Having trouble keeping up with your New Year’s Resolution? Fret not, we’ve got five phone and desktop applications for you to try
Is it almost the middle of January already? Time definitely flies by when you’re booked with social gatherings, work deliverables, and personal errands, which is why you may not have the time to conquer all those New Year’s Resolutions you swore by on January 1st. That’s okay—it happens to the best of us! We just need the proper guidance in completing our goals. Besides, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Luckily, we’re in the technological age where we can use our handy dandy smartphones and laptops to keep us productive. Here are five phone and desktop applications you can use to start on those resolutions.
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Good Notes
Tired of losing your sticky notes or scrolling through pages of your notebook? Here’s an app that simplifies that for you while being a zero-waste companion. Good Notes is a note-taking app that allows users to handwrite notes, draw diagrams, and annotate PDFs using a variety of pen and highlighter tools. The app also includes features such as text recognition, backup and syncing capabilities, and the ability to organize notes into notebooks.
Todoist
Almost everyone has gotten on the Todoist bandwagon. This app is a popular task management app that allows users to create to-do lists, set reminders, and schedule tasks. The app also includes features such as the ability to collaborate on tasks with others, set priorities, and track progress on projects.
Streaks
Have you picked up James Clear’s Atomic Habits? If you have, then streaks would be the best companion for creating habits. It’s a habit-forming app that allows you to set reminders for good habits and track them by marking them as complete. It also provides you a quick insight on your progress, which you can share with friends.
Habitica
Staying productive is not exactly fun 24/7, but what if you can turn it into a game? Habitica is a gamified task management app that turns habit-forming and productivity into a role-playing game. Users can create tasks and habits, set reminders, and track progress, all while earning in-game rewards and leveling up their virtual avatar.
Forest
With social media’s fast-paced landscape, we’re conditioned to have a short attention span. Forest is a productivity app that encourages users to stay focused by gamifying the task of not using their phone. Users can set a timer for a specific task, and during that time, a virtual tree will grow on their screen. If the user unlocks their phone before the timer is up, the tree will wither and die. The app also allows users to plant real trees through a partnership with Trees for the Future.
