“I'm burned out on business books,” Amanda Mashburn, a Fort Worth, Texas-based reMarkable user, 

. “They served a purpose for the season of life I was in, but my time is limited.”

Mashburn works as a knowledge management specialist in the financial services industry, but she’s also pursuing a master’s degree in information management systems — and writing a blog. That doesn’t leave a lot of time to read dense, jargon-filled business books.

Her solution: replacing full-length books with PDF summaries from Harvard Business Review. She keeps the documents on her paper tablet for distraction-free reading and annotating.

“Before reMarkable, I never had a good way of doing this digitally,” Mashburn said in an interview. “I can now store PDFs and EPUB files on the device, bring them with me wherever I go, and mark them up — all on a single device.”

Here are Mashburn’s top reasons for making reMarkable part of her workflow:

“The E Ink screen is much easier on the eyes than a traditional computer screen.

I usually work at my desk, but sometimes I want to curl up in bed or a comfy chair to read or write. The tablet surface is easier to hold and manipulate than my laptop, book, or traditional notebook. I can keep it in one hand and have a cup of tea in the other.“

‘Second, reMarkable is distraction-free’

“I love that reMarkable has no notifications, browser, Slack, or social media. I upload everything I want to read on my device from my laptop.

When I’m ready, I grab my reMarkable and focus solely on reading, writing, editing, or brainstorming. Meanwhile, I can leave all my internet-connected devices behind, allowing me to fully focus on the task.”

“I don’t lose time due to context switching. This ultimately allows me to get through my tasks more efficiently.”

“Every morning, I open the PDF for the day and log all my notes there. (A process similar to the rapid logging method described in 

). These notes include tasks, meeting notes, ideas, sketches, etc.

At the end of the day, I review my notes and file them away in my knowledge management system.

For more specific note-taking, such as for class or brainstorming, I create a notebook for the subject which I add to over time as an idea pops into my head.”

“I use tags like I would page markers in a book or notebook — to flag essential bits of information so I can quickly reference them later.”

“Don’t overthink it or try to create the perfect system on day one. Start using the device for a single use case and allow your process to evolve.

I initially began using my reMarkable to annotate tech packs for a side project I was working on. From there, I expanded its uses until it became an indispensable daily tool that goes wherever I go.”

“Because reMarkable uses E Ink, I no longer have to worry about the pesky ink stains left-handers are prone to getting.”

How I use reMarkable: Amanda Mashburn

Good morning — a brand new work week awaits.

There are meetings to attend, reports to complete, and so, so many emails to handle. Yet even during crunch time, you’re the king of Kanban, the queen of quarterly reviews, equipped with your reMarkable paper tablet and the focused workflows it enables.

From going paperless to sharing meeting notes before your colleagues have even returned to their desks, here are some of our top tips for becoming more efficient and focused at work with reMarkable.

You likely have a specific time of day when you feel your brain works best. Maybe it’s when you first sit down at your desk in the morning with a cup of coffee, or when you’re winding down in the evening and want to decompress.

Make the most of this time for your own and your colleagues’ benefit.

First, some preparations: Block the slot in your calendar as focus time. Put your computer to sleep. Silence those notifications.

In addition to tackling challenging tasks that demand your full attention, focus time is particularly useful for planning. For example, you can use the preloaded templates on your reMarkable, such as the Checklist or Dayplanner, to outline the agenda for the next few days or weeks.

You’re about to step into your regular Monday morning meeting and set the priorities for the week. How can you ensure that your team members make the most out of all the brainstorming, discussion, and planning, and emerge from the meeting with a clear idea of what to do next?

, you can keep everybody on the same page.

During the meeting, use Screen Share to instantly present on your computer what you're writing or sketching on your reMarkable. This turns your paper tablet into a powerful tool for visualizing and mapping ideas.

 to convert your handwritten meeting notes into typed text and share them with your team members. Be brief — concise meeting notes with clearly defined action items keep initiatives running and plans on track.

