7 Free Apps to Help you Lead a More Organized Life
Staying at home all the time is more challenging than expected. Some people are naturally great at leading an organized life, but most of us need a little push. In order to stay organized, you need to be motivated.
For some people, a list of "productivity apps" is all it takes, and others need a stronger nudge. Life is often very messy. You need a little more than just a "to-do list", to get affairs in order. This list has apps that may prove to be a good addition to the vast library of apps already on your phone.
Organization requires detox and decluttering- getting rid of the unnecessary fluff. These days, the majority of Americans stay locked in, and this can get boring very quickly. With a lack of change in scenery, a lot of people tend to lose their drive. These are a few apps that may help you get back your lost motivation, and restructure your schedule.
Trello
The first addition to the list is an obvious one; a project manager that helps you to organize a to-do list, mark tasks, and make notes. It acts as a digital bulletin board, with "columns" and "cards", which makes managing a project less stressful. You can use the columns to represent the different phases of a project or just as different categories with tasks. Each card can represent a task, which you can move along the various columns.
It's got a fairly simple user interface that makes managing tasks more enjoyable. Trello also lets to interact with other people on the project and ease the collaborative process.
This is one of the better productivity apps out there, with a new "Butler System." It smoothens the automation of recurring tasks and notifies you when your team has updated the tasks.
Calm
After you organize your day, it's time to give your thoughts some structure. To stay focussed, you need to be calm- away from the unnecessary distraction. "Calm" is a meditation app that helps you with exactly that. It is a subscription-based app that offers a vast variety of calming techniques.
It offers guided meditations, soothing music, and distinctive sleep settings that promise to help you sleep better and stress less. The major highlight of the app is the huge library of bedtime stories, some of which are narrated by celebrities like Matthew McConaughey, and Stephen Fry.
With "Daily Calm" the app gives you the ability to track your mood over time and customize your meditation settings. The app is free, but to utilize the full extent of the app's superpowers, you have to pay a subscription fee.
LetGo
After you're done with the mental detox, you may notice the clutter in your physical space. Sometimes, a dusting and a sweep are all it takes, but there are times when you just have to get rid of stuff. These days, it hasn't been very easy to sell all your unwanted goods. People are more skeptical about stranger interactions, as they should be. But "letgo' LetGo has new customer exchange policies that may make meeting strangers a little more comfortable.
LetGo is the easiest way of selling your belongings. You enter your area code, snap pictures of your goods and then post a listing on their feed. If your prices are reasonable enough, you will make a sale in no time. The app will let you sell just about anything- as long as it's nothing illegal.
You can interact with the buyer using the app- this lets you protect your identity. This is a great way of decluttering your living space and providing yourself with some much needed “room.”
My Fitness Pal
After you get a few good hours of work in, it's time to get a nutritious and wholesome meal. My Fitness Pal is a calorie tracker with the largest database of foods, complete with all the needed nutritional information. Its social interactions feature allows you to exchange recipes with others using the app.
It's got such a huge customer base, with everyone adding recipes, that you can find nutrition values for almost anything. Unlike many other apps, My Fitness Pal offers a lot with just the free version.
Seven
This is an app, based completely around the idea of the "Seven Minute Workout." The app offers over 200 sets of exercises that demand great effort for seven straight minutes. This app is great for people who don't want to spend hours working out, but still want to stay in shape.
This app also creates tailored fitness plans that push you to do tough exercises quickly and with barely any equipment. Now, that most people don't have access to gyms, this is a great way to get you "fit" on. Seven, paired with My Fitness Pal, will help you come out of this quarantine, looking like a warrior.
Unroll.Me
If you are anything like me, your email inbox looks like a mess. Every time you open your inbox, it's just a cluttered nightmare, filled with emails from websites you haven't visited since 2017. And, most of the important messages are lost in this pile of garbage.
The app helps you unsubscribe from unwanted emails, consolidate all the promotional emails in a daily digest, and keep all the important ones in your inbox. With Unroll.Me, you can give your inbox a little more structure.
Hootsuite
With Hootsuite, you can manage all your social media accounts and harness the true power of the platforms. You can schedule and publish your content on the right platforms at the right time. The apps collaborative Callender lets you manage all your social media accounts from a single workspace.
If working on a project with a large team, everyone can use this app to create compelling and engaging posts. Hootsuite also provides a detailed analysis of your virtual presence, so you can pick the best content to post at the best time. Though the app is designed primarily for companies with large social media teams, it's a great way to manage your individual social accounts as well.
Everyone's approach towards restructuring life can be different. With this list, I want to share how I found help in the same device that was the reason for my distractions. These apps span across a variety of categories, you may require all of them, or you may just need one. You'll know only once you've tried them.