Making time to focus on creative pursuits can feel like an impossible task. On any given day, between work meetings, client correspondence, admin tasks, and juggling deadlines, not to mention everything that happens after the 9 to 5 – commuting, time with friends, family activities, housekeeping, sleep – carving out time to focus on your most fulfilling work is an ongoing challenge. So, how do you stay creative?
The reality is that there is always something that is going to get in the way of your creative work, so unless you are intentional with your time, it’s not going to happen. How you choose to make time, whether it’s building creativity into your routine by dedicating a specific time each day to creative pursuits, logging out of all social media, turning off your phone, or checking and responding to email only a few times each day, it’s just as important to have the right tools on hand to help with all that other stuff – the admin work, managing project timelines, scheduling important tasks – so that you can focus on what you love to do, rather than what you have to do.
Do you dread the chaos of month-end reporting? Flexible real-time reporting tools make closing and balancing a breeze. FunctionFox offers a series of standard reports along with the ability to build and save customized reports, so that you can get the data you need when you need it.
Are you spending more time working out project timelines than actually working on projects?FunctionFox’s user-friendly scheduling tool allows you map out project milestones, schedule meetings, and assign actions to your team. Our interactive project calendar and Gantt charts make it easy to not only see where due dates are falling, but also make the necessary adjustments to avoid bottlenecks.
Is your to-do list growing while you try to keep your team on task? Utilize action assignments to build out to-do lists and manage the capacity of everyone on your team. Deadlines looming? Add an extra layer of accountability and easily manage the moving parts of every project by assigning task-based actions with set due dates, so you never have to question who is working on what.
Are written notes on a post-it the extent of your project intake process? FunctionFox’s project request forms are fully customizable, from your company logo and colors to only the important questions, to make sure that you have all the relevant information to move ahead with requests, without any time-consuming back and forth. Even better, project requests are automatically input into FunctionFox, so no more searching for emails or written notes to manually enter the project details.
For over twenty years, FunctionFox has been in the business of helping creative companies succeed. From sole proprietors to agencies to in-house creative teams, we have the tools to fit your needs. Making time for creativity may always be a challenge, but FunctionFox is here to help you with your day to day, so that you have more time to focus on what you do best.
This article was written by Sara Duke – FunctionFox Senior Success Consultant. If you would like to submit an article to be featured on the FunctionFox Blog, email marketing@functionfox.com