Little helpers on the journey

Hello there dear followers! Today I'd love to introduce to you some of my little helpers on my journey. Or should I better say secret weapons? 

Some of you asked me about how to manage three children and en ever moving household and stay sane or how I am taking some of my pictures and the like. So here are some links to people and Apps and homepages that help me on a daily basis.

I am a follower of these blogs that help me during my everyday struggle, journey, path through life:

• simple mom
• The Happiness Project
• Zen habits
• Be more with less
• Fly Lady

To record the daily happenings for later use in my project life or to remember when scrapbooking or editing photos on the computer I have been using this smart app called Day One recently:

The good thing about it is that you can set reminders throughout the day and it will just signal you from time to time that it is time to write in your journal. That is such a good thing because we know: we have all these plans but during the hassle of the everyday we tend to forget!

You can also perfectly print them out (I take a screenshot now and then) and add them to my journaling for the ongoing Project Life Album.

To help me get fit and reach my goals concerning better health and moving more I also have some helpers on the list:

• NTC Nike Training Club: This is perfect for me because I am sort of a loner and not a person who likes going to a gym. With this one I can be totally flexible and use the training intervalls whenever I have time.

This is such a great App and I love that the workout is shown in photos and you can see how much you accomplished already plus you can add your own music from your iTunes playlists.

• move more eat well with Cathy Zielske: I can combine training and healthier eating habits with scrapbooking. Who would have thought that even exists!?

An then there are the Photograpy Apps that help me a lot:

Isn't it amazing what you can do with photos without an expensive camera and equipment or enormous photography skills?

So this is part of what me keeps going every day - netwise. I did not mention any of these great blogs where I get endless inspiration about food, travel, interior decoration and life. You are following them anyhow and that could easily get redundant if I would also start it. This should be purely every day life "gear" apart from the decorative interior design world. And I did not mention books and people you can actually touch and feel - this will be another post. I just let you go here so you can explore for yourself and find out if any of them could be useful for you as well. And I maybe have forgotten some or will encounter more useful ones. I will keep track and tell you later - promised. One good thing about posting something here is also public accountability, isn't it? It helps me a lot not to get sidetracked all the time - which is so easy in the www....

See you later! Yvonne

 

 

Comments

[memmu]

I've been thinking about getting a new phone as my phone is getting too old. It works perfectly as a phone but sometimes I miss the internet connection. My sister has an iphone but I'm not sure what type of a phone would be best for me. Thanks for introducing yours... :) It looks and sounds like a wonderful thing!!!

[Kikilota]

Thank you so much for sharing all these info with us, you're a great woman and the best virtuofriend!!
:-)
cheers!

[Yvonne Stehle]

Dear Mervi!
I am having so much fun with the iPhone for several reasons: I stay connected with my husband via Emails and photos even if hes is travelling, I can edit my photos, track my spending, journal, read my Kindle books and gather everything together in one appliance. And it takes really good pictures! I can only recommend it!
Yvonne

[Yvonne Stehle]

Thank you so much Kikilota!

[Vanja]

Thank you, Yvonne, for sharing the apps. I'm having fun with the photo apps! There are so many out there that it really helps when others share their experiences. And your photo's are always so lovely that I'm happy to try the apps you mentioned.

[Yvonne Stehle]

Thank you Vanja and have fun using them!
Yvonne