4 Mobile Apps you want to download and tips on retaining information
With phone memory always seeming to be scarce, deciding which Apps you download is an extreme sport. And there are thousands and thousands of Apps out there. This week covers my current favourite Mobile Apps.
Remente
Remente is a goal-setting and mood tracking app. Through completing a personal audit on your happiness in respective areas of your life, the app suggests learning from its wealth of resources in the form of courses on topics such as mental wellbeing to productivity, relationships and motivation. The app also allows you to keep track of your mood to figure out which behaviours make you feel good and eventually you build up a digital log of what to do, and to avoid, to be happy. Cute concept and perfect for anyone looking to build diligence when it comes to self-improvement.
7M Workout and 7M women
I can’t remember how I found out about these Apps but they are great. They include a variety of 7-minute workouts that help when you get stuck and are looking to switch up your exercises in the gym. The Apps cover HIIT workouts, abs and loads of other full body workouts with clear demonstrations of how to do the exercise and a useful countdown between exercises. So important because of course, health is wealth!
Class Pass
Continuing on the fitness hype, I highly recommend Class Pass app/website. These days we all live hectic lives travelling around everywhere so having a standard gym membership just doesn’t [provide enough flex in terms of location or struggling with a limited number of classes. Instead through class pass, you buy credits which provide you with the option to access a wide range of gyms and classes. I have found it to be a great way to try out new exercise classes like Hot Yoga/ Pilates and Barre.
Yolt
We could all do with greater transparency across our bank accounts and my favourite Open banking app has to be Yolt. It really easily aggregates your bank accounts to categorise your spending, helping you have greater transparency over where your money is making it easier to budget and detect things like credit card fraud. Also, the app enables you to get better deals on credit cards, loans, and mortgages by easily comparing them across different financial institutions and third parties.
Before you go, here are some simple tips to help you remember what you are consuming:
- Share what you find with on social media — not only will you inspire your friends and family but you are probably more likely to retain the information and test how well you understand by summarising what you have learnt for social media.
2. For Podcasts — I find it useful to make notes in my Notes app whilst I listen, writing down any key phrases that resonate with me or any resources I need to check out.
3. For Books — I recommend highlighting and writing notes as you read. I find this makes reading so much more engaging and writing short notes on your reflections (and including the date you wrote them) makes for an extra interesting reading when you pick up the book again in the future.
4. Repeat what you have learnt out loud — Ask yourself, how does this apply to me and where I am at in my life currently?
5. Pause to take it all in — acquiring knowledge is not a race. When something resonates with you, don’t be afraid to pause the podcast or step away from the reading to really absorb it. FYI this is why I no longer believe in setting goals such as must-read X number of books a year. What is the point if you don’t apply anything from them or they don’t change how you think or operate?
Food for thought!
Thanks for reading!
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