0:04

Well, it's

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January 12. Have you failed your

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New Year's resolution already?

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Maybe,

0:13

right, if we even

0:13

made one? Well, I think one

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thing we can agree on, though,

0:17

is we would all like to be more

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productive this year.

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Yeah, definitely.

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Especially if we're going to be

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home a lot with the pandemic and

0:26

everything still going on. So

0:31

right, likelihood

0:31

is that everyone's still going

0:33

to be working from home. I might

0:33

we're both permanently working

0:36

from home. Yeah, you know, as

0:36

far as we can see, but what apps

0:41

are out there that can help us

0:41

be productive. And there's a

0:45

lot, right. So in this episode,

0:45

we're going to share with you

0:48

our 10 favorite apps, including

0:48

a bonus of what keeps us the

0:53

most productive, especially over

0:53

this year. Yeah.

0:56

So let's get into the episode.

0:59

Welcome to working home

0:59

parents helping you find

1:03

stability between client calls,

1:03

and potty training, because

1:07

we're all figuring this out as

1:07

we go. And now, your hosts,

1:12

Amanda and Dan Norton.

1:17

So you already

1:17

know what I'm gonna say, because

1:20

it's my favorite list that I use

1:20

every single day. The any list

1:25

app,

1:26

I feel like we mentioned this in like every other

1:28

Yeah, I think we're gonna have to start reaching out to get sponsored. I

1:30

love this any list app, it is

1:36

something I use daily, like I

1:36

always mention, one of the

1:40

things that I'm going to start

1:40

doing is making a list of chores

1:44

that I need to complete on this

1:44

app daily, so that I'm not

1:48

overwhelmed throughout the week,

1:48

and I have a little bit of

1:52

better order in my life with

1:52

when things can get done. So

1:56

that's how you could use the app

1:56

is if you want to get chores

1:59

done if you want to put your

1:59

shopping list on there. Your

2:03

list to get gifts for people. So

2:03

and we have an even by store we

2:07

have Okay, when we go to

2:07

Kinko's, when we get these

2:09

items, when we go to stop and

2:09

shop, we get these items. And so

2:12

you can list every single store

2:12

that you go to on a regular

2:16

basis. And you can just document

2:16

what what apps you want. And you

2:21

can just write down what items

2:21

you need from those stores.

2:26

Because sometimes you go to

2:26

different stores for different

2:28

things. So why not have a

2:28

specific list with that store

2:32

name, and the items that you

2:32

usually get there?

2:36

Yeah, that's

2:36

helpful too, because we we paid

2:39

for the premium, which gives us

2:39

the family the the family

2:43

version of it so that we can

2:43

both share a list. Yes. And that

2:47

makes it really easy because he

2:47

could cross it off. So like

2:49

Amanda can add the, you know,

2:49

anything that's on the you know,

2:52

that we need that I would note

2:52

add, but then I could cross it

2:55

off from shopping and vice

2:55

versa. We do it a lot while

2:58

we're at the stores to like if

2:58

I'm out shopping, or you're out

3:00

shopping, and I'm home and I'm

3:00

like, like we're missing syrup.

3:05

Like in the moment, we can I can

3:05

add it to the list without

3:07

having to like call you and tell

3:07

you hey, I just added like, it's

3:11

just added to the list. And it's

3:11

there, you don't have to worry

3:13

that you miss my text or something.

3:15

It's amazing list.

3:16

It's also really

3:16

good. I'm not going to say the

3:19

name. Because there's one

3:19

sitting right next to me, but

3:21

the Amazon Echo show kind of

3:21

thing or whatever your Smart

3:25

Home tech me we did have that

3:25

smart home tech episode with

3:28

Craig Williamson is, it's really

3:28

helpful because we're able to

3:33

sync any list to it. And while

3:33

we're like in the kitchen, or we

3:37

find something that we need, we

3:37

could just yell the name, you

3:42

know, whether it's You're the

3:42

one that use from Apple or for

3:45

Google or for Amazon, we use the

3:45

Amazon one. And you could yell

3:50

that name and then just say add

3:50

syrup to the list. Yeah. And

3:54

it'll get and you say what list

3:54

you want to add it to like I

3:57

don't even have to say the any

3:57

list app. I just say add syrup

4:00

to the Walmart list. Yes. And it

4:00

just gets added, which is really

4:03

helpful for me, because then I don't even have to open up my phone. So

4:06

how many times do

4:06

I come home from the store? And

4:10

you're like, Oh, I forgot this.

