Chief Optimist - Workflow Issue

“So much to do, so little time,” says nearly everyone. If you can’t add an extra hour to the day, try to save time throughout it.

By automating tedious yet essential tasks, you can recover valuable minutes. Here are a few tools and apps to make your everyday activities more efficient.

Yes, you can automate waking up every
morning. How? Smartphone sleep apps
can track your movements throughout the
night, and then wake you up at the optimal
time in your sleep cycle—all to help
you avoid hitting snooze seven
times. For iPhone users,
download Sleep Cycle
and for Android users,
download Sleep
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You’re always meeting new people,
especially at different conferences and
boards you may be on. Instead
of manually entering your new
contacts’ information, just
scan their business cards
with the ABBYY Business
Card Reader. The other
upside—no more
stacks of 3.5 x 2 inch
paper collecting on
your desk. A spell-checker can miss a number of
errors, and going through documents
with a fine-tooth comb is time consuming.
That’s where Grammarly.com comes in.
By uploading documents to the site or
downloading the browser extension,
the tool will correct grammatical
errors and catch contextual
spelling mistakes and poor
vocabulary usage.

You might think it’s easier just to take the same route to and from work every day, even if that means sitting in traffic. What if mixing up your route-ine could mean saving a few minutes?

Try out Waze. Once you put in your destination, it takes into account traffic, construction zones and other factors that might slow you down to take you on the fastest route to where you’re going.

Imagine a tool that plans your meals and
takes into account a special diet you’re on
or any allergies you may have. That’s what
MealMixer.com does. It plans your
meals for the week, then sends
you easy recipes and the
grocery list of ingredients.
Speaking of a grocery
list—see if any grocery
stores in your area
offer a delivery
service to save
even more time. COOKING
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