Your weekly roundup of insights and resources to help you get more done for the glory of God.
In Today’s Issue:
- Personal Note-Taking Systems
- A Christian Vision for Exercise
- The Pace of Motherhood
- 10 Proverbs for Slaying Destructive Phone Habits
- Francis Bacon on Taking Notes
Dear steward,
This month, I’ve been focusing on the theme of knowledge management.
Last week, I shared with you The Ultimate Guide to Going Paperless at Home, which deals with how to organize and digitize your important documents.
This week, I wanted to look at organizing your personal notes. From Bible reading, book notes, lectures, quotes, ideas, goals, or whatever else you jot down and would like to revisit later, having a place to store your thoughts is increasingly important in today’s information-saturated world.
Do you keep your notes on paper? Notebooks? A filing system? Notecards? If you go digital, what apps do you use? And how do you keep your notes from being spread out across a dozen different places, such that you can never find the important thing you wrote down when you need it?
Check out the latest episode of the Redeeming Productivity Show to learn How to Create a Personal Note-Taking System.
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Weekly Word
“My son, if you receive my words
and treasure up my commandments with you,
making your ear attentive to wisdom
and inclining your heart to understanding;
yes, if you call out for insight
and raise your voice for understanding,
if you seek it like silver
and search for it as for hidden treasures,
then you will understand the fear of the Lord
and find the knowledge of God.”
– Proverbs 2:1-5
Worth Your Time
- A Christian Vision for Exercise (7 mins) David Mathis shares 10 principles he learned on his journey to become a better steward of his body.
- Struggling to Keep Up in Motherhood? Let the Spirit Set Your Pace. (4 mins) “Before the dawn of social media, the temptation to set our schedules and to-do lists by other mothers was limited to neighbors, peers from church, or fellow carpool moms. However, social media tempts us to keep up with mothers all around the globe as we compare our realities to their curated clips.”
- 10 Proverbs to Slay Destructive Phone Habits (10 mins) Daniel Szczesniak shows how ancient biblical wisdom principles apply to a modern problem that many of us face.
Words of Wisdom
“Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.”
– Francis Bacon
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