If the project team consists of at least 2 members, do a daily standup. It should not take much longer than 15 minutes.
Tell everyone else
A "still working on X, will probably be done today" is totally fine. No need to tell a long story.
If you are out of work, find a new story with the others.
If there are new stories in the backlog, look at them and
The standup has multiple goals: