Best Productivity Support Apps [#Application]

MR JIM : Work life balance is perhaps one of the jargons that millennial workers glorify the most today. The balance between the duration and workload with other lives such as social life and doing hobbies in general is the main goal of work life balance . Perhaps in the next few years, the type of work that is flexible and does not demand all the time of a worker will be the most sought-after job target, and companies will try to accommodate this demand by changing the work culture in their company or organization.

There are several main factors that can affect your productivity, such as focus, a calm mind, your schedule of activities, to the state of your mental health. However, what often happens is that productivity support applications on the market actually waste your time and become a burden to your productivity. But you don't need to worry because we have curated some useful apps for you.

There are several advantages of using applications to support your productivity, including: making your daily work more efficient, notifying you if you are late for something, making a good to do list and schedule, and so on. If you are currently still unable to live a balanced life between your work and your life – for reasons of work and productivity goals, maybe you can take advantage of several applications that can support and increase your productivity below:

• Apps to Maintain Focus

dewo

Dewo is an AI-based application that will help you to find out your productivity patterns and provide suggestions to make you work smarter. This application can also change the mode to “Do Not Disturb” when you are entering your focus phase so you are not easily distracted by other things. This application can also manage your meeting schedule to suit your level of focus so that your meetings become more efficient. Although this application is still in beta stage, the features presented are very promising.

StayFocusd

Stayfocusd is here as an extension in Google Chrome that functions to increase your concentration by reducing distractions and limiting the duration of time you spend browsing certain websites or applications. This application can be very useful especially for those of you who are addicted to social media and can't stop stealing time browsing the Facebook or Instagram sites in between your work time.

• Apps to Calm Your Mind

Headspace

This app helps you to calm your mind through easy-to-learn mind “sports” and meditation. The way this app works is to get rid of unnecessary thoughts and reduce stress.

• Apps for Custom Notifications

Pushbullet

The main purpose of this app is to create custom notifications that will help you stay productive. Most of the time, you get a lot of unnecessary notifications on your device. By filtering notifications to only the important ones, you can stop wasting time looking at unimportant notifications and can focus on those that need your attention. The advantage of this application is that it can be connected to several of your devices at once.

• To Do List App

Todoist

Unlike the apps or to do list menus built into your device, Todoist allows you to be able to categorize your to do list into subcategories, people (contacts), or by time. So, you can see a more concise overview of your to do list. This app is available for Android/iOS, web app, and Google Chrome extension.

• Integrated Scanner App

Scanbot

If you often need to retype references that you find in online articles or books, it will take a lot of time. With the Scanbot application, you can automatically convert the captured or screenshot results into word form. Not only digital writing, but also handwriting can be detected and converted to digital, thanks to the AI support of this application. Very handy if you want to change your handwritten notes in a book to upload to a manual in the Microsoft word application, for example.

• Applications for Mental Health Support

Wysa

Although it is not an official application for mental health services, this application is an application that is quite capable in the field of mental health, with features that can help more than 50 mental health problems. This app uses an AI chatbot feature that can serve your conversations and provide exercise-kits to help you deal with them. You also don't need to worry because this application is made based on proven therapeutic methods. Wysa will help you deal with your problems with various techniques such as meditation, conversation and diary writing.

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