Are You a Millennial Too Attached to Your Computer?
3 Easy Ways to Get More Done From Your Phone
By WISe Wellness Guild
I’ll admit it—sometimes I feel like I can’t get certain things done unless I’m sitting at my laptop with 27 tabs open and a cup of coffee at my side. But here’s the truth: the longer I wait to get back to my computer, the more tasks pile up, and suddenly I feel like I’m drowning in “catch-up” mode. Sound familiar?
The good news is that so much of what we think requires a computer can actually be done right from our phones. If you’ve ever found yourself falling behind on emails, texts, or scheduling, here are three small but powerful shifts that can help you stay on top of things—without being glued to your computer all day.
1. Stop Delaying Emails Until You’re Back at Your Laptop
Raise your hand if you’ve ever opened an email on your phone, thought “I’ll reply later from my computer,” and then… forgot about it. 🙋♀️ Yep, guilty. The problem is that the longer we put off writing those “important” emails, the more they snowball.
Here’s your new rule: if you can respond from your phone, do it.
Use voice-to-text to help you write faster.
Keep your responses professional but efficient—shorter is often better.
By training yourself to hit send from your phone, you’ll keep your inbox moving instead of letting it become a mountain you dread climbing.
2. Ditch the Paper Calendar (Yes, I Said It)
Okay, I know this might ruffle some feathers. I love the feel of a paper calendar too, but hear me out. Relying on paper means things can get lost, forgotten, or not shared with the right people. Moving everything into your digital calendar is a game-changer for productivity.
One tool I swear by? The Skylight Calendar. It has a feature called Magic Import that lets you forward a PDF of important dates (like your kids’ sports schedules 🙌), and it automatically adds them to your calendar. No more manually typing in 12 soccer games.
The best part: everyone in the family can see it, so you’re not the default “keeper of the schedule” anymore.
Photo from myskylight.com
3. Stay Ahead on Texts with Scheduled Sending
Emails aren’t the only thing that sneak up on us—texts can pile up too. Maybe you think of replying late at night, first thing in the morning, or on a Saturday when you know the other person won’t read it right away.
Here’s a little secret for iPhone users: you can schedule send text messages.
This means the second you think of the text, you can write it, schedule it, and know it’ll go out at just the right time. (No more “oops, sorry for the midnight text!” moments.)
Millennials grew up as the in-between generation—we remember life before smartphones, but we also rely on them daily. The trick is making our phones work for us instead of feeling like we’re chained to our computers.
By sending emails directly from your phone, leaning on digital calendars, and scheduling texts, you’ll stay more productive, reduce overwhelm, and maybe even reclaim some of that mental space we’re all craving.
