How Do You Take Notes?
I need a better way of organising my notes, to-dos and tasks. I have crap all over the place at the moment, so if you have a system, I'd love to know what it is.
I find it difficult to organise my life, generally. Especially when it comes to work and keeping track of all the to-dos, notes from meetings, updates, follow up items etc. I have multiple ways of doing it all, and none of them are great.
I have OneNote, which is what I use the most. I tend to track my notes in there, but can easily lose things as it had a horrible, clunky UI. I’ve recently started making use of their tagging system to find to-do items, but that’s pretty clunky too.
When I’m not at my desk, I have a Supernote Nomad for taking notes digitally. Problem is, those notes are then not in my OneNote. So I now have 2 places to check.
Finally, there’s the times when I’m travelling, or need quick access to my notes from my work phone. I don’t have OneNote on there (and can’t install it) and invariably don’t have my Supernote with me either. Also, when I need to go hunting for previous notes, it’s frustrating and slow.
I need a system that works at my desk, in meeting rooms, and on the go. But nothing I’ve found works. The on the go part is the lowest priority of the bunch, as I don’t need that often and can usually make do. The problem really is me having a single place for my notes that’s available most of the time, whether at my desk, or in a meeting room, and easy to find what I need.
After all, what’s the point in having a note taking system if you can’t find what you need after the fact?
Any of you lot have any ideas?
I’m after recommendations for a note taking system, not a note taking app. I can’t install apps on my work devices.