🎄 Advent Calendar Day 22: The Final-Final Version That Wasn’t Final

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SaaSJet Advent Calendar — The Postcards We Never Sent

🎄 Only 3 days left until Christmas.  

That familiar end-of-year moment when calendars are full, deadlines feel personal, and everyone is trying to close just one more task before switching to holiday mode.

You’re staring at the board, reviewing what must be finished now, what might slip into the next year, and what absolutely cannot. Estimates are discussed, timelines are adjusted, confidence is politely exchanged, and somewhere in the middle of it all, a quiet but persistent question appears:

⏳How long will this actually take? 

You know it’s serious when you rename the file: final_v3_last_fixed_really_final.docx

It’s the tenth round of feedback.
You’ve changed the font.
The wording.
The commas.
Even your worldview.

Now you close your eyes, hit “Send for review”… and silently hope this is finally the last time.

Because at this stage of the year, work often looks like this:

• One more comment.

• One more small change.

• One more day in Review.

Progress technically happens, but time quietly stretches and disappears between statuses.

Maybe the problem isn’t the task.
Or the feedback.
Or the people.

Maybe we’re just missing visibility.

✨ Advent Calendar insight for today:

To finish all ongoing tasks before Christmas and avoid endless final_final moments next year, the team at SaaSJet recommends two apps that bring real visibility when it matters most.

1️⃣ Time in Status for monday.com 

Helps you see how many times a task moved between Work on it, On hold, and back again, and how long it actually stayed in each status.

2️⃣ Issue History for Jira (Work Item History)

Shows the full journey of a work item - every status change, reassignment, and pause along the way. Ideal for answering “How did this task end up here again?” with facts, not guesses.

Less guessing.
More clarity.
And a much calmer countdown to Christmas 🎄✨