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Working from home, and working from phone? To make things easier, connect a mouse, trackpad or Bluetooth keyboard to your device—if it does not come with a Lightning or USB-C port, you’ll need an adapter. To connect a Bluetooth device: Settings > Accessibility > Touch > AssistiveTouch > Devices, then select Bluetooth and your device.

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While lots of Android phones use swipe keyboards, the iOS 13 has made it a native option called Quickpath. There’s no longer a need for any third-party apps, nor will you need to switch keyboards. Instead of tapping, just hold down on the first letter and move through each one, and you can slide or tap interchangeably too. Particularly useful when you have only one hand available (with the other one holding your Dalgona coffee, of course).

Need to get work done, but you habitually scroll through Instagram without even realising it? Here’s how you can focus: make your screen monochromatic. The colourful interface encourages your brain to use it more, while a grayscale mode makes everything less attractive.

Here’s how: go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Display & Text Size> Colour Filters> Grayscale.

Because you probably want to go back to full colour, create a grayscale shortcut where you just have to triple-click the side button to switch between both modes. Go to Navigate to General > Accessibility> Accessibility Shortcut > Colour Filters. Done!

How sick are you of typing out your full email? You never have to do it again with this little hack. Tap Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement. Choose as shortcut text, for example, if you type “@@”, your office email address will automatically replace it. 

Make use of Siri. It can help you plan your day, send meeting invites, and even read aloud to you. Tap General >  Accessibility > Speech > Speak Screen. Even better, get it to write emails and messages for you (on chat apps like Whatsapp, just click the microphone icon below the keyboard and dictate away).

Always double-check your documents for accuracy, of course, but this means you can get some stuff down when your hands busy putting together a new lunch recipe or if you remembered something in the middle of a yoga session. 

The Pomodoro Technique is one of the most effective techniques to increase productivity. It’s an extremely simple idea: create a list of tasks to do for the day, and divide your day into 25min chunks. Use your iPhone timer (or Siri) to set that with ease. After each session, goof off for a quick five-minute self-care break: check your Instagram, make a Quarantini, stretch, get some sunshine.

After four blocks, take a longer break of about 20-30min, and don’t forget to include some time for lunch too.  

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Pencil in some time for meditation. There are lots of great apps for meditation, and that can help increase your daily productivity levels too. Be it 10 or 30min, setting aside some time every day can help you find calm amid a schedule that you're still getting used to. Not into meditation? Schedule a quick workout.