Steven Voyles

Zen Habits has a nice list of tools guaranteed to help you get more organized and get things done. As the site suggests, don’t get caught up in trying them all or attempting to adopt everything in the list. Find something that works for you and master it. A few of my favorites from the list that I can’t do without:

• Google Calendar – My favorite online calendar, I use it for everything with a date attached to it.
• PocketMod – Ubiquitous capture, easy to use, configurable, what’s not to like? This site allows you to create a wallet sized notebook with pages for a calendar, notes, shopping lists, and tons more. I never leave home without mine.
• Landing Strip by the front door – Just a simple space near the door, like a box or small basket, where you can unload all the crap you need when you’re leaving the house but that you need to unload once you get in (car keys, backpack, sunglasses, etc.).
• Remember The Milk – Integration with Google calendar and Twitter, great options for organizing lists, and responsive support and user forums gives this app the edge when I’m choosing the best way to keep myself on task.

Zen Habits

I found a great replacement for those ugly forms you get from the gym to track your workout progress today on Corrie Haffly’s blog.  It’s a simple solution with column groups for tracking sets and columns in each group to track reps and weight.  Since I don’t always do the same number of reps in each set I’ll probably end up writing the reps over the weight in each column like “15/20″, but I could definitely get into using this.  Head over and check it out.

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Via David Seah

I started listening to Dave Ramsey’s radio show about a year ago, then picked up this book after deciding that there had to be a better way to manage my finances than buying the things I ‘need’ and trying to save whatever was left at the end. Talk about life changing. Dave explains how to get your financial life on track in simple, easy to understand steps while explaining the value of each step along the way. He asks you to make some pretty drastic life decisions and completely change the way you think about money and financial success, so if you’re looking for a quick and easy fix this book may not be for you. However, if you’re ready to make a commitment to yourself to do what it takes and follow the system I can say from real life experience that it really does produce fantastic results.