Staying organized and productive at work during the holiday season sometimes seems impossible. A lot of people shop, travel, cook, host parties, wrap presents, bake cookies — the list goes on. So how are we supposed to accomplish all of those things and stay focused during our 40 hour work week? Here a few tools that can help.
Todoist
This task organizer is available on many platforms and has a clean, simple interface. You can organize your projects, make deadlines and set reminders to meet those deadlines. The tool also supports collaboration so you can share your tasks and projects with coworkers, friends and family.
Pros
- User friendly interface
- Location-based reminders
- Offline functionality
- Available on any device
- Reasonable Premium Price ($29/year)
Con
- Some important features only offered to Premium accounts
Bufferapp
Schedule out all of your social media posts for when you’ll be out of the office during the holidays. Bufferapp is a free tool that makes it easier to manage multiple social media accounts. Bufferapp supports Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest.
Pros
- Allows you to schedule tweets
- User friendly Chrome extensions
- Allows scheduled tweets with Twitter images
- Free
Con
- Allows only one account in free version
StayFocusd
This extension for Google Chrome helps you stay focused on work by restricting the time you can spend on time-wasting websites. Stayfocusd sets timers on the sites you know are addictive, then blocks them when time’s up (aka limited time holiday shopping at work).
Pros
- Customizable settings for blocking time-wasting sites
- Create specific time limits
- Free
Con
- Can only be used in Google Chrome
Momentum
This Chrome tab extension provides you with an inspirational background, a to-do list and a single focus item of the day. You can also add link widgets to quickly navigate to pages of your choice. It’s easy to stay on track when you are reminded of your to-do list every time you open a new tab!
Pros
- Easy to use, fast-loading and great user interface
- Rotating background images
- Daily inspiring and motivational quote
- Free
Cons
- Only works on Chrome
- Does not show the date
Unroll.me
Sick of filtering through holiday sale spam? Clean up your inbox and consolidate all your subscription emails and newsletters to one area. This is a free email service that supports Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo! Mail, iCloud email and more. You can choose to unsubscribe from multiple emails with just one click.
Pros
- Several email platforms supported
- Unsubscribe with just one click
- Good customization
- Free
Con
- Only supports one email account at a time
More Productivity at Work = More Free Time at Home
Is it okay to take a break every once in awhile? Of course, but these productivity tools will also help you spend your time at work doing work-related tasks, and it leaves more time for you to spend with your family during the holiday season.
Are there any tools we’re missing? Comment below and let us know!
