5 Chrome Extensions to Improve Your Productivity and Wellbeing While Working From Home

Working from home has plenty of advantages such as making your own homemade snacks, working in pajamas, wearing fuzzy slippers, and spending some quality time with your loved ones and pets. However, working from home can turn your cozy place into an extension of your workplace. It can be difficult to switch off the way you generally would when you leave a physical place.

Although there are some things that can be done to ease this, such as finding a place to work where you don’t sleep or play, ensuring you take regular breaks, and being strict with cut-off times for stopping work, there are also a few other hacks that can be thought of to help the work-from-home process. Google Chrome extensions is one such hack.

The chrome extensions are tiny tools and are free add-ons to the browser that can make a difference to a working day and can enhance your productivity and improve wellbeing. Although not all of these extensions will be useful to everyone, at least a few of these Chrome extensions can improve the work-from-home experience.

1. Momentum

With over 3 million users, Momentum is a very popular Chrome extension. It replaces the normal new tab page with a ‘personal dashboard,’ that features inspirational quote, your personalized weather, a to-do-list, and a beautiful landscape photograph. Momentum is good for the type of people that like to center themselves and take a comforting deep breath before hitting the power button on your laptop.

2. Minimalist Notepad

Minimalist notepad improves your working habits by making the notes digital and ultimately enhance the work from home experience. The extension offers a simple yet elegant way to quickly write down your notes, shopping lists, to-do lists, links you want to bookmark or visit, images & videos you need to watch or use as reference, and more. Minimalist notepad can be launched directly from the browser bar in a matter of seconds.

3. Zoom Scheduler

If your company uses Zoom platform for ‘cloud meetings’ then this extension is a must for you. The Zoom Scheduler Chrome extension allow users to schedule Zoom meetings directly from the Google Calendar. You can start the meeting instantly by just clicking your mouse, or can also schedule for a future meeting.

4. StretchClock

Stretchclock is a ‘professional break reminder for cubicle or desk workers.’ The configurable timer runs in the browser tabs and reminds you to stretch at set times. When the StrechClock’s countdown timer reaches zero, it displays easy ‘no-sweat’ exercises that can be easily done at your desk. This extension helps to work productively and helps you to relax your body while working from home.

5. Office

If you’re Team Microsoft, this handy extension offers a quick and convenient access to Office services and content from your browser bar. It is a free extension made specifically for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. You can access to your favorite online apps such as Excel, Word, Outlook, and Powerpoint, as well as the recently viewed documents. This means you can swiftly jump back into documents to continue working on them.

The Office and Zoom extensions are however only useful to those that are liable to use those services. But other extensions like Minimalist Notepad and Momentum will help anyone who works from home on a desktop or a personal computer. Besides, Wellbeing is just as significant as productivity, so considering to the install the StretchClock extension can be very useful. Lastly, having a mental and physical break from your computer screen is essential to stay well while you’re working from home.

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Princy A. J

Princy holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the prestigious Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. University at Chennai, India. After a successful academic record, she pursued her passion for writing. A thorough professional and enthusiastic writer, she enjoys writing on various categories and advancements in the global industries. She plays an instrumental role in writing about current updates, news, blogs, and trends.