Simplify Your Life Without Notion, Apple Notes, Google Docs, Evernote, and Paper
by Parker · 30 things on Twos
- There are many benefits to writing things down. It helps you plan, think clearly, and remember things.
- There are also many options for where to write things down. Notion, Google Docs, Evernote, and paper can help, but there is a simpler and more powerful solution.
- What is Simpler?
- Twos is an app and website to simply remember *things*.
- Twos is built to quickly write *things* down. Forget Notion pages, Google Docs, and losing paper.
- Twos helps keep your *things* organized in a simple system of days, lists, & *things*.
- How We Got Here
- In college, I used Apple Notes to remember random information, Google Docs to journal and write essays, Evernote for class notes, and paper to study.
- I have used shared Notion pages and also listened to friends express the challenge and time commitment to set up and maintain information in Notion.
- How it Went
- I found them inefficient.
- Apple Notes was a mix of important and unimportant information leading me to not write many things down because I was uncertain if I would find it later.
- Evernote was slow and notes were hard to find when I wanted to apply what I had learned.
- Google Docs was also slow to load and it was hard to find syllabuses.
- Lastly, paper and notebooks were quick and easy, but information was hard to find and I no longer have them :(.
- What Changed?
- In 2015, I interned at Qualcomm and my manager suggested I write down what I accomplish for interviews in a year, five years, or 50 years.
- I loved his advice and began writing down much more than what I was learning and achieving. I wrote down my goals, thoughts, experiences, and notes.
- I found remembering things felt good and I never knew what I’d forget or what I’d want to remember.
- That summer, I had an idea to create an application to quickly capture any *thing* you wanted to remember and would stay organized for life.
- I began building Twos (www.TwosApp.com), an app and website to simply remember *things*.
- How I Use Twos Today
- For the past 6 years, I have used Twos every day. Whenever I think of something I want to remember, I write it in Twos.
- For thoughts, ideas, *things* I need to do, reminders (Twos uses artificial intelligence to easily set reminders), memories with my family... I quickly capture these *things*.
- Twos helps me plan my days, set goals, journal more, remember meetings, remember *things* that matter to my friends and family... truly any*thing* I want to remember.
- Having one quick and easy-to-use place for all types of *things* makes my life much simpler and I never worry about forgetting *things*.
- How You Can UseTwos
- Twos is available for free on iOS, Android, and on your computer at www.TwosApp.com
- My hope is that you will discover all of the benefits of having one quick and simple place to write *things* you want to remember.
- Thank you for reading and Happy Twosday