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Bob T. Monkey makes sure he pays his bills on time

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Staying on top of bills to save money

Paying your bills on time can be super satisfying, and can even save you some money. This week, aforementionedthoughts shares a tip on keeping track of them easily to save a bit of extra money. Remember The Milk is a key part of my process to make sure I am

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Bob with a whole stack of tasks to follow up on

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Following up on your follow-up tasks

If you keep track of follow-up tasks, you probably know that sometimes it can feel like tasks upon tasks. This week, jjcardil shares a tip to keep those follow-ups together in a Smart List and, well, to follow up on them. One of the challenges I face with my to-do

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Bob T. Monkey celebrates a birthday

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Adding birthdays and events alongside your tasks

Having your birthdays separate from your other tasks can make it harder to organize. This week’s tip comes from alex1ua, who suggests putting all birthdays and events in your tasks. Then you’ll have all of them in one place and can keep track not only of birthdays but

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Bob T. Monkey packs for a trip

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Flexible packing lists for all types of trips

Keeping a packing list is indispensable for making sure you pack everything you need for your trips. This week’s tip, shared by quam, combines the Remember The Milk email import service with task notes to keep templates for future trips always handy and ready to be added. How many

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Bob T. Monkey with a watch

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Using a task's dates for basic time management

Keeping track of time spent on a task is useful for reporting later. This week’s tip, shared by danielalbu, suggests giving yourself tasks to note the time you start on them, then marking the time afterward when completing them. As a freelancer, sometimes you want to know how much

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Bob T. Monkey FaceTimes with his favorite uncle, whose name is curiously also Bob.

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping in touch with friends with repeating tasks

Keeping in touch with friends feels like one of those things that should happen automatically, but we all know it doesn’t always work that way. This week’s tip comes from kurtvan, who suggests tasks that repeat on a random interval so you don’t become too predictable. :) I

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Bob T. Monkey with a stack of books

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Tracking what you read and want to read

Making a list of books you want to read and have read is a nice way to always have something at the ready. dillo99 shares a tip this week, laying out a nice way to keep track of everything easily—series of books, articles and websites too! My wife and

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Bob T. Monkey receives a banana shipment

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping track of shipments with a quick task

If you’re as addicted to online shopping as Bob is, check out this week’s tip. rossgoodman shares a simple way to add a link via Twitter from Amazon or another site that gives you a link to track an item’s shipment. If you buy lots of items

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Bob T. Monkey with Christmas presents

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Planning for annual events

The holidays and New Year are a great time for planning out your annual events—'tis the season! This week’s tip comes from raymond.finn who suggests keeping a list of tasks around a specific event, and completing and archiving the list when the event is done. That

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