by | Life Application
Here’s the thing: I am a pretty unorganized person according to the world’s definition of organization. However, just because I have a ton of books and papers scattered all over the place doesn’t mean I don’t know where things are.
I am finding that it is getting easier to organized and collect my thoughts though, thanks to Michael Hyatt and the free online-note taking tool called Evernote. It is becoming a new way of thinking for this highly overactive brain.
There are three things to familiarize yourself with:
- Notebooks: Easy enough, it’s a place to store your online notes.
- Stacks: A way to organize a notebook within a notebook.
- Tags: When you enter tags it makes your notes much more easily accessible. For instance, when I am creating a blog post idea, I not only enter blog post, but depending on the subject I will enter such things as leadership, faith, social media, etc.
Another great thing about Evernote: You can access it from anywhere. You can download it to pretty much any device. If you don’t have the time to time, you can enter audio notes.
How do you get started?
- Sign up for an account at Evernote.com.
- Download to any device of your preference.
- Create some notebooks. I have included an example of what I have created so far. I’m still in the beginning stages.
- Post to Evernote.
What do you use Evernote for?
by | Life Application
I received this interesting fact in an email recently and had to share it. It’s a short read, but so worth it. Enjoy.
Most people don’t know that back in 1912, Hellmann’s mayonnaise was manufactured in England In fact, the Titanic was carrying 12,000 jars of the condiment scheduled for delivery in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which was to be the next port of call for the great ship after its stop in New York . This would have been the largest single shipment of mayonnaise ever delivered to Mexico . But as we know, the great ship did not make it to New York . The ship hit an iceberg and sank, and the cargo was forever lost. The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise, and were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the loss. Their anguish was so great, that they declared a National Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day. The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th and is known, of course, as –
Sinko De Mayo.
Okay, come on, that’s funny! I hope you enjoyed.
Have a joke you want to share?
by | Life Application
I have been using TweetDeck off and on for the last two years. I had a brief affair with Hootsuite, but after they began to charge for some of their services, I decided to go back to my first love, TweetDeck! The sounds of chirping birds every five seconds is music to my ear. Okay, I will say that I just recently turned the volume completely down and said goodbye to the little bird, but it was fun while it lasted.
One of the greatest advantages of using TweetDeck? I can have as many columns as I want. We’ll get into that later, perhaps with a TweetDeck 201 course. The main four columns I use is for general updates, mentions of my twitter handle, direct messages, and scheduled tweets. You can organize each column according to your preferences.
Let’s Begin.
- Log onto TweetDeck.com.
- Choose which application you would like to download. I highly recommend the desktop application first and foremost.
- You must have AdobeAir to install the application.
- You’re ready to use TweetDeck.
You can adjust the settings, column views, etc. according to your preferences, change your background colors, add your Facebook account, and more. Perhaps there are several blog posts to come.
How do you use TweetDeck? What’s your favorite Twitter application?
by | Faith Lived Out, Life Application
Searching for joy in your life? Feel controlled by your thoughts? Here’s the good news: Finding joy is possible and you DON’T have to be under the constant riducule of your negative thoughts.
Tommy Newberry, author of The 4:8 Principle, says “Your potential for joy is limited only by your level of commitment to think joyful thoughts most of the time.” He gently reminds us that “we are what we think we are.”
With that said, let me ask you a question. Are you ready to change your thought life?
Allow me to introduce The 4:8 Principle Bible Study. My sweet friend, Jennifer White, and myself have both experienced the freedom of changing our thought lives and taking the advantage of the gift of joy God has so graciously given us. Now we want to share with you.
Join us Monday, June 6, as we kick off this life-changing Facebook study.
Here’s what you need to do:
- Join the Facebook group here
- Purchase your copy of The 4:8 Principle book here (I’ve attached the link to Amazon)
- Add the Bible Study button to your blog or website and share with others.
We’re looking forward to sharing God’s joy with you!
by | Life Application
I was recently slapped between the eyes by a powerful statement from Jon Acuff, author of the new book, Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job, and member of the Dave Ramsey team.
“Never compare your beginning to someone else’s middle.”
Wow! I was instantly asking myself, do I compare? What? I do!
I’m not in denial to the fact that I’m still some punk kid learning the ropes of writing, speaking, blogging, etc. But I am learning that it can be hard not to compare myself to others before me doing the same things.
God has put some great women in my life from all different stages of life. I have mentors raging in ages of 40 to 60. Being around each of them teaches me so much. I was recently watching one my mentors speaking to a large group. The crowd was laughing. Her words flowed flawlessly. She barely looked at her notes. Her makeup and hair were perfect. People were eating her message up.
I found myself asking, how does she do that so well? How did she work that transition so perfectly? Will I be able to do that? I am learning that it’s okay to ask myself these questions in regards to improving the way I do things, but when I turn it into comparison, it becomes about me and not about the message Jesus is preparing me to share. Over lunch one day she reminded me that she too was in my place. “That was thirty years ago.”
Oh yes! Experience Sundi Jo. Experience. Experience. Practice. Failure. Mistakes. Experience. Okay, I think I’m getting it. My beginning can’t be compared to her middle. We’re both different. We all have to start somewhere, and that start is at the beginning.
What are your struggles in comparing to others?
by | Life Application
Branson, Missouri is known as the live entertainment capital of the world. There are theaters lining the strip of the famous Hwy. 76. You can find every type of restaurant you can think of. There’s even a chicken house with the world’s largest chicken. You see lights for miles and the life-size King Kong atop of the Hollywood Wax Museum.
What about when the lights go down at night and the entertainers go home, the restaurants close down, and the vacationers tuck themselves tightly into bed at their hotel room?
Allow me to introduce you to Jesus Was Homeless, a non-profit organization specializing in delivering and providing sack lunch “Happy Meals” to the weekly stay motels and the homeless folks that live and work in the Branson area. This is an amazing ministry changing lives one sack lunch at a time.
Jesus Was Homeless has now started a new program, called the Yellow Bike Project and they need your help. With the rising gas prices, bike project is helping hundreds of individuals to continue to get to work and back. The demand is very high and there are not enough bikes to go around.
That’s where Pepsi Refresh and you come in. The Yellow Bike Project is now part of Pepsi’s grant program. Your votes could help this amazing organization provide $25,000 worth of bikes to the Branson community. You can vote three times a day.
Also, love to drink Pepsi products? Keep your cap and enter the code. It counts for 100 votes!
Will you help spread the word and vote? Branson is a great place to be. Let’s help make it even better. Go here to vote.
Do you have a bike you would like to donate? Contact Brian & Amy Stallings for details.
