Productivity is essential in every area of our lives, at work, at home, in school, you name it. We want to spend our time in the most optimal way possible so we get the best results for the efforts we put into our projects. Because time is very important, and we want to make the best out of the little time we have.
One of the easiest ways to achieve this, especially in this current age is to employ productivity gadgets in our day-to-day tasks. These gadgets reduce the amount of effort you need to accomplish tasks, helps you optimize your work flow, makes your tasks and projects fun to carry out, and ultimately help you get more done in as little time as possible.
Here in this article, I’ve listed 8 of these smart productivity gadgets everyone should have.
Timed Lock Box
If you really want to get things done, sometimes you need to take drastic actions to arrest things that waste your time.
We spend so much time on our phones, iPads and other devices, that we barely have enough time left to cater to the important things. What if there’s a way for you to just lock away your phone or any other time waster gadget you have for a period of time so you can use that time to do something really meaningful? Like spending time with real people instead of the virtual people in your screen.
That’s where this Timed Lock Box comes really handy. It’s a physical electronic box that allows you to use a password to lock anything you want out of your reach for a certain period of time.
So, say you don’t want your phone to distract you for the next 2 hours, you can simply lock it in the Timed Lock Box.
This particular Lock Box shown above is the MindSight Timed Lock Box. It has 3 main modes you can use to lock away any time waster you have. They’re Simple, Standard and Fortress.
The 2 modes you’d likely use most of the time are the Standard and Fortress mode. With the standard mode, you set a timed countdown for how long you want something to be locked inside the box. After the countdown completes, you can access whatever is locked inside. But you still have the option to open the box with a password if you have to open it before the countdown completes.
In the Fortress mode, the box won’t open until the countdown is complete. If you set it for 3 hours, your password won’t work until the 3 hour countdown is complete.
Smart Typewriter
I wrote an article about smart typewriters recently, which I think you’ll find really interesting if you’re really interested in boosting your productivity. If you write for a living, a smart typewriter is one of the best gadget you need to get more words on the page without external distractions damping your focus.
Unlike your laptops where you can run 1 million applications and receive 100s of notifications, smart typewriters are designed to do one thing and one thing only. They help you focus on writing and nothing more.
So, instead of grabbing your laptop and battling with the temptation to check your emails, watch YouTube, go on reddit and get lost in the millions of threads you’ll find down there, you can simply grab a smart typewriter like the Freewrite Traveler shown above, and simply focus on writing.
AI Voice Recorder and Transcriber
Taking notes was one of those things I never really liked to do when I attended lectures in school. Especially if I already have the recommended textbook the lectures are from.
But with the advancement of AI, the act of taking note in classes, lectures and meetings have also advanced significantly.
Instead of struggling to listen and take notes at the same time during a lecture or a meeting, you can simply use an AI voice recorder to record everything being said, and you can relax and pay full attention with your ears to what’s going on, knowing fully well that every spoken word from in that meeting or lecture is being captured.
Apart from capturing everything being said, current AI recorders like the Plaud shown above also have the capacity to transcribe and even summarize the recording. It’s simply astounding what this thing can do.
AI has revolutionized everything today. And note taking is not left out.
Desk Organizer
A disorganized desk is one of the topmost killers of productivity. You waste a lot of time when your desk is filled with clutter. You spend more time looking for things you need, and apart from that, the whole thing just looks unprofessional.
That’s why you should invest in a very good desk organizer. With it, you can arrange every item on your desk and have them in their own designated place. That means you spend your precious time on more important things instead of sifting through items on your desk.
Tile or Apple AirTag
If you spend unusual amount of time looking for your keys, your wallet, purse or any other belongings when you’re about to go out, then surely need a Tile or Apple Airtag. They’ll save you from all of that headache, and will surely increase your productivity.
Simply attach a Tile or Apple Airtag on each of the items you always spend time looking for. Whenever you can’t find them, you use your phone or the tile device to ring the Tile or Airtag attached. It will play a sound and you simply trace the sound to wherever it’s ringing from.
You can even attach these Tiles or Apple Airtags to your luggage when traveling, and you can use your phone to find and track their location if they ever get lost.
Adjustable standing desk
Most people don’t know it, but the truth is, desk jobs are arguably one of the most stressful jobs in the world. Sitting around all day can be very tiring and quite unhealthy if you don’t stand up and use your legs often. And all that ends up decreasing your energy and productivity.
One of the best ways to prevent that and eliminate all that sitting fatigue is to simply get an adjustable standing desk.
It’s simply a desk you can adjust its height. You can reduce the height to your chair level so you can sit while working, and you can increase the height so you stand and stretch your legs while still carrying doing your job.
An Ergonomic Chair
What’s a good desk without a very good ergonomic chair to go with it? Most people underestimate the importance of an ergonomic chair. As long as your work involves a lot of sitting, you can never make that mistake, because that chair affects your productivity in more ways than you can imagine.
A good ergonomic chair will keep you comfortable, focused and boost the amount of energy you have to put into your work.
Tourbox Elite
This gadget is exclusively for content creators. It’s called Tourbox Elite, and I think it’s one of the best productivity gadgets you can get as a content creator. If your job involves creating and editing videos or movies on software like Premier Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro and the likes, this gadget will surely be a game changer for you.
It helps you navigate your favorite editing software better and faster. Skip several steps, several clicks and several mouse scrolls, and still get the same results. It will surely save your time and increase your productivity significantly.
