Tech Tools

What’s in my tech toolkit?

I love hearing about the digital tools people use to run their lives. Assuming it isn’t just me, here are the tools I use for productivity, learning, content creation, and wellbeing.

If you’re curious about some of the non-digital tools in my home office, there’s a list here: Office.

🗓️ Productivity

These are the tools I use to get things done: 

  • Morgen (calendar and time-blocking app – use the discount code martine10 for a 10% discount

  • Tana (quick capture and note-taking)

  • Todoist (task manager)

  • Forest app (gamified focus tool and mobile phone blocker)

  • Pomofocus (web-based Pomodoro timer)

  • Spark (personal and business email – I use Outlook for work)

  • Arc (web browser)

💼 Business (Including Training Delivery)

These are the tools I use to run my business (some of these will be covered below in content creation):

  • Butter (for online calls and training delivery, use this link for a free trial and 30% off your first 3 months)

  • Mentimeter (for polls and interaction at in-person training)

  • Wave (invoicing)

  • BreezeDoc (contract signing)

  • Starling (business bank account)

  • Hayes Creatives spreadsheets (templates for Google Sheets; I use them for personal and business finances)

  • Kit (email newsletter)

🧠 Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)

My PKM toolkit encompasses everything I use to consume content (for learning purposes). Here are the tools: 

✍️ Content Creation (Including Doodles)

If you’re interested in content creation, this is my current toolkit:

🪴 Wellbeing

By the Way…

Some of the links I have shared in this post are affiliate links, which means I get a small commission if you purchase anything via my link (it often means I have secured a discount for you as part of the deal, too). Please be assured that I only share affiliate links for tools I have used and recommended.

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Last updated: 17 May 2025

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