4:10

And then I'm like, well wasn't

4:14

on the list. And it's like, in

4:14

that moment, when you think of

4:17

something, you don't have to

4:17

always write it down on the

4:19

phone, ask you know who? To put

4:19

it on there. I try to like

4:25

remind you to do that. It's like

4:25

we're so spoiled now. You know?

4:29

Yeah. Yeah. Well,

4:29

if we're gonna speak of a list

4:32

to my favorite app, that sort of

4:32

like a list is Trello. So that'd

4:38

be number two is just the Trello

4:38

app. I love using Trello. I've

4:42

used it for a long time, and I

4:42

definitely use it within my

4:45

business. But just even getting

4:45

work done. It's It's similar to

4:50

the ideas if you write a bunch

4:50

of sticky notes, right? Yeah, if

4:56

you were to write like, you

4:56

know, five different things,

4:59

each one on a sticky note And

4:59

then you just basically move

5:01

that sticky note from list to

5:01

list. That is basically what

5:04

Trello is, if you haven't used

5:04

it before. And there's different

5:07

ways that you can create it. And

5:07

you can add in like a lot of

5:10

descriptive stuff. And you can

5:10

add comments if you have anyone

5:13

else on the board with you. But

5:13

I really like it. And I've been

5:16

using it in the, I think it's

5:16

called the Pomodoro method or

5:19

whatever, where it's like, you

5:19

have a certain amount of time

5:21

that you work on something. But

5:21

then there is the there is a

5:26

method where it's like you write

5:26

your to do list, yeah. And then

5:29

you have a list called doing.

5:29

And then a list called done.

5:32

Right, and there's only and all

5:32

your cards are in the to do

5:36

list. And you basically want to

5:36

get them all to the done list.

5:39

But you can only move one card

5:39

at a time to the doing list. So

5:43

you take one card that you write

5:43

up all your to do list. So I've

5:46

been doing this like the night before, write up the whole to do list on the on that pair. And

5:48

then once I sit down, I take a

5:53

card, move it over, and I start

5:53

working from there. And I use

5:57

that in along with that pomodoro

5:57

method of like sitting down for

6:01

like 40 minutes, and working

6:01

just for those 40 minutes and

6:04

then taking like an 18 or 20

6:04

minute break. That's awesome,

6:07

right? Or you could do it a

6:07

whole different ways you can do

6:10

that method in like 25 minutes

6:10

with a five minute break. And

6:13

then this, you know, kind of

6:13

adds up to an hour. And you do

6:17

that. Or you can do like 15

6:17

minutes and 10 minute break

6:21

whatever works. And the way that

6:21

I like to use that is with an

6:24

app called noisily. And oh, I

6:24

SLI and noisily is an app where

6:33

you set how long you want to

6:33

work for and how long you want

6:35

your break for. And it will play

6:35

sounds, it doesn't it doesn't

6:39

play music. It'll play like,

6:39

sounds like soundscapes, like

6:45

let's say like a cafe or a like

6:45

a beach like a beach or and you

6:50

could create your own too. So

6:50

like you can add in like a train

6:53

in the distance. And you can add

6:53

in leaves, or you can add like

6:56

an ocean sound or like a lake

6:56

sound all these different sounds

7:00

that you can add them all up,

7:00

and it will play that. And then

7:03

it'll once you switch to your

7:03

resting time, it'll give you

7:05

this little signal and then

7:05

it'll switch to arresting sounds

7:09

sounds that aren't this, you

7:09

know, the same as like the

7:13

productive sounds like so you

7:13

could have one that's helps you

7:16

really be productive. And then another one that helps you relax. So maybe you're working,

7:17

maybe you have like cafe sounds

7:20

during your productivity time.

