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How to recover from burnout: 5 survivors share their stories, struggles, and strategies

To truly understand how to recover from burnout we put a call out for people to share their stories of experiencing and overcoming burnout: what led them to it, how they dealt with it (or didn’t), and what they wished they knew earlier. Read »

Workplace Productivity

How to set boundaries around work email with your signature, out-of-office message, and more

The problem isn’t just that we’re receiving more emails than ever (even though we are). It’s that we feed the beast by answering every email, checking our inboxes at all hours, and not setting expectations and boundaries around our email time. Read »

Workplace Productivity

Master these 5 productivity fundamentals before you try another tip, tool, or hack

The world loves productivity hacks, tricks, and tools. But if you want to truly work smarter, you need to nail these productivity fundamentals first.Read »

Workplace Productivity

The Progress Principle: What to do when you’re feeling unmotivated and uninspired at work

Almost everyone struggles with feeling unmotivated and uninspired from time to time. Yet while those feelings are normal, they can become a serious distraction if they linger or intensify.Read »

Self Tracking

How to do a personal annual review with RescueTime in 3 easy steps [Updated for 2019]

It’s the end of the year. And on top of finishing work projects, planning for the holidays, and enjoying a bit of year-end cheer, you’ve got a bunch of RescueTime logs in front of you! So what can you do with them? How about a personal annual review.Read »

Workplace Productivity

How much would you pay for productivity? How to increase the value of your time 5–10X

An hour spent on the right things is worth multiples more in the long-term. Yet, most of us forget this and instead focus on what’s right in front of us. So how do you squeeze more value out of the hours you have at work each day?Read »

Feature Updates

What’s new in RescueTime: More power, faster reporting, and a year’s worth of new features!

2019 has been one of the biggest years for new features and major changes at RescueTime. In case you missed any, here’s the big list of what we’ve been up to in the last few months.Read »

Time Management

50 Inspirational (and actionable) time management quotes

To get inspired to make the most of your daily 24 hours, here are some powerful time management quotes from history’s most productive people.Read »

Guest Posts

How RescueTime saved my copywriting business (and ruined my breakfast)

When I first transitioned into copywriting full-time I knew there would be challenges ahead. What I didn’t know was that the biggest challenges would come from my own bad habits. Read »

Feature Updates

Introducing The RescueTime Productivity Challenge: In-depth training to supercharge your productivity every day

We’re excited to announce The RescueTime Productivity Challenge—our first-ever, hands-on training designed to take you from overwhelmed and busy to truly productive every single day! Read »