{"id":6362,"date":"2015-10-23T05:00:53","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=6362"},"modified":"2015-10-22T15:23:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T20:23:54","slug":"this-weeks-prometheus-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2015\/10\/23\/this-weeks-prometheus-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week&#8217;s Prometheus Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/lighbulb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6365\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/lighbulb.jpg\" alt=\"Lightbulb\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/lighbulb.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/wp-content\/upLoads\/lighbulb-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Every so often, I come across something that makes a certain facet of life feel like it goes from darkness to light. Occasionally it&#8217;s something large (bordering on epiphany), but most times it&#8217;s something smaller.<\/p>\n<p>Even smaller things, though, can seem big when a certain problem is solved or a new way of looking at something presents itself.<\/p>\n<p>This week, I had one of those moments.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Problem<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When e-book readers became common, I bought a Kindle Fire. I love being able to highlight passages and make notes about what I&#8217;m reading. It comes in especially handy when reading something for research. My problem has been having research in two places.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a fan of <a href=\"https:\/\/evernote.com\/\">Evernote<\/a> &#8212; so much so that I made a page and video dedicated to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/evernote-for-writers\/\">using Evernote as a writer<\/a>. (While the content is a bit outdated, the concepts remain the same.) I keep all my writing research in Evernote. Well&#8230;<em>almost<\/em> all my research in Evernote.<\/p>\n<p>With highlighted sections and notes in my Kindle, I thought the only way to view them was on my Kindle.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>My Productivity Method<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>My productivity method is pretty simple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do the things I want to do before other things (i.e. wake up and write before my day job tasks).<\/li>\n<li>Never have a long to-do list (because I&#8217;ll feel overwhelmed and do nothing at all).<\/li>\n<li>Say &#8220;Nope!&#8221; to a lot of things so that I can focus on the things that matter most to me.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off all sounds and vibrations on my smart phone &#8212; and only interact with it when I&#8217;m ready to see what&#8217;s come in through email and other channels.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t watch much television.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Evernote, the calendar on my phone, and reminders are the only electronic devices I use. Of those, Evernote is the one most important for writing&#8230;with Kindle highlights and notes coming in second.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>And Then Along Came Prometheus<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>For quite some time, I&#8217;ve wondered if there was an easy way to get the marked information from my Kindle into Evernote. (Apparently not enough to go to Google and type &#8220;Kindle notes to Evernote, which would have showed me <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/how-to-get-your-kindle-highlights-into-evernote.html\">this Michael Hyatt blog entry from 2011<\/a> explaining the process.)<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t stumble upon the link, though&#8230;I listened to this video on Wednesday, which contains mention of the tip at the 29:10 mark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wCSU64hvtao\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Easily Pleased<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It was only a handful of days ago that I had Evernote open and my Kindle Fire at my side, looking for some specific research. The bit I looked for was on my Kindle, and I had to transfer the information into a manuscript by hand.<\/p>\n<p>Knowing that was the last time I&#8217;ll ever do that in my life made me a very happy person!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every so often, I come across something that makes a certain facet of life feel like it goes from darkness to light. Occasionally it&#8217;s something large (bordering on epiphany), but most times it&#8217;s something smaller. 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