Productivity Tools for Moms Who Work At Home

 

When you’re a work-from-home mom, staying focused and productive can be difficult. The key is to set yourself manageable goals. To support your working week, there are several productivity tools you can try. All of these can help you to get organized, and manage your remote working schedule.

1 . Serene

Serene combines a range of different productivity features in one single tool. With Serene you can choose to block distracting sites, making it easier to stay focused. The app allows you to:

• Create to-do lists
• Set goals, and
• Plan out your workday.

Serene offers many different ‘focus music’ tracks, helping you to stay on task. The app guides users to work for 20-90 mins, and strive for high levels of productivity. These are called ‘power sessions’, and are followed by short breaks to recharge, similar to the Pomodoro Technique. The concept involves not spending ages on one task, and therefore remaining alert and energized.

2. Teamwork Projects

Teamwork Projects is a fantastic tool to manage your projects and stick to deadlines. Key features are reports, task management, milestones, and Gannt charts.

The platform includes a ‘teamwork desk’ tool, where you can boost productivity, measure traffic, and manage communications.

Teamwork Projects allows you to

• Create budgets
• Manage documents
• Access project templates, and
• Set priorities.

3. Evernote

Evernote is a nifty note-taking app, streamlining the process of getting organized. With Evernote, you can manage tasks, store ideas, and create to-do-lists. The app allows you to save receipts, photos, and audio too. You can also store itineraries, and make annotations with ease. It’s simple to sync with all your devices, to check your notes while you’re on-the-go. I've been using Evernote for several years.

4 . Toggl 

To stay organized throughout your working week Toggl is the application you need. With this app, you can see exactly how long you spend on every task, and use this data to improve your schedule. The tool allows you to keep on top of your projects, with handy bar graphs and pie charts. It’s simple to use the app along with tools such as Freshbooks and Basecamp. Some of the handiest features are time tracking, reports, break-downs of each task, and the ability to work offline.

5. TickTick

TickTick is an effective task manager and to-do list.

Using this app you can

• Create the perfect schedule
• Manage your time
• Remain focused
• Set reminders for deadlines, and
• Organize your work from home life.

Whether it’s setting goals, capturing ideas, or accomplishing work, TickTick can help you to get more done. You can track your habits, assess your projects, and collaborate with colleagues. Further features of TickTick include voice input, alarms, and productivity charts. For further support, check out Productivity tips for mompreneurs.

Saving yourself time

Working from home is all about remaining productive, whether you’re a working professional, or you run your own business. When you’re managing a remote operation ensure that you get yourself mailbox access online. A virtual mailbox is the easiest way to organize your mail, and save yourself time. When you’re working remotely, it’s all about time-saving hacks that help you to stay organized!

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About me: Hey there! My name is Shauna Klippel. I have a wonderful husband and together we have seven children. While I love things like, vintage fashion, keeping organized and exercising, what I love even more is dedicating myself to this family we have created. Helping my children to be happy and successful in their lives is number one on the list for me right now. Together, my husband and I work hard to instill a good work ethic, love and spirituality in our children's lives and in our own lives as well. Part of what makes life busy is homeschool, frequent travels to San Francisco, and regular old household work that has to be done in order for our home to run happily and efficiently. And this is the life that I love the most! Check out my blog at klippel.blogspot.com.

Here I will share with you, tried and true tips and the belief I have behind having children do consistent "work" in their homes. 

Like most of us, as parents we are always looking for opportunities for our children to work. We want our children to be productive people. Gone are the days where we work from sun up to sun down, performing hard tasks that could actually be described as labor. Except for some, this just isn't our reality anymore. So, while manual labor may not be on the back porch, we can expect our children to do major household tasks such as laundry. And this is just what we've done. We've taught our children to do their own laundry from a young age and they are expected to do it weekly. Keep in mind that these tips are tried and true. And, I'm not going to share anything that's rocket science, really. Read on to find out how I get my kids to do their own laundry...it's really quite simple. 

Shauna's Four Oldest Kids

AGE 5:  

First off,