7:20

Okay, and then during your like

7:24

20 minute rest or your 10 minute

7:24

rest, you have like beach

7:28

sounds, huh. And that can be

7:28

really helpful. So I find those

7:33

to be really helpful for me,

7:33

even though I think the analyst

7:37

is good for the listings, these

7:37

are really helped, I think in

7:40

the moment really help with productivity,

7:41

I think it's a great idea because I listened to Spotify, when I'm and I put my

7:43

headphones in when I'm just

7:46

documenting stuff. But then I

7:46

catch myself like singing along

7:50

and then it gets a little

7:50

distracting, you know, so I

7:53

think that's a good app, instead

7:53

of just listening to regular,

7:57

like pop music or whatever,

7:57

yeah, stuff like that. Okay,

8:01

number four is every dollar

8:01

budgeting app. So this is by

8:06

Dave Ramsey, who is the creator,

8:06

the owner, the author of

8:14

Financial Peace University. And

8:14

this is a great budgeting tool

8:19

that you could use on your

8:19

phone, on your iPad on the

8:22

computer. And it just helps you

8:22

organize your budget even even

8:26

better than what you ever even

8:26

imagined. Because it literally

8:29

goes through how you spend every

8:29

dollar. And and I love it. Every

8:34

dollar has a name is what he

8:34

teaches. And he teaches you

8:38

really good strategies to help

8:38

budget and to help kill debt. So

8:44

we haven't been very on top of

8:44

that. But I really think you

8:48

know, 20 year 2021, we need to

8:48

get back on track with what we

8:52

did, or

8:52

Yeah, we did really well with it. Yeah, when we first started using it a few

8:54

years ago, it was really helpful

8:57

because we got the premium, you got the premium because you could sync your bank accounts to

8:59

right, which is nice, because

9:02

you don't have to worry about the transaction. So we're talking about being productive.

9:04

It's like instead of having to

9:06

sit down and write all those

9:06

things out, because for me that

9:08

would take forever and take away

9:08

from a ton of things. Having

9:10

something that you just

9:10

basically have to set up once.

9:13

And then it's kind of automated

9:13

because you just set up and then

9:15

you know exactly what to spend. So you're not really worrying, like, Oh, am I gonna overspend

9:17

by this or that, you know,

9:22

especially right now, if you're

9:22

tight with money, and you need

9:24

to, you know, figure out what

9:24

you can and can't spend money

9:28

on. It is a really good app even

9:28

in even in a productivity sense.

9:32

Just it helps not necessarily

9:32

automate. But it helps get a

9:35

little closer to not having to,

9:35

you know, write every single

9:39

thing down.

