A little while back I wrote about starting to use Evernote after hearing so many good things about it. I’m definitely a digital kind of person when it comes to organizing my lists, calendars, etc that I need to keep my life in order, so I figured it would be right up my alley. The only thing was, I wasn’t exactly sure how to use it! It seemed a bit overwhelming to me since there were so MANY things you can use it for. I thought it would be fun to share an update with what I’ve been using it for over the past month or so…hopefully it will help someone else who’s thinking of trying it out!

First of all, I LOVE things that I can sync between my computer and my phone. That’s one of my favorite features! I like being able to add a note or make a quick list really fast when I’m on my computer and then still be able to access it on my phone later on. This really comes in handy for me! Especially if I’m using it to meal plan or make a grocery list. I can look up recipes on my computer and type out my shopping list, then I can check things off on my phone as I’m at the store.

I also really love the NOTEBOOKS feature. I used to keep all my notes in the notes app on my iPhone, but having notebooks in Evernote is so cool because I can categorize all of the different notes into their own separate notebooks. I have them for workouts, business related things, workshop stuff, travel things, grocery lists, and random personal items. (Yes, I write down all of my workouts.). It might seem strange to keep grocery lists in a notebook, but I love to look back at old ones for ideas of things to eat. It works for me!

Speaking of workouts, another cool thing is being able to take photos in the app and save them into your notebook. I will often take a photo of my treadmill or spinning bike when I’m done with my workout so I can compare it to future workouts to see what kind of progress I’m making. I used to do that on my phone with the regular camera feature, but doing it in Evernote keeps it all organized!

Evernote is great for PDFs too! I saved PDFs of all of my travel documents for my latest trip along with a copy of my Passport into my travel docs notebook. That way everything is there if I need it! And if I were to lose my phone (knock on wood) I could log into Evernote somewhere else and still be able to access those documents. Nothing like the peace of mind of having it stored in the cloud!! Along that same line, before the trip, I started an Evernote document of things I wanted to see while in Italy and shared it with my travel buddy since she also has Evernote. I like being able to share things if I want to. I could see this being useful for sharing things with John!

I realize that there are a lot of different apps and programs out there that do things that Evernote does…I could totally use Google Drive for some of the things I’m using Evernote for. However, I LOVE that it consolidates a bunch of the apps I was using into one program. Super simple. Simplicity is my jam! I am still learning a lot about the best ways to use Evernote, but I am really enjoying it! I’m really excited to implement it this coming wedding season and see how I can use it to make my life run more smoothly!

I hope this helps someone else who may be interested in trying Evernote out. If you have questions, I would definitely suggest joining the Evernote Users Facebook Group! There are lots of experienced users in there who are doing all kinds of creative things with it. Check it out!