How much time did you spend on your phone yesterday? Most of us don’t have a clue. While we text, browse social media and interact with addicting mobile apps, minutes slip away. Smartphone use has become so prevalent that we hardly even notice it anymore. It’s hard to believe that only 11 years have passed…
At Freedom, we love our users – not just because they use our product, but because they’re cool – cool people working on cool stuff. Academy Award-nominated screenwriters, best-selling authors, editors, developers, cartoonists, designers, academic researchers, explorers, and entrepreneurs – the Freedom community is packed with curious, creative, and efficient go-getters. We love to share their stories and advice, because how better to learn about productivity than from the…
Nowadays, it’s rare to totally unplug from our smartphones, even when we could be taking time to relax. We check our notifications while we’re out to eat with friends, we open our inboxes before we even pour our morning coffee, and we end up fixated on the latest headlines when we should be trying to…
At Freedom, we love our users – not just because they use our product, but because they’re cool – cool people working on cool stuff. Academy Award-nominated screenwriters, best-selling authors, editors, developers, cartoonists, designers, academic researchers, explorers, and entrepreneurs – the Freedom community is packed with curious, creative, and efficient go-getters. We love to share their stories and advice, because how better to learn about productivity than from the…
Writers can be a tough breed to crack in the gift-giving department. Luckily for you, we’ve rounded up all the best gifts for writers this year, selected by writers, for writers. Whether it’s a birthday, Christmas, or celebration of accomplishment, here’s a list of gifts and tools for every writer and creative on your list. read more
For writers, this season is crunch time (and not just because of all the fallen leaves underfoot). From the creative marathon of NaNoWriMo to the cold weather driving us indoors — not to mention those upcoming holiday vacations — now’s the perfect time to get cracking on your writing project. That being said, writing is…
I absolutely love Freedom. I consider it an essential app in pursuit of individual productivity. But here’s an important secret: productivity is not personal. The self-help section at the bookstore would have you believe otherwise. There’s an entire cottage industry built around the notion that productivity is something you can “hack”, for yourself. The prevailing…
Everybody loves finishing tasks and putting a big check mark next to completed to-dos. When it’s a bigger project or a longer-term task, sometimes that check mark seems impossibly far away. So how do you get to the finish line? A few strategies work no matter what it is you’re trying to finish. Most importantly,…