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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Peeking at the week ahead with Smart Lists

This week’s winner, RTM user calexo, shared a cool Smart List set up that helps to keep the week nice and  organised. calexo has different Smart Lists to show tasks that are overdue, due today, due tomorrow, and completed today (for end-of-the-day satisfaction!). My favourite, though, is the Smart

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Managing recipes and meals

We have two Tips & Tricks Tuesday winners this week! Thanks to RTM users nluoma and jkalvin, who both shared interesting tips for a pretty different, useful way to use the app: managing recipes (and we think Bob might need some help, judging by the pic below–what on earth

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Making shopping easier

This week, RTM user morgan.parker shares a neat tip that uses a shared list for ultra-efficient shopping. My husband and I use a shared RTM list for our grocery shopping. Each of us can put items on the list when we think of it from either work, home or

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping your wallet small and tidy

Got a wallet so full of random items that it barely fits in your pocket? This week’s tip, shared by RTM user chris089, is for you. Do you know the feeling when you search for something in your wallet and you realize that for the last two months your

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Creating a Borrowed/Lent list

If you have friends or family who like to make a habit of “borrowing” your stuff, this cool tip shared by RTM user ahojohnebrause might help you out. Recently, I remembered that a buddy of mine is in debt to me for a crate of beer, so I made a

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Organizing your coupons

Like Bob (pictured right), it sounds like RTM user despise had some coupon management issues. This handy tip, shared by despise on the Tips & Tricks forum, promises to help you remember your coupons before they expire. When I come across a coupon for something I don’t need to

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Staying on top of postponed tasks

That little “Postpone” button can be rather tempting at times. RTM user bradlowens shares this tip for keeping postponed tasks in check. A saved custom search I use in RTM is to search for those tasks that I keep pushing off. I use the search postponed:“> 7” to see

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Maintaining task balance

Bogged down with work tasks? Overrun by errands? This helpful tip shared by RTM user i3aj3 will ensure that you maintain balance in your task lists. I have 4 task lists: Mind, Body, Spirit, & Other. Every task in a particular list is tagged with an eponymous tag. With this

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Tagging with required resources

How do you know which tasks can be completed with the resources you have on hand? RTM user marjancas shares this handy tip: I use tags and smart lists to generate task lists that require resources such as my phone and my computer (with or without internet access). For example,

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Keeping your CV up-to-date

Sometimes it’s hard to remember to refresh your CV or résumé with your latest career achievements, but with this handy tip from RTM user fbiljecki you’ll be up-to-date and ready for any opportunity: A lot of people from time to time have to send their CVs to various

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Creating weekly status reports

RTM isn’t only a great way to keep track of the tasks you haven’t done yet; it’s also a handy way to review what you’ve accomplished. RTM user nmj3e describes a neat way to create status reports with RTM: Every Friday, I am required to send

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Tips & Tricks Tuesday: Most Important Tasks

Finding yourself overwhelmed with tasks? Not sure what’s most important today? Try this helpful tip shared by RTM user srtech on the Tips & Tricks forum: As recommended by those who are productivity experts, I’ve been attempting to define three Most Important Tasks (MIT) that I need to

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