I just started using Google docs and it’s been super helpful connecting my personal and work information flow. I call my doc “Hetfield” - named after my favorite rocker, James Hetfield, from Metallica. It just gives me a spark of inspiration when I see Papa Het’s name. This doc streamlines all of the metrics I need.

I’ve used day planners, 3-ring binders for decades. Last year, I switched to the Reminder App on my phone. But the Google doc contains all the info I need in one place. Also, you can revise your lists in real time, whereas with a planner, you have old lists that you hang onto because they have a few items to still deal with.

Here are some of the categories in my Google doc: Blog, Books, Cocktails, Films/TV, Finance, Goals, Hats Book 2.0, Medical, Mission Statements, Newsletter, Obstacles, Passions/Hobbies/Interests, Questions, Projects, Role List, Songbook, Supervision, To-Do Personal, to-Do Work, Tunes to Learn, Vision Statement, Web Sites, Word Salad Ideas, Work Planning for Week

If you start each section with a Header, you can make a table of contents with links!

I use a Google Sheet (spread sheet) called “News Links” and use it to organize the articles I find interesting in the Boston Globe, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal. It’s the best of both worlds - I can read a physical newspaper - which is my preference - and I have to link whenever I need to refer to it as well.

What’s your can’t-live-without-it hack for productivity?