9:40

Yes, exactly. I

9:40

love it. Speaking of money, and

9:43

budgeting, number five is

9:43

download your bank app. A lot of

9:48

us have the opportunity to now

9:48

deposit checks without going to

9:53

the bank, but doing it on your

9:53

phone. So check out your bank's

9:57

app because you know sometimes

9:57

you know even With COVID going

10:01

on, and in just time, in

10:01

general, we don't have the time

10:04

to go to the bank stand on that

10:04

long line, because you know,

10:07

lines are out the doors with the

10:07

bank still. And you know, you

10:10

can deposit a check quickly on

10:10

your phone, you could take a

10:12

picture of it or whatever. And

10:12

we never had access to that

10:16

before. And when I found out our

10:16

bank was doing it, it just made

10:19

it so much easier and more

10:19

productive for me, instead of

10:23

spending so much time on the

10:23

lines at the bank, and then, you

10:27

know, potentially getting, I

10:27

don't know, potentially risking

10:30

something, you know, because

10:30

you're touching the pad and all

10:33

yeah, it's just

10:33

easier, I think

10:33

it just adds some help to just

10:36

saving that time of having to

10:36

make the run if you do get a

10:39

check. I mean, so many of us are

10:39

direct deposit now. And yes,

10:42

most people are either sending

10:42

us money on Venmo, or PayPal or

10:44

something if you were to get a

10:44

gift, but you do get those those

10:47

paychecks or if your employer

10:47

does pay with the paycheck or

10:51

anything. A lot of times I often

10:51

forget that we have that

10:55

opportunity. Yeah. And it's so

10:55

easy. You just can just take

10:57

that picture, and then boom, the

10:57

money's in there. Yeah, it's

11:00

it's super simple. It's

11:00

definitely worth the time. And I

11:02

think it can make it productive

11:02

to just not have just one less

11:05

thing to have to go out and get

11:05

and stand on these ridiculous

11:08

lines that you depending on what

11:08

state you live in, or where you

11:11

live in. You know, it's cold

11:11

here right now. And so having to

11:17

stand on a long line outside,

11:17

potentially, for something you

11:22

could do on an app? Yes. Does it make sense?

11:24

Exactly, exactly.

11:24

Number six is using Dropbox, the

11:28

dropbox app, and or Google Drive

11:28

or both?

11:33

Right? Apple has

11:33

their own storage too. But it's

11:35

just having some kind of cloud

11:35

storage, that, you know, when

11:41

you're trying to be productive

11:41

from home, having having things

11:44

on hard drives, or USB sticks,

11:44

and you could easily lose that

11:47

stuff. Yes. But you could also

11:47

drop things right from the

11:50

phone, straight into the into

11:50

something like Dropbox or if

11:54

you're working with a remote

11:54

team, whether it's your business

11:57

or your your job. Having

11:57

something like that is is really

12:01

easy, but I think it's good for

12:01

families as well. There are

12:04

these free versions that have

12:04

low storage if you don't need

12:06

much. But you know, I think it's

12:06

worth getting that extra

12:10

storage, because especially what

12:10

if your computer crashes, what

12:13

if your phone goes out, and you

12:13

lose all that stuff, at least

12:16

you have that backup, even just

12:16

your family photos and videos,

12:20

and different things like that

12:20

on some kind of a cloud storage

12:24

that you can easily restore

12:24

from, or just keep things there.

12:28

So that you're not constantly

12:28

having to fill up, you know,

12:31

your phone with photos, and then

12:31

delete them.

12:34

Right. That's a good point with the family photos and stuff. Because, you

12:35

know, a lot of people may have

12:38

like a family members may have

12:38

Google Drive or Dropbox and you

12:41

guys can share a photo album and

12:41

add pictures to it so that

12:46

everybody stays connected. You

12:46

know, some some family members

12:49

don't have Facebook or any other

12:49

social media, and they miss out

12:54

on maybe like the everyday

12:54

things you're doing. And you

12:57

know, so this is a good way to

12:57

stay connected is by downloading

13:00

pictures and videos of your kids

13:00

and your time together and all

13:04

that stuff. So number seven is

13:04

using My Fitness Pal that has

13:11

been great to help track our

13:11

food and our water intake. And

13:16

that's been a goal for me since

13:16

the beginning because I'm

13:19

actually in my cousin's wedding

13:19

in September, and I would love

13:24

to lose a few pounds. And I

13:24

remember when I was losing

13:27

pounds losing weight for our

13:27

wedding. And one of the biggest

13:31

things I did was track my food.

13:31

And that really helped me to

13:35

just be more mindful on what I'm

13:35

eating, and how much I'm eating.

13:40

And that really helped me lose

13:40

weight besides going to the gym

13:43

and all that stuff. Well, it's

13:43

easier when you don't have kids

13:46

and you don't you're not married

13:46

or anything. Everything is

13:49

easier

13:51

to but I use, you

13:51

know, My Fitness Pal to lose a

13:53

lot of weight. But now, you

13:53

know, that was a few years ago

13:56

now.

