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Must-Have Apps for Organization

August 6, 2018 by Taylor 2 Comments

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As much as I like to romanticize the idea of being “unplugged,” the reality is that I’m definitely a bit dependent on my phone. (And let’s be real, if you think you’re not dependent on your phone in some way, shape, or form – you’re probably lying to yourself.) My phone is where I keep my life together; it tag-teams with my bullet journal to house literally everything I ever need to keep track of.

For today’s post, I’m sharing my five most important apps for organizing my life.

 

Calendar

This is completely unsurprising, and totally unoriginal because everyone has this app. But I really love iCal, ya know? It’s nice that it syncs across all my devices, so that I never forget where I need to be at a given time and what I need to get done in a certain time window. I also use it to schedule out important things as all-day activities, like blog posts or bills being due.

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Reminders

This is the app that allows me to maintain my sanity, y’all. I have a couple different tabs with different themes (work, blog, law school apps, NASM, miscellaneous), and I can have an ongoing massive to-do list – and also assign deadlines to some, in order to ensure that I actually get them done in a timely manner. Especially now that I’m in the “real world” and don’t have a lot of externally-enforced deadlines, establishing my own deadlines for projects is absolutely essential.

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Evernote

Everyone uses this app differently – I know people who put to-do lists here, or grocery lists, or you name it. Personally, I use it for all my workouts. Tracking workouts is crucial if you’re trying to see real progress (because you can track upping weight/sets/reps/speed/etc.), and it’s also super helpful for me when I’m putting together fitness content for YouTube or Instagram. It’s great because it syncs with my watch (meaning I don’t have to pick up my phone to remember how many sets I was planning on doing), and allows for way more formatting than the standard Notes app.

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Mint

Previously, I’ve used Excel to track all my budget-related stuff. But recently I made the switch to Mint – it’s fantastic because it’s much more automated than my previous method, since it’s synced with my bank account/credit cards. The budgeting tool is incredibly handy, and allows you to get a great visual representation of your spending for the month.

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Google Sheets

I love spreadsheets, like, way more than the average person should. I used spreadsheets to track my job application processes and my apartment search, and I recently started using one for blog stuff – because I’m working full-time, I have a much smaller window of time to get content ready, and that requires a bit more planning ahead than I was accustomed to. Conditional formatting is my best friend for making spreadsheets look super color-coded and awesome.

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All of my most recent spreadsheets are work-related, so that’s why the titles are hidden, lol.

 

Do you use any of these apps? Or have any favorites of your own? Let me know!

xo, Taylor

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  1. Sophie says

    August 6, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    Google calendar helps me keep my life organized. Whenever I stumble across an event I’d like to attend, I add it to Google calendar. At the start of the week, I go through all of the events I’ve added into my calendar to decide what I’m doing each week. I then add what I’m doing each week into my Day Designer. It sounds like quite a process, but it really isn’t now that I’ve done it so many times.

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    • Taylor says

      August 10, 2018 at 12:36 pm

      I’m the same way – I love having everything written out both online and on paper!

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3️⃣ 12 overhead triceps extensions per arm (the one leg stance is some bonus balance work!)
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4️⃣ 12 rear flies, featuring greg trying to fight my shadow
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do all exercises back to back with no rest in between!
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2️⃣ 12 alternating bicep curls
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5️⃣ 15 bent-over rear delt rows
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