Blog — Holiday Planning and Organization
Tips for Managing the Holiday Season
The Holidays don’t have to be chaotic, take a look at our tips for managing the holiday season.
Be More Productive in the New Year with these Five Apps
There are many digital apps to choose from to help us manage our schedules, plans, and tasks, but how do you filter through all of them and find one that works? We reviewed some of the top apps for helping productivity, listed below. All of the apps are also compatible with our Time Timer app ® (more on that later).
These 5 Planners Work for Work: Try Them in the New Year
If you’re looking for a planner that primarily covers your work day, look no further. We reached out to various professionals and asked them what they use to be most productive, and we’re sharing our findings with you. No more excuses. Make the new year your year for productivity and time management!
Looking for a Life Planner in 2018? Make Sure it Has these Five Essentials
The new year is almost here, and that means it’s time for an updated planner. I live and die by my Google Calendar; in fact, right out of college I moved straight to a Palm Pilot device (it was like an electronic planner that synched with Outlook), and I was smug when a colleague lost her planner and she lost all track of her meetings and appointments.
But the reality is, there’s something about writing down goals, appointments and tasks that helps me filter and prioritize. The essentials will always live on Google, but my planner is the go-to source.
Organize Your Holidays in 20 Minutes or Less
Everyone has their method for getting organized in the holiday season, and many of you might already be finished. For the rest of us, I’d like to offer a hack.
Over the next2 weeks, you might find yourself with just 20 minutes—before the bus arrives, before you need to go to sleep, before work. Instead of spending the time checking social media or just thinking about being busy, set a Time Timer ® for 20 minutes or less, and try one of these organizing activities.
Over the River and Through the Woods Without Losing Your Sanity
Any other time of year, you’d be spending a lot of time organizing a family trip out of town. At the holidays, however, the travel part can be an afterthought.I put together some of my favorite travel tips to make things easier this year so you can have more jolly and less worry.
1. Time Timer ® Watch Plus: No sense burying the lead here. The Watch Plus is the answer to your “Are we there yet” misery. Use the timer function and plug in how much time is left in the trip (add a 10-minute cushion), and hand over your watch. Even though I work for Time Timer, I only recently thought of this one. Sure, the Time Timer is on the tablet and phone, but kids might switch those, and I’m certainly not giving up my phone on the trip. (I’m not driving!) I give it to my impatient child, and voila! It was amazing. He felt in total control of the time remaining on the trip.
A Time Timer for Every Family Member
Our Friends and Family sale is here! To celebrate, we’ve got Time Timer ® gift ideas for every member of your family.Dad
The Time Timer MOD ® Sprint Edition is recognized by the innovation experts at Google Ventures as their secret weapon for productive brainstorming and meetings. We created the Time Timer MOD Sprint Edition to complement Sprint, the book by Google Ventures’ Jake Knapp, which features the Time Timer. Each MOD Sprint Edition comes with a handy Quick Start Guide that highlights the key principles of a "design sprint" framework as developed by Google teams across the industry.
Holidaze? Keep Calm and Plan
Both fall and winter bring much anticipation and energy around various holidays. So many of us find ourselves busy with endless tasks of decorating, cooking, baking, events, gift wrapping, sending cards, parties...the list is endless. Much of these activities are happening right in the middle of the busy life that you already have!