Get out of Post-it Purgatory

Are you a TpT seller or just someone with a LOT on your to-do list? 

I know I’m not alone. Thousands, if not millions, share my post-it-note-stacks-of-notebooks-hastily-scratched-paper-scrap-notes-to-self chaos. There’s a lot going on, and there are constant lists, ideas, and inspiration striking at all times of the day. 

Do you ever get that déjà vu sensation when you’re planning a lesson that you’ve done this before? Or worse, that haunting feeling that you had a brilliant idea, you wrote it down (didn’t you?), but it’s nowhere to be found?  Or, perhaps even more annoying, you complete planning a project, and directly afterward find the set of notes from the first time you planned the project – months ago – in a “safe” spot: the purple notebook at the bottom of the notebook tower on your desk?

Look familiar? Just a small sample of my collection!

Notebooks run out of space and post-it notes lose their stick -- if you move them as much as I do, anyway. Frankly, I just couldn’t keep my ideas and task organized effectively until last year, when I found a life-saver of an organizational tool. It’s FREE!!! It’s helped me so much, and no, I am not being compensated in any way to write this blog. They have no clue who I am, but I am indebted to Trello, and I wanted to share the love.

Trello is an online project management tool (it’s also available as a mobile app). You can use it alone, or you can share task boards with a team.  See the screenshot below for some of my favorite features:

I created an introductory video (~13 min.) embedded below to show you how to get started:

Note: I posted this video on my new YouTube channel, which was one of my Trello task cards, now completed! More videos will be coming weekly, starting June 16 - mostly focusing on STEM Challenges. Be sure to check it out/subscribe! :)

Since using Trello a year ago, I created more than half the products in my store -- I started my store in 2012, so that's saying something! I’m using my time more efficiently, and I’m able to jot notes quickly at any time on my phone or laptop! The best thing is, I’m no longer losing track of my ideas. Thank you, thank you, thank you Trello! 

And, no, I was not sponsored or asked to write this blog; I think Trello is just that awesome and thought you might agree!

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Screenshot fonts: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fonts-Fonts-Fonts-170-Personal-and-Commercial-Use-Fonts-ALL-KB-Fonts-by-Khrys-505757

photo credit: 02.07.2014 via photopin (license)