13:57

Mm hmm. While

14:00

when we when we

14:00

reset my password, because it's

14:03

been that long people. Um, it

14:03

said I haven't used it since

14:07

April 2013. It's like, oh, my

14:07

goodness

14:11

of the app. You

14:11

weren't really using the app.

14:14

You weren't

14:14

worried and I was more writing

14:16

down. I thought it would be

14:16

better. But I actually really

14:18

enjoyed this because we

14:18

discovered they do the barcode

14:22

scanning.

14:23

The barcode makes it

14:24

easier. So yeah, I

14:26

mean, if we're

14:26

really talking productivity for

14:28

this app, I mean, one you are

14:28

tracking your food. So you are

14:30

remembering to drink water more,

14:30

you're remembering to eat more

14:33

healthier food, which keeps you

14:33

more productive as opposed to

14:36

the typical things that us

14:36

parents who work from home eat,

14:39

which is the cold stuff and

14:39

trying to get it in while you're

14:44

doing everything else and easy

14:44

to snack while you're home. Oh

14:47

The fridge is so easy. But

14:47

having that but it's also

14:51

there's a little tracker in

14:51

there where you could just snap

14:54

a picture of the barcode of

14:54

whatever food you're eating.

14:57

Obviously you can't do that with

14:57

like fruit but You know, if you

15:00

have anything that has a barcode

15:00

on it, it's a lot easier to

15:03

just, you know, get that and you

15:03

don't have to search for it. You

15:07

just put it right in. Yeah, 123.

15:09

It's a really

15:09

good accountability app. That's

15:11

for sure. Number eight is the

15:11

Fitbit app. So what I love about

15:17

the Fitbit, and what drives me

15:17

crazy at the same time is it

15:20

buzzes, like, every 30 minutes,

15:20

and it reminds you to get up,

15:25

it's a great thing. And

15:25

sometimes I'll be on the phone

15:29

with somebody, or I'll be in the

15:29

middle of typing and it buzzes

15:32

and I'm like, Okay, okay, I

15:32

heard you, it's time to get up.

15:35

So I get up, I stretch, I maybe

15:35

walk around a little bit, and

15:40

just even just walking around

15:40

the living room just to get

15:42

those steps in because it says

15:42

like, you have 250 steps to go.

15:46

And I'm like, what, haha, Okay,

15:46

I'm gonna go walk around here

15:49

and walk around there. It's it's

15:49

like, it's so funny, because I

15:51

used to get like, Ah, this is

15:51

annoying. But really, it is the

15:56

best thing because it really

15:56

gets the blood, the blood, blood

15:59

flow moving in your legs, and it

15:59

gets you to like step away from

16:03

the computer, or just even get

16:03

up for a few minutes just to

16:08

step away from even off the

16:08

couch. So it's a really good

16:11

thing to have. I really loved

16:11

the Fitbit app a lot.

16:15

Yeah, and I think

16:15

there's a lot of different apps

16:17

too. We just happen to use

16:17

Fitbit. So that's why we would

16:20

suggest it. But I'm sure there's

16:20

a lot of others that have those

16:23

same kind of capabilities. Yeah.

16:23

And including like Apple watch

16:26

or or whatever other smartwatch

16:26

you wear. I'm sure that can be.

16:30

But they absolutely the one

16:30

thing I do want to say from

16:33

this, these are all apps that we

16:33

actually use to say that at the

16:35

beginning is that these are

16:35

actually apps we use. So that's

16:40

why we're sharing these particular apps.

