How I stay so organized (tips from an executive assistant who loves to get s*** done)
A few times now, coworkers have asked me, “Lindsay, how do you stay so organized?” Cutting to the chase (because that’s what organized people do), here are my tips, tools, and treasures for staying “hashtag on top of it” (which I often say out loud).
#1 Take notes
Write notes all the time. Compile and allocate later.
Notes help me #1 jot down things quickly and #2 remember the things. If my boss comes over with a new thing that needs done, the thing almost always gets put on a note first. I’ll often have a small handful of stickies carried around with me for an hour or so until I can get the tasks I’ve written down onto a list (see next section).
If I’m away from my computer, I’ll use sticky notes. If I’m at my computer, I’ll use Mac’s native stickies app. At times I’ll pull up an empty Google doc for taking meeting notes. I’ve used Mac’s Notes app, too, and I used to use Evernote, but I switched fully to Google Drive for simplicity when it comes to longer form.
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