Well, hello there, top teachers. We are your hosts, Michelle Emerson and Bridget Spackman,

and we are here to make your life easier by helping you master your time, organization,

and productivity as a teacher. Today's episode is the next installment of us giving you

all the nitty-gritty on our favorite digital tools. If you listened to episode 059,

we shared the what, why, and how for teachers for Google Calendar. And in today's episode,

we are going to be sharing all about the notes app on your phone, which is one of our favorites.

I am so excited about this episode. But first, before we get into the needy-greedy,

let's have a TSA from Kimberly. She says, when you have your to-do list for every day ready to go,

but as the day progresses, other seemingly important tasks start to accumulate. Before you know it,

your to-do list of three things has turned into

10. This can result in staying a few hours after school to play catch-up. H-E-L-P, help.

I need somebody help. Do you know that song? I love that song. Okay. So I'm going to give a

little tough love here. All right. My question to you, Kimberly,

is why do you need to do those tasks that day? Now, there's two options here. Okay. Either those tasks

really don't have to get done that day. And if that's the case, you can spread them out

into your power list

throughout the week. Option number two is that you are not planning far enough in advance.

So you are getting bombarded with tasks that you could have had done sooner. Honestly, I mean,

again, this is tough love. So I'm sorry if it hurt your feelings, but I don't think that many

unexpected but important tasks come up on a daily basis. Yes, unexpected things do come up,

but usually it's like, hey, I have a week to get it done. And if that's the case, like I said,

spread it out later in the week. Or if that many unexpected important things are coming up,

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