16:42

Yep. Number nine

16:42

is the reminders app. So second

16:46

to the any list app, I would say

16:46

the reminders app is like number

16:50

one, the number one things on my

16:50

priority I use on my phone the

16:54

most. I probably have like 50

16:54

reminders, I have reminders to

16:59

when to pay my bills, and how

16:59

much they are. I really document

17:03

each thing. reminders on when to

17:03

cut Aiden's nails. I mean, it's

17:08

ridiculous. But it helps me

17:08

remember like, okay, it's been a

17:11

week I need to do it. I have a

17:11

lot of reminders for every

17:15

little thing on there, even when

17:15

to take my break. Because I

17:18

notice if I because I don't

17:18

watch the clock 24 seven on my,

17:22

during the workday. So I even

17:22

make a reminder on my phone for

17:27

my 15 minute break in the

17:27

morning. And then I have one for

17:30

my afternoon break. Because I

17:30

can't tell you that the mornings

17:34

fly the afternoons fly. And then

17:34

I forget to take my break. And

17:38

it is such a blessing that I my

17:38

phone buzzes me and says, okay,

17:42

It's break time, even for lunch

17:42

break, you know, because then

17:45

after my morning break, I am

17:45

rushing, getting things done.

17:48

And then boom, it's like two

17:48

o'clock or one o'clock and I'm

17:52

taking and it says lunch on my

17:52

phone for the reminder. Because

17:56

Time flies if you're not

17:56

watching it so. So I love the

17:59

reminders app, I use it 200

17:59

times a day, it's great.

18:03

I try but I don't

18:03

get I don't get reminded. But I

18:07

don't know if it works as well

18:07

for me with the written like one

18:10

I have to read. So I like using

18:10

the name, we shall not name Oh,

18:16

Echo, Amazon device to actually

18:16

verbally tell me to remind me to

18:22

do those, I find that to be

18:22

really a little more helpful.

18:25

Obviously, if you're on the go,

18:25

that doesn't help, although you

18:28

can tell that app to also remind

18:28

you on your phone. But that is

18:34

that's where I think the

18:34

reminders for me help a little

18:36

better, then then the written

18:36

ones because we've tried that

18:40

for a long time, whether it's

18:40

even written sticky notes, and I

18:43

just don't see it.

18:46

And who it is,

18:46

yeah, I don't

18:46

know what it is. If it's even if

18:49

it's my email or reminders, I

18:49

think this is the type A

18:51

personality and me but like, I

18:51

don't like to see things back up

18:55

like or pile up. I don't like to

18:55

see my reminders be like, you

19:00

know, have five reminders that

19:00

are red and stuff like that. I

19:02

can't stand that. I don't know,

19:02

I guess it's a type a I don't

19:05

know. But so I like to check

19:05

those off and get them down. You

19:09

know, even email I like to have

19:09

zero emails that are like read

19:13

unread,

19:13

you know, I want

19:13

to see how many emails we get so

19:16

up in the 100 1000s it's gonna

19:16

work for you so I can I can help

19:23

you go through them and throw

19:23

some away or answer whatever

19:27

email that is like months worth

19:27

going through that backlog.

19:31

Well, but speaking of reminders,

19:31

one thing that we do always need

19:34

to get reminded about is when we

19:34

have meetings, yeah, right, like

19:38

reminding of having meetings or

19:38

when to schedule meetings. And

19:41

so I think our number 10 and

19:41

this is one that I use literally

19:45

every week is the calendly

19:45

calendly. And that is super

19:51

helpful because especially when

19:51

you're communicating with people

19:55

in different time zones or

19:55

around the world, and it's like,

19:58

Hey, are you available at This

19:58

time and what that what is that

20:01

in your time zone or even in

20:01

your own time zone? It's like

20:03

trying to figure out a meeting time. It's like, Oh, I'm available now. Oh, when are you

20:05

available? Can you do three

20:08

hours? No, but can can you do it

20:08

in five hours? and What time was

20:11

that? Again? When are we

20:11

meeting? Where are we meeting?

20:13

You know, is it gonna be on

20:13

zoom? Are we going to FaceTime?

20:15

Or are we just doing a phone

20:15

call whatever, it can be very

20:20

confusing, overwhelming, it's

20:20

easy to forget, the calendly app

20:24

makes life so easy, is you and

20:24

we actually use this for booking

20:29

our guests on the show is you

20:29

scheduled times that you're

20:33

available, you put in available

20:33

times that you know that you're

20:36

available for meetings, and how

20:36

long those type meetings are.