Stay on track with actionable meeting notes

Your reMarkable comes loaded with features that make the hassle of working with physical paper — misplaced documents, printer errors, and so on — a thing of the past, while keeping all the tactile benefits.

For getting PDF files and other documents to your paper tablet, there's 

 and the reMarkable mobile and desktop apps. You can also use Read on reMarkable for Google Chrome and Microsoft PowerPoint and Word. These plugins let you send web articles, presentations, and documents to your paper tablet, where you can annotate them by hand.

As mentioned above, you can also email files directly from your paper tablet — for example that contract you just added your signature to.

Want to add an extra level of security to your paper tablet? You can enable a passcode for your reMarkable in the settings, providing more protection for your documents than a manila folder ever did. Password-protected PDFs are also supported, so you can open, edit, and export more sensitive documents.

Find focus and achieve breakthroughs at work

Lasting habits are built by what you do every day, every week, and every month. Brick by brick, the items you check off your to-do list stack on top of one another, enabling you to reach your long-term goals.

It’s never too early — or too late — to become more organized. Your reMarkable paper tablet can help you stick to a schedule and work toward larger goals even during busy times, powered by features that create room for distraction-free thinking.

Templates create a helpful framework for your notes, making it easier to stay on top of your tasks.

Your paper tablet comes preloaded with dozens of templates, from legal notepads and graph paper to music sheets and perspective drawings. Some, like the 

 templates, were designed specifically for tracking tasks. 

The “Life/organize” tab contains templates best suited for planning.

Your monthly planner is the place to think big picture: “What do I want to accomplish this month?” 

Instead of recording tasks, use this type of planner to define and track milestones — in other words, instead of writing “Finish report”, set a more aspirational goal, such as “Spend more time on creative work with the team”.

Starting by defining a long-term goal can inform the rest of your planning process, helping you see which concrete steps you need to take on a daily and weekly basis to check the goal off the list by the end of the month.

Your weekly planner is the place to find a cadence of tasks that supports your long-term goals: “Where do I need to be at the end of the week?”

Going back to the example above, let’s say you’d like to use some time each week for ideation and brainstorming sessions with your colleagues and sparring partners. 

Using a weekly planner, you could schedule workshops for Tuesday and Friday. With those days locked in, you’re freer to plan the rest of the week around those goals.

Your daily planner is the place to get specific: “What do I need to do today?”

Daily planning is all about prioritizing. Before you go to sleep, or when you wake up, take a few minutes to write down the most important things you hope to accomplish.

You can order your tasks by importance or list them chronologically, crossing them off as you go through your day. Use the highlighter, different types of bullet points and stroke thicknesses, and illustrations to bring order to the list.

Some tasks may involve multiple steps or pop up outside of your normal daily, weekly, or monthly planning process.

A checklist can go a long way toward corralling these tasks and preventing them from slipping between the cracks. Consider adding a simple checklist to your favorites on your paper tablet, giving you a place to quickly write down to-dos — and check them off with a flourish once the work is done.

Once you’ve brought structure to your day, week, or month, why not do the same to your paper tablet?

Tags and folders on reMarkable let you create a personalized file structure, making your paper tablet easy to navigate and your documents easy to discover.

Folders and subfolders help create structure on your reMarkable paper tablet. Consider creating a separate folder just for your planners.

When it comes to tags, try to reuse tags you’re already using across other types of content, for example meeting notes, Quick sheets, web articles you’ve sent to your reMarkable, and more.

A “Workshop” tag, in other words, could cover more than just your planners. It could also include a longlist of ideas or PDFs with inspiration for future creative work.


Reach your goals with planners

Step-by-step walkthroughs of how to set up and get started with reMarkable.

Learn the basics

Quick tips to keep your paper tablet uncluttered and distraction-free.

Get organized

How-tos that help you build a foundation for focused work.

Stay in control

Guides on how to become more efficient and productive.

Improve your workflow

Advanced techniques that inspire you to become a better thinker.

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