What You Feel: Constant chaos, no time to organize, don’t know which tools to use to help stay organized

Perspective: Entrepreneurs and small business owners always have more things to do than we have time for. The “to-do” list only gets longer and longer by the day (if not hour). Using simple task management tools will help you organize your business and change your perspective of feeling chaos to having an organized structure to accomplish daily tasks. The best way to keep track and execute tasks, big or small is to use the tools that are available at your disposal—some of which are free. These six tools allow you to track your own responsibilities and assign tasks to other team members as well. Pick one, and get disciplined about keeping all your “to-do’s” in one place. The use of these tools may seem tactical, but they create efficiency and put time back into your day.

Google Keep. This simple and free app allows you to make notes and reminders which sync across all your devices—iPhone, Android, laptop. Google Keep also allows you to share and work with others on notes and lists.

Wunderlist. This app takes all your tasks and puts it all in one place. Wunderlist allows you to host communications with others and share lists; set tasks and reminders; create due dates so nobody misses a deadline; and even allows you to create hashtags to add context to tasks. Its core features are free and its monthly fee won’t break your bank.

Todoist. With a minimalist design that allows you to be distraction-free, Todoist allows you to set tasks and collaborate with others. The app even allows you to break down large tasks or projects into “sub”-tasks and sub-projects. Although it has free access its yearly premium fee is inexpensive.

Drop Task. Where Todoist is simple, Drop Task allows you to create, prioritize, manage, and collaborate on tasks with a colorful and visual interface. Its free version allows for a lot of room, and its premium fee is reasonably priced.

Habitica. Who says that productivity can’t be fun? Habitica makes task management different by turning your responsibilities into a video game—your daily to-do’s are transformed into little monsters you must conquer.

Outlook. If you use Outlook as your email platform at work, simple task management is already at your disposal. You can create tasks/to-do items from email messages, contacts, or in the calendar, and if the tasks need more than one person on board, Outlook allows you to email others and adds the tasks to their calendars.

There are more simple task management tools out there, but these are the ones that are best to start out with because they are easy to use and allow you to dig into any tasks at hand!

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