Tools
What’s in my (mostly tech) toolkit?
I love hearing about the tools people use to run their lives and businesses. Assuming it isn’t just me, here are the tools I use for productivity, learning, content creation, and wellbeing.
If you’d like to know what’s in my office (mostly non-tech tools and hardware), here you go: 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: use my link to get 2 months of Todoist Pro free)
Brick (physical focus tool: use my link to get $10 off)
Forest app (gamified focus tool and mobile phone blocker)
Focus Friend (another gamified focus tool and mobile phone blocker)
Pomofocus (web-based Pomodoro timer)
Spark (personal and business email)
Arc (web browser)
💼 Business
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 my link for a free trial and 30% off your first 3 months)
Zoom (also for online calls)
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 and inspiration). Here are the tools:
Shortform (book summaries)
Audible (for audiobooks)
Readwise Reader (read it later app)
Readwise (for collecting and sharing highlights and annotations; use my link to get a month extra for free)
Snipd (podcast app: get a month of premium free using my link)
Tana (note-taking app used for content ideas, drafting, tracking reading, and much more)
✍️ Content Creation (Including Doodles)
If you’re interested in content creation, this is my current toolkit (including some hardware):
Squarespace (website)
iPad Pro (11 inch) and Apple Pencil Pro (for doodles)
Procreate app (for doodles)
Tana (content management, organisation, and idea capture)
Notion (resource sharing)
Grammarly (proofreading)
Comica Vimo S-UC (mic to plug into my iPhone and record podcasts)
Osbot Meet 2 (4K webcam)
🪴 Wellbeing
Hevy app (weightlifting routines and tracking)
Runna (running plans when training, use code RUNNA1JFFCWC for 2 weeks free)
Strava (overall activity tracking)
Hello Fresh (meal boxes, use my link for a free box)
Domestika (creative learning)
Apple Watch 10 Series 42mm (health tracking)
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: 13 December 2025