We all want to do more in the limited time we have. Delays, distractions and a large number of other obstacles must be scaled up and overcome daily to complete the tasks they intend to perform.
There are many productivity tools we have covered before (such as the Pomodoro Technique ), but the best ones are those that are directly linked to your browser.
Google Chrome extensions give you the ability
to fully customize your browsing experience,
but they can also be used to
keep you focused and help you do more.
These are our best choices.
Chrome extensions that help you become a productivity machine.
1. Boost
Momentum changes its homepage from the soft generic Google search bar (and who needs it when you can search the URL?) Instead, you receive it with one of the hundreds of possible images taken from Unplash and other sites, a Proverb Motivational or quote at the bottom, outside temperature and a to-do list.
You can even customize Momentum more through the configuration menu. Mantras can be configured to be displayed instead of the usual "Good morning/afternoon/evening" and you can even enable and disable productivity settings during certain periods.
You can click on the temperature in the upper right corner to get a breakdown of the forecast for next week. Momentum turns your homepage into a command center from which you can control all day. It is perfect for advanced Google Docs users.
2. Pocket
One of the biggest distractions is a large amount of interesting content on the web. Pocket helps you control the need to review something you see while researching without opening a new tab or reading it at the moment.
Simply click on the link and choose to save it in Pocket, tap the icon in the toolbar or press the keyboard shortcut to save an item.
You can always come back to it later and read it when you have finished the task in question.
Best of all, Pocket will learn from the articles it saves and makes recommendations that it could enjoy based on its reading history.
3. RescueTime
RescueTime is an extension that controls the sites you visit and classifies them according to whether they are productive or not.
For example, Facebook could get a 0, while a site like Wikipedia can get a 7 (because we all know that Wikipedia can be a meaningless rabbit hole).
At the end of the day and/or at the end of the week, RescueTime reports on how productive it has been and compares it with how productive it was in the past.
While this tool may not help you strictly
stay productive, it will help you learn where to waste time and keep yourself.
You are aware of your browsing habits. Use it and learn the sites that become.
time, and then use a tool to block those
sites during daylight hours you
are supposed to work
4. Last pass
Password security is more important than ever in today's world, but the inconvenience is to remember all those long and complex passwords. The last pass simplifies that process by reducing your password requirements to a single master password.
From that moment, LastPass will track and store all your passwords within the extension. What is even more impressive is that it is not linked to a single platform.
There is a Chrome extension that is a great place to start, but LastPass can work on all devices and browsers.
You can even use LastPass to generate incredibly complex passwords that are almost immune to brute force attacks.
You won't even know what the passwords are. LastPass uses AES-256 bit encryption.
In simple terms, this means that the password goes through different security rounds of 14 before entering it.
If you have trouble keeping your passwords in your head and never remember which one goes to each site, use LastPass.
5. Todoist
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of pending tasks.
List of applications on the web and most of them are perfectly fine.
If you are looking for barebones crawls,
you can use any old list or even a piece.
Or a paper that you keep next to your computer. But if you are looking for much more.
The depth and advanced control, Todoist is the place to go.
Todoist allows you to schedule tasks in advance so you don't waste your time in the morning making a list of what you need to do that day. You can also divide the projects into different categories.
The default categories are Personal, Purchases, Work, errands and Movies to watch, but you can create more if none of them fit your needs.
You can also assign work to yourself, to
Others, and label it by different priorities.
You can even set up a task to take
place every day.
For example, if you are a writer who needs to write a blog post
Every day, you can create a task and schedule it to happen again of the week.
It will be on your to-do list without further comments from you.
Using chrome
The best part of Chrome extensions is that the vast majority of them are completely free.
Some of those on this list (like Todoist and LastPass) have premium options, but you don't have to spend a penny to take advantage of the extension's functionality.
If you want to be more productive and have better control of your browsing experience, try some of these extensions and see how they work for you.
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