The Ivy Lee method is a 100-year-old strategy for helping people become more productive at work. Under the method, at the end of each night you write down your six most important tasks to accomplish the following day in order of importance. The next day, you begin working on the tasks one at a time.The strategy works because it reduces "decision fatigue," saves you time, and forces you to prioritise your goals.

In today's fast-paced world, staying on top of your daily to-dos is no easy feat. While tools like Google Calendar and Drive help organise your workload, having your tasks spread across multiple apps tends to make things slip through the cracks. That's where Moo.do Premium comes into play.

We all know that one coworker who lets really important emails slip through the cracks — don't be that person! With a lifetime plan to Mailbird Pro, you can keep tabs on all your correspondence across email, messengers, and product management apps all in one central interface.

I recently asked you all how you keep your home in a liveable, not-too-messy state, and you responded with all sorts of great tips, most of which I plan to implement myself.

We all have goals. Some might be career orientated, others may involve learning a new hobby or reigniting an old one.

It can sometimes be hard to achieve them. Maybe you're too busy ("Down time? What's that?") or find it difficult to get started. Perhaps motivation becomes a problem after you get started.

The excuses stop now -- you can find time if you really want something to happen. And we're here to help.

You probably have some tasks you do on the weekend to get ready for the week ahead, which can make your time off less enjoyable. Pack those tasks into a "power hour" on Sundays so you can make the most of your weekend and still have a smooth start to your work week.

In a world full of distractions, it’s tough to stay organised and productive. Fortunately, Pagico 8 Task Manager is here to keep you on track. This one-stop app turns all your tasks into streamlined flowcharts, bringing order to all the chaos.

Meal planning is a great way to de-stress your week and save some money, but it's a good idea to plan a meal or two to skip too. Just like with a diet or other long-term goal, it's good to give yourself a cheat day so your motivation doesn't wane.

Android: Android's open nature is brilliant, but some things can't be tweaked without rooting or installing Xposed. One of those elements was the navigation bar of Home, Back and Recents button, but Navbar Apps just changed that.

Sunrise, one of the best cross-platform calendar apps, finally shut down on August 31. If you're looking for a replacement, our friends at Zapier put together a cheat sheet to make the transition easy for you.

It's easy to throw everything in your kitchen or desk drawers drawers to get them out of sight, but that doesn't take care of the clutter. These DIY organisers will fix the clutter, keep everything easy to reach and they're easy to build to fit any desk or drawer you have.

Earlier this year, Trello introduced premium third-party integrations called power-ups with the likes of GitHub, Slack and Evernote. Today, those power-ups are not available to free users of the service.

If you have the flexibility in your schedule to do it, start your day with something creative and inspiring. Maybe it's that novel or short story you've been working on, or a painting, or a craft project. Whatever it is, if you can, give it your first hour. It's uninterrupted time, and a good start to the day.

Android: It's been a while since we checked in on Tasks, an open source clone of the gone-but-not-forgotten Astrid to-do app. Tasks has come a long way, too, and is even more powerful than ever -- and still free for everyone to download and use.

Boredom, daydreaming and idle time are all important for creativity and motivation, as well as your mental health. This video reinforces the idea, pointing out that while none of us will ever be lauded for staring out of the window, it's exactly what more of us need to do to stay happy, healthy and inspired.

We've established that Tuesdays are the most productive day of the week, so it makes sense that a meeting on Tuesday would be best for a productive, useful meeting. And right after lunch is the best time. Tuesdays, 2:30PM local time, is your ideal time, based on a survey that collected over two million responses.

Decluttering is hard. If it weren't, we'd all be perfectly organised, with all the space we need -- but one thing that stops many of us is the worry that if we sell, trash or donate an item, we may need it someday. Over at Unclutterer, they suggest when we run up against that wall, we ask ourselves a simple question.

iOS: There are countless notes apps available for your iPhone, but Better Notes has a neat little gimmick that makes it worth a look. Instead of dealing with tags or folders for organisation, it allows you to make Twitter-like hashtags that are easy to search through.

Video: Got a lot of tools and other miscellaneous items in your garage? Here's a super simple and inexpensive organiser for decluttering that space.