Steven Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

One of the things I love about our culture of information is that we can learn so much about so many things.

But once I've learned something, I don't like to spend the time to relearn it. That's why I take notes and want to be able to

access them everywhere. It doesn't matter whether I actually look at them again. I feel safe just

knowing they're there. As you know for my episode on building a master system to organize your

life, it's helpful to store all of your notes in one place so you never have to think about

where to search for them.

Say you're attending a concert and you want to take notes so you can write a review for your church newsletter.

Or you're at a social event and you want to take ongoing notes about your friend's faults and send along a helpful summary every week.

The good news is that soon you won't have to worry much about remembering

addresses because your social circle will be trimmed down to a much more manageable size. But you need

somewhere to put those notes so they all go into your master system. Put them into your email.

Capture your notes using email. Rather than typing your notes into a random file somewhere

on your computer or smartphone, email them. But where? If you email reference material to

yourself, it'll get mixed up in your inbox between this month's sales figures and the announcement

of Lady Gaga's latest hairstyle. You'll never be able to find it easily.

Fortunately, Google can help.

Visit gmail.com and create an account you'll use as a repository for all your reference material.

Choose a username like MyReference at gmail.com.

Now, when you're taking notes, type them directly into an email message, then email it to your

reference Gmail account, and you'll have it available forever from any machine with a web browser.

These days, that even includes your toaster.

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