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In this post, I thought I'd share the tools that I use for being productive in my creative projects. Every artist has their own tools, right?

My Planner

Yes, I definitely still use an actual planner. I have yet to find a digital equivalent that can replace the experience. Mine is Kimberly Wilson's Tranquility du Jour Daybook. I love this daybook because it separates your projects from your to-dos. Highly, highly recommend!

Evernote

I use Evernote to collect information on the web. I love dividing all of my projects into notebooks. The free version is awesome and there's always the option to go pro. Check out Michael Hyatt's series of post on using Evernote. I'll be coming out with my own tutorial soon!

Trello 

Oh Trello, how I love thee. This online platform allows you to organize your projects into boards, which you can further break down into cards. I put absolutely all of my projects on Trello, even if they are just ideas. I can then put what my progress is for each project.

My Project Board 

See my post from Monday. You may be asking, what is the point of having a physical project board when you already use Trello to organize your projects? I like having the physical aspect of my project board, where I can see what I'm doing in a month and how many projects I have going on at once. I use my project board solely for concrete projects that I know for sure I'm doing. For any ideas I'm just brainstorming, I put them in Trello.

And those are my four tools I use to be productive in my creative projects. Thank you for reading, and as always, until next time :)

Melissa

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