![]() I have recently written a textbook chapter for Oxford University Press. Other things I like to do are read, meditate, drink coffee and tea, travel, hike, cook and spend time with my husband and two children. I am not affiliated with Apple, or any other company. I love Apple products, and will write about about uses for them in my own life and others on these pages. I hope you’ll come along on the journey with me of how to combine high-tech and the best of low-tech to make our lives better. I started this blog because I love planning, efficiency, minimalism, and technology, but am also strongly interested in making life better! I strongly believe that personal technology can make our lives easier, and minimize the time we do things that are less important to us. I’m a Board Certified psychiatrist, practicing on the East Coast of the US. This helps me ensure that I have collected all the data for the week, and get ready for the week ahead with a minimum of trauma. On Sunday, I have a weekly review project that automatically comes up in Things (in two screen shots, since it’s longer than my screen). At night, I complete the 5 minute journal. Throughout the day, I use the daily checklist to help me guide my day. I do this via the DayOne app and a text expander- in this case, Typeit4me. I meditate using the Insight Timer that I blogged about a few weeks ago, and I write a five minute journal entry to help me remember what my priorities are and what I am grateful for. It also reminds me of what my current next steps are for goals, and what I’m working on that week.Įach morning, I get up early, and start my morning ritual, which I’ve made a screen shot of the checklist from the daily project above: I have a Daily project that recurs and keeps me accountable with my daily rituals. I am really glad I did! My method is adapted from one of the users, Tor Rogn. I was recently encouraged to try Things 3, the newly released app on Mac, iPad and iPhone by Cultured Code, from a thread on the Asian Efficiency Dojo website. That’s what reminders and the prompting from my apple watch are for! Right now for me, a combination of apps has really helped me get focused. However, I also travel light being a public transportation commuter, and it’s not as if I want or need to recall my calendar perfectly. I am also aware of all the research regarding how writing things down helps you cement them in your mind. ![]() I am a Mac user in general, but in my work, PC is the law of the land. If you’ve assigned a hard deadline, the app provides a thoughtful countdown to make sure you’re done on time. What we love: Things sorts your to-do list by urgency: Today (right now), Upcoming (reasonably soon), Anytime (kinda reasonably soonish), and Someday (all the other stuff). You can also take an ECG recording to check your heart rhythm using the ECG app on Apple Watch. Things 3 gets you a little closer to that blissful state of mind by helping you neatly prioritize everything you need to get done. Anyway, I have found a combination of apps that are changing my life right now. Your Apple Watch can help you track important health information, including your menstrual cycle, high and low heart rates, and irregularities in heart rhythm. I consider the difference between planning methods (digital or paper? Mac app or web app? A combination of both?) as carefully as I timed having a family. I admit how much I love planning, technology, apps and the like.
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