Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post; any tools or materials I mention are just personal preferences.
Checklists! I love them. How about you?
I remember growing up and seeing my dad write lists: one for bills to pay, one for the supermarket, he is a list-man : )
It was a natural consequence that I would become a list-maker too. I mostly do my lists on lined Post-It notes - I have one colour for my PhD, one for my main job, one for my private lessons, another for private issues.
Lately though and because I work on my computer a huge part of the day, I need easy access to my lists and if I do not have them near, I need to get them. Yesterday, I had to create a list of urgent things to tackle this weekend, so I thought I would explore digital lists. I tried Notion in the past but I found it a bit too complicated - however, I know a lot of people who use it. I needed something simple, so I found Google Keep.
It is free, it is so easy to use - you can make lists and add checkboxes if you like. The good thing is that with the checkboxes, once you actually check the box when you have finished a task, it runs a line through the accomplished task. I love that because I also draw a line through accomplished tasks on paper as well. I don’t like it when I only check the box and can still see the task.
If you use a special method or tool, I would love it if you could take the time to let us know in the comments!
The Saturday Scholar
Today’s Scholar is… David Britain! What a great linguist and person - I have been fortunate enough to have him as a guest on my podcast - I could have let him speak him for hours! He teaches and does research at the beautiful University of Bern.
David Britain studied Linguistics, French and German at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England (1983-87), before beginning a UK ESRC-sponsored PhD in sociolinguistics at the University of Essex in Colchester, England for which he investigated the linguistic consequences of dialect contact in the reclaimed Fenland of East Anglia. In 1991 he began a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Department of Linguistics (now School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies) of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand (bio from his page on the official University of Bern website).
You can listen to the podcast below:
The Music Highlight
Today’s music highlight is a fantastic singer and a sing that always makes my day whenever I hear it - enjoy the beautiful voice of Des’ree!