Time management is one of those tricky parts of working to deadlines. With the temptations of going on social media as prevalent as ever, using your time effectively has become even more paramount in this day.

Time management is one of those tricky parts of working to deadlines. With the constant bombardment of notifications from various social media apps and the continual lure of traditional media, it is paramount now more than ever to use your time effectively.Time management hacks are one of the best ways to help you manage your time effectively. Of course, there are quite literally thousands upon thousands of time management apps on the market. To ensure that you aren’t downloading anything extra, and adding extra layers of complexity to your life,what we’ll be focusing on is how you can utilise existing apps and features to improve your productivity.

Facebook has been shown time and time again to be the biggest drain of time and productivity for employees. The average person spends 80 minutes per day on Facebook, averaging 5 visits and 18 minutes per visit, Facebook can almost be considered the black hole of time. Time goes in, and nothing comes out.

To prevent losing any more time, delete the Facebook app on your phone. By mildly inconveniencing yourself in accessing the app, you can reduce the amount of time wasted on Facebook in a given day but up to 50%.

This might not seem like much of a hack, but turning rotation lock on will mean that many of the videos you might be watching will be limited. If you can’t utilise the full screen of your phone, your video viewing time will often be greatly shortened. In addition to this, you may even find that you will tend to text people less, and in time, may mindlessly check your phone less too.

Dropbox can be really useful in allowing you to be productive while mobile. If you find that you are often glued to your desk because all your files are stored in the one location, or only accessible via a work computer, Dropbox provides a quick and easy solution. It is of course, not completely secure, so always remember to double check with your manager that this is possible. Google Drive can also be useful, but sometimes being able to edit the document instead of a read only element can lead you down a productivity rabbit hole.

Caffeine (the app) regularly simulates keystrokes on your computer, ensuring that it never goes to sleep. If your computer never goes to sleep due to inactivity, you may often find that you are more motivated to sit in front of your desk and work. Also having your computer never go to sleep, can allow you to focus on finishing all tasks so you can shut down the computer at the end of a day, instead of just leaving work half done while your computer goes to sleep.

While there are many ways to hack your time management, using Dropbox for reading while mobile, Caffeine from stopping your computer going to sleep, deleting Facebook and other social media off your phone and minimising your video watching by turning the rotation lock on are ways that staff in our office are able to make the most out of every day.