(Just imagine all that precious personal information!) I used to have a very bad habit of not using incredibly unique (read: challenging) passwords. When LastPass came into my life, I swear the heavens sang its praises, and a giant rainbow appeared over the whole planet.īit of an exaggeration, but that’s just how much I love this app. Related: This is why you’re not making any progress on your tasks (that’s not social media) The app trains my brain, as if it were saying, “Hey, you’re doing this one thing for the next few minutes, again and again until you finish.” And, before I know it, I’m done with the task! I use Be Focused when I find myself multitasking or even overanalyzing every little thing I have do. But here’s the thing: sometimes I have so much to do all at once that it gets hard to focus. Why I Use a Pomodoro Timer to Keep Productive: I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t use the Pomodoro technique with every task I have to do. It’s in how you use them that makes you more productive. After all, these apps for productivity are just tools. I personally just stick to generic task names like “Writing” or “Researching,” but you can name the task according to a project or however you like. Then you keep repeating those sprints until you’ll all done with the task. After your first sprint, the app prompts you to take a quick break. Say, “Research Work.” And then you do short sprints of the task (25 minutes is a good start). To use it, you set a name for all the things you have to do. (If not, you can read all about it here.) And BeFocused is just one of the many apps that lets you apply that productivity technique.

You might have heard of the Pomodoro technique developed Francesco Cirillo. One of the coolest apps I’ve used is Be Focused.

When I think of apps for productivity, I think of apps that let me do my work better.

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