Making the most of December to get organized

Dear Reader: If you’re mentally checked out and yet have the gift of time at work, how should you leverage this time?

If you’re in the holiday zone with a chaotic schedule, you’re not alone. Another thing you’re not alone with: plummeting productivity. According to Peakon, a former data analysis company that was acquired by Workday, discovered in their U.K.-based survey that most employees zone out as of mid-December. Further to that point, 61% of workers in their survey indicated they were distracted by the holidays starting November.

While that’s probably not a surprise and our work is not at peak engagement and productivity levels during the holidays, there are ways to capitalize on these moments where you’re still productive in different, valuable ways. Plus, as everyone’s work sched