u00a0 Notes can be comprised of text, audio, images, and files and you can add as many notes as you want and organize them in a notebook so that all related notes are together.\u00a0 You can then share that notebook with your family, friends, or colleagues.\u00a0 You can create a notebook stack and group notebooks together that may be related but maybe you only want to share certain parts of your notes with someone and not all of your notes.\u00a0 Have an email message that you want to add to a notebook?\u00a0 Not a problem, email it directly to your<a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Evernote<\/a> notebook. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.evernote.com\/2010\/03\/16\/emailing-into-evernote-just-got-better\/\">[Learn how to email to Evernote]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are some ways you can use <a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a>:<br \/>\nScrapbook<br \/>\nPhoto Album<br \/>\nChecklists<br \/>\nComparison Shopping<br \/>\nWish List<br \/>\nEvent Planner<br \/>\nTrack Receipts<br \/>\nStore Handwritten Notes<br \/>\nRecipes<br \/>\nBlog Ideas<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A premium option is available for<a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Evernote<\/a> allowing you to do monthly upload up to 1 GB rather than 60 MB.\u00a0 It will also allow you to take an entire notebook offline for easy access when you do not have an internet connection and will get rid of the advertising that you see when using this app.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I started using <a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a> in September 2011 and am still a FREE user.\u00a0 I am using this on the iPhone 4, iPad 2, and windows pcs and laptops using either IE 8 or FireFox 10 and have not had any issues on these platforms. \u00a0\u00a0I have told you why I like <a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a> and I am positive that I have not begun to unleash the full power of this organizational tool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Are you an <a title=\"Evernote\" href=\"http:\/\/evernote.com\" target=\"_blank\">Evernote<\/a> user already?\u00a0 Do you have some tips you would like to share with us?\u00a0 Feel free to comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever find yourself so busy that you can not think straight?\u00a0 You have papers with notes stuffed in your bag, in your pockets, on your&nbsp;&nbsp; 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