Did you know? You can use Evernote as a digital filing cabinet.

Much in the same way you would store a paper copy of a document in a filing cabinet, Evernote is today’s solution to store digital files and documents.

Unlike an actual filing cabinet, your Evernote digital filing cabinet can be accessed on any device wherever you happen to be.

Evernote is the logical place where you can store any of these:

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Evernote will never let you forget another birthday ever again.

It’s not simply a question of “What is Evernote?” It is more a question of how Evernote will never let you forget another birthday ever again.

You have a family and a groups of friends with birthdays spread throughout the year. Everyone’s birthdays are written in your diary or on your calendar (if you still use one).

Evernote can be used as a birthday list.

This is how Evernote will never let you forget another birthday ever again.

• Why not create a master list in Evernote listing everyone’s birthdays.
• Set a reminder for each birthday.
• Evernote will send you an email reminder.
• You can also set up device notifications for when a birthday falls dues.
• Simple.

Never forget a birthday ever again – and be the first person to wish them a happy birthday on their special day.

If you love digital technology and apps, then you will love Evernote.

Here are 21 Ways Evernote Will Help You.

I am on a mission to become an Evernote Certified Consultant. For any questions or enquiries about help with Evernote you can reach me here or leave a comment on this post or on any of my social platforms.

I am available for consultation to discuss your Evernote needs.

FREE Evernote Get Started Cheat Sheet

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Integrate Evernote Into Your Lifestyle

Did you know that you can Integrate Evernote Into Your Lifestyle?

If you have never heard of Evernote, you will learn it is a digital tool that you can use and integrate into your life in more ways that you could imagine.

I have been quoted as saying: “Evernote is exactly what I was looking for even before I knew what it was”.

Evernote is often referred to as a second brain or a digital filing cabinet.

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Having many different lights and lamps in your home can mean that you need to also have many different light bulbs and globes.  But can you always remember which light bulb goes with which light? Let me show you how to store photos of light bulbs used in your home into Evernote so that you will also remember which light bulb goes where.

Evernote made this easy for me.

This blog post is a from a series of articles to help show you how Evernote can be used for the most simple everyday things in your life.

Earlier posts in this series are about How To Use Evernote For Your Grocery Shopping List, How To Keep Record of Your Medical Information in Evernote and how to scan household bills into Evernote.

Let’s look at how you can store photos of light bulbs used in your home into Evernote and why this is useful.

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Household bills can sometimes get the better of you if you misplace them or worse yet, you forget them completely.  Let me show you how to Scan household bills into Evernote and set reminders for when they fall due. Evernote is a wonderful tool to help you remember everything and to ultimately go paperless.

This blog post is a from a series of articles to help show you how Evernote can be used for the most simple everyday things in your life.

Earlier posts in this series are about How To Use Evernote For Your Grocery Shopping List, How To Keep Record of Your Medical Information in Evernote and creating a list of family and friends birthdays in Evernote.

Let’s look at at how you can scan household bills into Evernote so that you never lose track of them ever again.

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The gift of giving is sometimes the best part of birthdays and Christmas.  The old saying ‘it’s the thought that counts’ is true.  If you create a list of gift ideas for birthdays and Christmas in Evernote you perfect the art of gift giving.  Let me show you how.

This blog post is a continuation to my previous post about creating a list of family and friends birthdays in Evernote, articles to help show you how Evernote can be used for the most simple everyday things in your life.

Earlier posts in this series are about How To Use Evernote For Your Grocery Shopping List and How To Keep Record of Your Medical Information in Evernote for those medical emergencies.

Create A List Of Gift Ideas For Birthdays And Christmas In Evernote

If you have read my earlier article about creating a list of family and friends birthdays in Evernote all of the hard work is already done.  You would have already set up all of your family and friends birthdays in Evernote.  You also would have set reminders for when their special day falls due.

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If you have a large family and an even greater circle of friends it can be difficult to keep track of everyone’s birthdays.  Let me show you how to create a list of family and friends birthdays in Evernote. Evernote is a wonderful tool to help you remember everything so what better way to never forget a birthday ever again.

This is post #5 in a series about 21 Ways Evernote Will Help You, articles to help show you how Evernote can be used for the most simple everyday things in your life.

Earlier posts in this series are about How To Use Evernote For Your Grocery Shopping List and How To Keep Record of Your Medical Information in Evernote.

Let’s look at at how you can create a list of family and friends birthdays in Evernote so that you never forget.

There are three main functions of setting your birthday list up:

1. Create a separate note for each birthday
2. Create a master list of all birthdays
3. Add the master list to your shortcuts

All of these steps are very easy to set up.  Lets get started!

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If you have a large amount of digital files and content it can be hard to manage.  If you have multiple external or portable hard drives it can be even harder to manage. In this post I will show you how Evernote can manage files on external hard drives.

This is post #4 in a series about 21 Ways Evernote Will Help You, articles to help show you how Evernote can be used for the most simple everyday things in your life.

Earlier posts in this series are about How To Use Evernote For Your Grocery Shopping List and How To Keep Record of Your Medical Information in Evernote.

How Evernote Can Manage Files on External Hard Drives

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Keeping a record of your personal medical information on hand is always a good idea.  In this post I will show you how to record your medical information in Evernote.

This is the second post in a series about 21 Ways Evernote Will Help You, an article to help show you how Evernote can be used for the most simple things in your life.

The first post about How To Use Evernote For Your Grocery Shopping List showed you how to keep track of your groceries.

Why Keep Your Medical Information

You may be wondering why you would even want to keep your medical information in Evernote.  This is a good question but let me tell you why I started to do this.

Recently I was asked what my blood type was. I could not provide an answer. I was stumped.

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In this post you will learn How To Use Evernote For Your Grocery Shopping List.  One of the easiest ways to start using Evernote is for the simple things in your life.  As simple as creating a grocery shopping list?

Let me show you how to create a grocery shopping list in Evernote.  It is quick and easy.  In addition, it will save you time when shopping.

People ask me all the time what can you use Evernote for.  To answer this questions I wrote the following article about 21 Ways Evernote Will Help You.  

My first use of Evernote was to create a grocery shopping list.

Let me show you how it works.

Traditional grocery shopping list on paper.

It is likely that you would normally have written down the grocery items you need on a paper pad. Or, on the back of an envelope randomly lying around.  This may have been as you thought of each item.  However, if you are organised, you would spend the time to check the items you need before you go grocery shopping.

With your paper list and pen in hand, you would be walking through the market, crossing the items off as you place them in your basket.

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