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  • Time confetti: Why it feels like you have no free time

    The research says we have more free time than people did a hundred years ago. Your gut says that you’re running from the moment your alarm goes off until your head hits the pillow. What gives?

    RescueTime Blog9 min read

  • Productivity is going places with new RescueTime for iOS and Android

    The premise behind RescueTime has always been pretty simple: You can make better decisions about your time when you know exactly where it’s going. But most people looking at their RescueTime reports are only looking at half a day: the laptop half.

    RescueTime Blog5 min read

  • When being seen matters more than doing the work

    About six years ago, we experienced a fundamental shift in how and where work got done. A huge number of roles transitioned to be completely remote or hybrid, but the way many companies evaluate performance is still built around an in-office workforce.

    RescueTime Blog9 min read

  • Stop turning your best employees into the office help desk

    Most managers worry about their lowest performers becoming a drag on the team. But some of the biggest productivity bottlenecks start at the other end of the spectrum. ​High performers naturally attract work.

    RescueTime Blog8 min read

  • Tool debt: How using too many productivity tools hurts productivity

    The average knowledge worker uses four times the number of tools they used in the early 2000s, but the software surge hasn’t translated to an increase in productivity or employee satisfaction. In fact, 96% of employees are dissatisfied with the tools they have been given to manage their work.

    RescueTime Blog8 min read

  • AI saved you time. So why are you still so busy?

    In 1930, John Maynard Keynes famously predicted that by 2030, people would only be working 15 hours a week. Decades later, office computers promised to eliminate administrative work. Email was supposed to speed up communication.

    RescueTime Blog7 min read

  • Busyness is the new micromanagement

    We’re all familiar with the experience of working for a micromanager. It’s the director who constantly checks on you via your employee tracking software or the owner who feels the need to sit in on every meeting you schedule with a client.

    RescueTime Blog8 min read

  • Meetings are eating your margins

    A few years ago, Shopify rolled out a tool that calculated the cost of every meeting based on the length and specific attendees. Include three employees in a 30-minute meeting? The average cost could range anywhere from $700 to $1,600.

    RescueTime Blog8 min read

  • The second shift no one is talking about

    The concept of a ‘second shift’ is nothing new. After working 9-5 (or your standard version of a shift), we come home for part two of the day—making dinner, walking the dogs, packing lunches for tomorrow, and all the other adult duties that keep life running somewhat smoothly.

    RescueTime Blog10 min read

  • Hybrid teams: Less circus, more choreography

    At the end of 2025, 51% of remote-capable U.S. workers were working in a hybrid role. At this point, more office employees work in a hybrid job than in fully in-person or fully remote roles. But just because hybrid work is common, that doesn’t mean it’s easy.

    RescueTime Blog9 min read

  • Your next teammate might be a freelancer

    Not terribly long ago, hiring a freelancer meant getting some short-term help. Freelancers were used to help cover a temporary spike in workload, a one-off project, or a specific skill gap your full-time team couldn’t fill.

    RescueTime Blog8 min read

  • Productivity isn’t a luxury

    When you’re feeling overwhelmed, productivity is usually the first thing to go. It’s not (usually) because you don’t care, but because it feels like too much. Trying to optimize your time or follow a system when you’re barely keeping your head above water sounds ridiculous.

    RescueTime Blog9 min read

  • Workplace distractions aren’t random. They’re engineered.

    When I started typing this article, a text message popped up in the right-hand corner of my screen. It wasn’t spam—it was something I needed to respond to, so I opened up the Messages app to respond. Once I did, I noticed the red dot telling me I had two other unread texts.

    RescueTime Blog8 min read

  • How to build a flexible daily schedule that doesn’t threaten your sanity

    Do you ever look at your day’s schedule and immediately feel anxious? Sure, it sounds less than ideal, but it’s the reality for a lot of high performers who feel required to map out their day down every 60-second increment, or those of us who consistently put more on our to-do list than is humanly…

    RescueTime Blog8 min read

  • A time blocking method for people who hate rigid schedules

    If you’ve ever tried the time blocking method and then abandoned it by Wednesday, you’re not alone. In theory, time blocking sounds perfect. Assign a job to every hour. Protect deep work. Eliminate distractions.

    RescueTime Blog11 min read

  • Burnout symptoms aren’t a personal failure. They’re a warning system.

    Today’s hustle culture has turned burnout into something we either brag about or shamefully hide. Instagram is packed with videos of employees clocking out at 8 pm only to go home and wrap up their day. We joke about living on caffeine and a constant influx of notifications.

    RescueTime Blog9 min read

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