• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Simple Homeschool

Never let your schooling interrupt your education.

  • Start
    • Homeschooling 101: What to Teach and When to Teach It
    • 10 ways you’re making your homeschool day harder than it needs to be
    • 10 things every new homeschooler should know
    • How to homeschool: Links to help you get started
    • I want to homeschool, but don’t want the responsibility
    • Audiobook Deal Directory
    • Jamie’s recommendations
  • About
    • Meet Jamie
    • Meet the Contributors
    • Advertise
  • Blog
    • Most Recent Posts
    • Categories
      • curriculum
      • family time
      • field trips
      • home maintenance & management
      • inspiration
      • methods & philosophies
      • a mom’s education
      • organization
  • Books
  • Podcast
  • Quiz
  • Community
  • Search
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter
  • Start
    • Homeschooling 101: What to Teach and When to Teach It
    • 10 ways you’re making your homeschool day harder than it needs to be
    • 10 things every new homeschooler should know
    • How to homeschool: Links to help you get started
    • I want to homeschool, but don’t want the responsibility
    • Audiobook Deal Directory
    • Jamie’s recommendations
  • About
    • Meet Jamie
    • Meet the Contributors
    • Advertise
  • Blog
    • Most Recent Posts
    • Categories
      • curriculum
      • family time
      • field trips
      • home maintenance & management
      • inspiration
      • methods & philosophies
      • a mom’s education
      • organization
  • Books
  • Podcast
  • Quiz
  • Community
  • Search
  • Nav Social Menu

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Twitter

Experimenting with paperless home organization

April 25, 2015 //  by Jamie C. Martin

This post contains affiliate links, and when you purchase anything through them I earn a percentage at no extra cost to you.

Experimenting with paperless home organization
Written by Jamie Martin of Simple Homeschool and Steady Mom

This bundle sale has ended, but you can still buy Mystie’s book individually from her site!

Have you made the permanent switch from paper planners, homemaking binders, and calendars to digital ones?

I have to admit – I’m not sure I’m ready to go entirely digital.

One of the things that holds me back from making a complete switch is the time needed to research the right apps and tools and figure out how to implement them.

That’s why I was excited to read the ebook Paperless Home Organization by Mystie Winckler.

I had already read a previous ebook from Mystie about organization, so I knew I would appreciate her uplifting style of writing and practical tips.

Screen Shot 2015-04-23 at 1.42.12 PM

Is it ironic that I took handwritten notes in my journal while reading her book?! (Old habits die hard.)

I have so many gadgets these days and sometimes I feel like I don’t know what they’re all completely capable of–that I’m not using them to their fullest potential.

Mystie helped me see that it’s possible to use to my tools more effectively. And her method is simple, too.

Forget about a huge list of apps to download, she just discusses 3 FREE tools that she uses for all her digital home organization. That’s it!

I appreciated that she includes step-by-step screenshots and details, showing the specifics of how to set up your accounts:

Screen Shot 2015-04-23 at 1.27.41 PM

Other advice Mystie offers:

  • the settings to use in Gmail for maximum productivity
  • how to organize Google calendar effectively
  • how to use Evernote as a filing cabinet and make the most of its search features. I was amazed to read that even scanned-in, handwritten notes are searchable! (Mystie also shares her Evernote templates for you to just copy and paste.)
  • an entire section on using Evernote for homeschooling: keeping records, booklists, scope and sequences and more

Screen Shot 2015-04-23 at 1.32.55 PM

Even though I may not go completely digital right now, Mystie’s ebook got me thinking about steps I can take to head in that direction.

**********

If you find organization a challenge and could use a little extra help, these other resources in the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle may also appeal to you:

Screen Shot 2015-04-25 at 3.03.59 PM“Year-round homeschooling is hard to plan without a year-round specific planner!

Inside this planner you’ll find fifty+ pages of planning sheets, grading charts, calendars and more, all designed with the year-round homeschooler specifically in mind.”

Screen Shot 2015-04-25 at 3.05.02 PM“This Quick Start Guide eBook, along with the daily/weekly/monthly planners, cleaning schedules, meal planners and more are all designed with you in mind.

The goal of all of these printables is not to have to learn a whole new system but simply to help you streamline your everyday tasks. If we can do it with some cheerful colors and pretty fonts – then that’s just icing on the cake!”

 

This bundle sale has ended, but you can still buy Mystie’s book individually from her site!

It takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Category: home maintenance & management

About Jamie C. Martin

Jamie is an introverted mom of three, who loves books, tea, and people (not always in that order), and avoids answering the phone when possible. She co-founded SimpleHomeschool.net in 2010 and began IntrovertedMoms.com in 2020.

Jamie is the author of four books, including Give Your Child the World (reached #9 on Amazon's Top 100 Best Sellers list), and her latest release, Introverted Mom (an ECPA bestseller). Her work has been featured by LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow, the Washington Post, Parents, Today Parenting, and Psychology Today.

Previous Post: « Weekend homeschool links
Next Post: 10 ways you’re making your homeschool day harder than it needs to be »

Primary Sidebar

Take my new quiz:

Jamie’s “Quiet” Community:

Jamie’s bestselling books:

Copyright © 2023 Simple Homeschool · All Rights Reserved · Disclosure and Privacy Policy · Site by Design by Insight