This free tool (the Premium version allows you unlimited uploads and access off-line) is super easy to learn, use, and integrate into your daily online work. In fact, here’s a list of 38 things you can save in Evernote. Imagine a tool that can clip websites, track your random thoughts, record your daughter’s university class schedule (and tuition receipts) and pull up a recipe for Thai Crunch Salad with Peanut Dressing at 5:30 PM when you have 20 minutes to shop, get home, and start dinner. Leadership expert Michael Hyatt calls it his “digital brain”, best-selling author Tim Ferriss says it “gives him peace of mind.” That’s what it was like 10 years ago when I switched back to using a MAC, learned how to Plan like a Pilot, outsourced many parts of my business and discovered Evernote.Ī lot has been written about the amazingly useful Evernote app. It has a basic plan option which is free and that’s enough for most people but there are paid tiers (plus and premium) that provide better features too.This article was originally published in June 2015 and has been re-loved and republished just for you.Įvery once in a while you come across a solution that is so elegant and seamless to use that you simply love it. Most people have probably seen or heard of it already so it’s not news by any means but if you haven’t heard of it, then watch the video where I’ll run you through it.Īs I’ve said in the video, Evernote itself is unnecessary (you could accomplish the same thing dozens of different ways) but the app makes it all so much easier to consolidate and arrange across devices so I think it’s very handy. I want to give you one simple but very important step I take when starting out with a new language and I’ll demonstrate this using the app Evernote. Organizing the language resources at your disposal will make your life a lot easier

I’ll start by sharing something incredibly simple but super important.

So I’ve decided to start getting back to sharing some real foundational (and less conventional) language learning advice again – stuff to help people who are fairly new to the whole thing. I often forget that so many of the readers who land on this blog haven’t been following me since the beginning and are on a new language journey themselves.

I’ve been writing about language learning here for so long now that I tend to forget to cover the basics and just assume everyone’s an experienced or advanced learner most of the time.

How to use evernote to