Because crushing it at work means nothing if everything else falls apart.
Here's the trap: productivity apps help you do more work. But they don't help you do less. They optimize your output while your health, relationships, and hobbies quietly die.
I spent 2 years being "productive" while gaining 20 pounds, losing touch with friends, and forgetting what hobbies even were. Classic burnout story.
Then I started tracking all of life, not just work. Game changer.
This is why we built Funtasking. The Purpose Wheel divides life into 8 areas: Career, Health, Relationships, Learning, Finance, Fun, Spirituality, Environment.
Every task you add goes into a life area. The wheel shows you visually if you're lopsided. Spending 90% on work? The wheel makes it obvious.
It's not about doing less work. It's about making sure the other stuff doesn't disappear.
Key features:
The "mindful productivity" app. Forces you to plan your day every morning and review it every evening. Asks you to set daily work hours and respects them.
Good: Daily shutdown ritual. Prevents overwork.
Bad: $192/year. And it's slow by design (some people hate that).
Protects personal time on your calendar. AI blocks time for exercise, lunch, focus work. Shrinks those blocks only if absolutely necessary.
Good: Actually defends your personal time from meetings.
Bad: Reactive, not proactive. Doesn't track if you're balanced overall.
Old school but effective. Block time for non-work: gym, dinner with friends, hobby time. Treat them like meetings.
Good: Free. Simple.
Bad: No tracking. No feedback. Just blocks.
Weekly review: Every Sunday, look at your week. How many hours went to work? Health? Relationships? Fun? If work is 80%+, something needs to change.
Non-negotiables: Block certain activities as sacred. My gym time doesn't move. My Sunday dinner doesn't move. Everything else can flex.
They try to "balance" by working less. That rarely works if you actually want career success.
The real move is protecting the other areas more fiercely. Not less work, but more intentional non-work.
An app like Funtasking helps because it makes the imbalance visible. You can't fix what you can't see.