Increase Your Productivity with a System (and Sleep!)

Use Insightly Tasks with a Productivity System

On the Insightly Tasks tab, your tasks are grouped by due date in sections like Overdue, Today, This Week, or Next Week. Within those sections, tasks are sorted in descending order of priority (High, Normal, and Low), then in ascending order by due date. Also, you can use the Category and View selections above the task list to filter by those options. Insightly tasks that include due dates also appear on your Insightly calendar, which you can sync to Google Calendar and Exchange Calendar with a paid Insightly plan.

Understanding how Insightly tasks work, you can get creative and use them to manage your goals through your favorite productivity system. Some possibilities include:

• Don’t Break the Chain – Use Insightly’s calendar and completed tasks to monitor your chain of tasks and progress toward goals.
• Pomodoro – Create a Pomodoro category and use Insightly tasks to mark out your 25-minute work periods and breaks as you complete them.
• Getting Things Done – Use Insightly tasks to capture all the to-do’s and projects at hand. As you review the list, delete, take action, or organize the tasks. Use this list for your weekly review.
• 7 Habits of Highly Effective People – Rank your urgent and non-urgent tasks on the Tasks tab with due dates and your important vs. non-important items with task priorities.

These are just a few examples of how Insightly can help you implement a system to boost your productivity.

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Your #1 Task: Get Enough Sleep

Signs that you’re not getting enough sleep include moodiness and drowsiness—and your face can start showing the effects, too. Since there are negative health effects from lack of sleep, make getting enough of it a priority. Exercising during the day makes a difference, and sticking to a sleep schedule in a properly prepared room are among the many changes that will help. If you feel like you’re too stressed or have too much to do to get to sleep at a decent hour, you’re fooling yourself: With more sleep, you’ll feel less stress and get more done during the day.