Any time I copy something, a new clipping is created in Copied and I can quickly access it when I need it.Ĭopied is a powerful ally for someone who struggles with multitasking. Copied has helped me hang onto snippets of text that I’ll need for work but don’t need to store long-term. Bookmarking: SpilloĪ lot of my work involves text, and if I don’t have a way to hang onto that text I’m definitely going to forget it. Unlike other note apps with tagging systems, Bear treats tags as folders by letting you create nested tags for more fine-tuned organization and letting your notes exist in multiple “folders” at once.įorgetfulness and disorganization are ADHD’s main weapon against my ability to get things done, and Bear is a staple in how I fight back and maintain my sanity. Rather than storing things in folders, Bear uses a unique tagging system to make your notes easy to sift through. The way Bear organizes notes has surpassed anything else I’ve seen. That’s where its second key feature comes into play. Whenever I store a note in Bear, I know it’s in safe hands. Bear’s ability to blend simplicity with power results in an interface that’s both pleasant to look at and easy to navigate. If I’m using an app on a daily basis it has to be pretty or I’ll lose interest and my unfaithful brain will jump to something more eye-catching at the cost of my productivity. Password Management: 1PasswordĮven though it’s fairly new to the scene, Bear has made its way into my daily workflow thanks to two key features: its interface and its organization system. But if you’re looking for something that can make you stick to what you’re doing free of charge, you can pair RescueTime with SelfControl, a free app that blocks access to any distracting site you put in its list.
It’s part of RescueTime’s premium tier, which will cost you $9/month and give you some other features like alerts and in-depth reports on your habits. You can take this a step further and use RescueTime’s Focus feature to block out any and all distractions that drag you from your work. As you get an idea of how far off you are from the amount of time you’d like to spend on your work, you can look at your biggest distractions and begin to adjust your habits accordingly.
That time then gets broken down into categories of productive time and non-productive time.
First, it logs how much time you spend on a given app or website. RescueTime is built to do this in two ways. When you have a world of information and distractions at your fingertips, you need a barrier between them and your work to keep you on task, especially when ADHD will do everything in its power to pull you away from what you’re doing.
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