Where did I file that?

Between computer folders, manila folders, multiple inboxes, stacks around the office, etc., trying to find something can be agonizing. The task has been simplified by putting everything in Evernote. While not everything is best kept in Evernote (more on that later), Evernote can serve as an index to everything. For instance, there are some documents that I am collaborating on with other colleagues. I have chosen Google Drive as the best place for those documents. However, since I may forget which documents were in “collaboration” mode, I put a link to the document in Evernote. That allows me to always start in Evernote to find something, even those things that are not stored in Evernote.