I don’t know about you, but saying I’m going to do something and actually doing something isn’t the same thing.
There are things I should be doing, things I’d like to do, things I plan to do, and things that I need to do.
Work projects, content plans, biz admin, exercise regimes, blog post ideas, life admin…we’re brimming over with stuff we need to do.
I write things down, a lot. I also need somewhere central to organise everything. For me, that place is Asana.
Asana: One tool to rule them all
If you haven’t heard of Asana, it’s a project management tool where you can create workspaces, project boards and task lists.
As well as managing my own work projects and client projects on there, I’ve recently combined it to add personal projects and life-admin tasks. Basically, how I used to use Evernote, and Notes and Reminders on my iPhone, all onto Asana, so I can see everything clearly in one place and keep ideas flowing. And by adding the app to my phone, it’s at my fingertips rather than having to write it somewhere and transfer it.
I use it to make a notes about many things
- books I want to read
- a course I might want to do
- store screenshots of nice messages in my ‘Smile File’
- plan blog post ideas
- plan social media content themes
- set task reminders
- on-board clients
- create tasks directly from emails, so I don’t miss any details
- set random life-admin reminders such as booking appointments and more…
I’ve set up a board for many things. I’ve collected ‘favourite projects’ in a simple view. I’ve created a project that is basically a list of content ideas for a personal project; I’ve set up a project board for my own business content planning, and a separate kanban board for my newsletter publishing.
Not just Projects, Tasks and Due Dates
I think of it as a virtual version of a tray on the side of my desk where I might scribble notes, throw in postcards or magazine cuttings or even keep notebooks or a diary with various dates, reminders, deadlines, or ideas.