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One of the biggest reasons for the feeling of being overworked is a lack of efficiency. This causes it to require more effort and time to accomplish things that could be done with much less friction. Here are some tools to help you improve your workflow so that you can spend more time enjoying your life.
EMAIL CONTROL
With more and more sites urging people to sign up for emails, it’s easy to end up with an overwhelming number of subscriptions. Unsubscribing from all of them can be tedious if you have to fish through all of your mail to find them. Use the site Unroll.me to have all of your subscriptions put into a neatly-ordered list, which you can then scroll through to easily find the ones you want to unsubscribe from.
LEARN THINGS QUICKLY
Blinkist, an app, is the modern “CliffsNotes” of nonfiction books. Even better, it’s an audio-book version. It will read summaries of the key points of over 2,000 books to you. The books are condensed into 15-minute capsules to make it easy for you to learn their actual lessons during short breaks in your day.
DISTRACTION CONTROL
The biggest time-wasters of the day aren’t tasks, but distractions from them. Whether you get sucked into social media, games or YouTube videos, the end result is the same: The whole day can go by without getting anything productive accomplished. Control these distractions with RescueTime, an app that monitors your device usage, gives you a report, and can temporarily block particularly distracting sites so that you can get back to more important things.
ORGANIZE YOUR THOUGHTS, LISTS, AND MORE
Sometimes, the best solution isn’t the latest invention. Instead, it’s something that is very much time-tested. Post-It notes are more versatile than any one app because they’ll hold any information that you can fit on them. Use them to jot down spontaneous ideas, shopping lists, reminder notes, and more. Their ability to be posted anywhere ensures that your notes will always be right where you need them.
When you use these and other tools to increase your efficiency, you’ll find that you have more time for yourself. Check out our apartments in Dallas for a great place to spend those extra hours. Our architecturally significant, modern apartment homes are located in the artsy, culturally diverse, historic Cedars neighborhood. Call us to learn more!