It is a digital word and everyone is just living in it. In the age of apps and technology, many people are apprehensive to get on board.
If your job or lifestyle requires you to use technology often, it is valid to take a mandatory break from screens. Although, if you are looking for ways to uplift certain aspects of your life, apps can be really helpful ways to make new habits and increase productivity.
Consider downloading apps to support your lifestyle choices, not to overindulge or depend on technology but to learn more than you could on your own. Apps send you reminders and helpful information to make your life a little easier.
Check out these 10 essential lifestyle apps to make your day-to-day more convenient and maybe even fun.
10 For Buying Clothes: Depop
Depop allows you to buy trendy and sustainable second-hand clothes from your phone or desktop. Sites like Depop have also given the power to fashion lovers to be able to resell their clothes and turn their closest into a side gig.
Download Depop to go shopping from your phone without taking time from your busy workday.
9 To Boost Exercise: Workout For Women App
There are many different apps for tracking exercise and progress, but Workout For Women App was selected because it keeps busy women in mind for customizing fast and productive workouts.
Many exercise influencers sell their workout materials, and while it is great to support women in the business, this app is free making it a great resource to incorporate exercise into your day.
8 For Sticking To Nutrition: My Fitness Pal
Everything that you want in a digital nutritionist, but on your phone. My Nutrition Pal is a free app for tracking nutrition, finding and importing recipes, bar code scanning foods and restaurants, all to stay in line with your nutrition goals.
Make nutrition fun, not a chore, but keep it dynamic with the help of an app.
7 To Practice Mindfulness: Headspace
Headspace is trending hard, but for a good reason: it is an accessible and free way to practice mindfulness and gain skills to control your thoughts and emotions.
During your busy workday, you can pop on your headphones and take some headspace for as little as 3 minutes. Headspace reminds you to do a meditation every day, helping you for good habits for well-being.
6 Manage Personal Finances: Mint
Building a budget with your paycheck, saving and still having fun can be a challenge. Instead of hiring a financial assistant, keep yourself accountable with the personal finance app Mint.
This app allows you to link your debit and credit card, which then generates data about how you spend money. You can use the information in the app to build budgets and more.
5 For Finding Events: Eventbrite
Make your social life more dynamic by finding local events. Instead of meeting up with your friends at the bar, go to a music or art event. You never know what is happening right in your own city if you don't look. Going to events is a great way to meet like-minded people and switch up your social life.
4 For A Different Video Call Experience: Houseparty
If you live far away from your friends or family, switch up the video call by downloading Houseparty. Houseparty is fun because it has games that you can play with the folks in your chat to spend more quality time through video.
When you make an account, you can jump into any house party that is happening between the people you are connected with, making it an accessible way to reach out to friends who live far away. Houseparty will even notify you when a friend is online taking away the difficulty of finding time for a call.
3 Learn A Language In Your Free time: Busuu
Make use of your downtime whether you have 5 minutes on your coffee break, a 20-minute metro ride or want to change things up from staring at the ceiling from your bed. Download Busuu to learn a language in your free time. Many people like Duolingo, which is great for vocabulary and it is free, but Busuu is more focused on learning grammar and phrases to start speaking.
Plus it can connect you with people to practice speaking with which is the most important aspect of learning a new language.
2 Stay On Top Of Your Period: Clue
Demystify your period with this helpful app. You can track your symptoms and emotions throughout the month in addition to lifestyle choices such as diet, sleep exercise and sex. The idea is to build a better understanding of how menstruation affects your physical and mental health.
Whether you have an easy or difficult menstruation cycle, download this app to understand the complexity of feminine health.
1 Keep Yourself Accountable In Avoiding Distractions: Forest
For folks who struggle to avoid distractions, mostly related to their phone, Forest is the app for you. When you begin a task, open the app and a tree will start to grow. If you close the app, your tree will die.
It sounds simple, but it is a good way to remind yourself to put the phone down and stay focused. It more or less prevents you from using your phone when you should be doing other things. This is just one of many cool apps for keeping you focused and productive.
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