20:42

And then you send that to the

20:42

people you're going to have

20:45

meetings with. And they booked

20:45

themselves on time that you're

20:50

already available, you don't

20:50

have to go back and forth to

20:52

like five different emails, you

20:52

don't have to set like, make

20:55

sure that you got the time

20:55

zones, correct, right, because

20:58

that's definitely happened. And

20:58

you can also set the

21:01

destination. In fact, I've got

21:01

it because I use the even just

21:04

the basic premium, it's like $8

21:04

a month or something. And you

21:08

could sync up, zoom right to it.

21:08

And it'll automatically create a

21:12

zoom meeting for you that all

21:12

you have to do is open up zoom

21:15

and hit start. And you get set

21:15

custom reminders. So you can

21:19

have emails that are sent to

21:19

both like you and the guests

21:22

that are sent at different times

21:22

leading up to it. So they could

21:26

remind them a day before an hour

21:26

before 10 minute before. I mean,

21:30

you could send a whole bunch of

21:30

them, you could even send follow

21:32

up emails afterwards, asking

21:32

them about the meeting. And I'd

21:36

be all automated, right? And

21:36

there's things like that there

21:38

is even if you pay for the high

21:38

premium, like text message

21:41

reminders that this meeting is

21:41

coming up. So there's I think

21:44

it's really helpful. I think

21:44

it's useful in a lot of

21:47

different cases, not just even

21:47

your own business. But like if

21:51

you needed to set up meetings

21:51

with other people. Or if you're

21:54

planning family meetings and

21:54

gatherings instead of having a

21:57

mass text where you're trying to

21:57

everybody find it. It's like,

21:59

hey, let's book one time, here's

21:59

this time and just Book

22:02

Yourself. So they automatically

22:02

get the reminders. They

22:04

automatically get that this is

22:04

not sponsored by calendly. But

22:08

I'd definitely be open for this.

22:08

We definitely use it all the

22:11

time. But I see you could tell I

22:11

really like there's a lot of

22:13

these apps, right? There's a lot

22:13

of these different scheduling

22:15

ones out there. There's other

22:15

free ones, too. I just like

22:18

calendly I like the way it is.

22:18

And I think it's affordable.

22:21

Yeah, definitely.

22:21

Well, the last bonus tip

22:26

suggestion, whatever you want to

22:26

call it. Yeah. would be that do

22:30

not disturb.

22:32

Yeah, it's not

22:32

quite an app. But But yeah, do

22:34

not disturb on your phone.

22:36

Yeah, do not disturb on your phone.

22:37

Yeah. That's, you

22:37

know, it is on Apple at least.

22:40

So putting on Do not disturb it

22:40

right times or having it set, I

22:44

think is a really valuable productivity tip.

22:46

Yeah, definitely.

22:46

Yeah. Because in that, even

22:49

that, what does he call it

22:49

pommeau, Lomo,

22:52

pomodoro pomodoro.

22:56

Even during that

22:56

method, that time that you need

22:59

just to not have any

22:59

interruptions, you can put on

23:03

that noisily app and you can

23:03

work hard and put your Do Not

23:07

Disturb. So it's a great setting

23:07

to put on so that you don't have

23:12

that interference when you are

23:12

going through that method of 40,

23:16

banging out 45 minutes of work,

23:16

or that 25 minutes of work

23:20

before you take your break. So

23:20

it's a great setting to put on.

23:23

I use it throughout the

23:23

nighttime, so I don't get calls

23:26

or texts, or I don't I don't

23:26

wake up to hearing all of that

23:29

throughout the night. But what I

23:29

do like the Do Not Disturb is

23:31

you can set it so that if a

23:31

person is calling you over and

23:35

over again, like it's an

23:35

emergency, it will allow that

23:38

phone call to be heard. I

23:40

think they have to call twice in a row within a certain amount of time. Nice.

23:41

Yeah. But yeah, I think it's

23:44

helpful. Especially I mean, we I

23:44

use it at night as well. But if

23:48

you know that you're busy

23:48

working a certain time, every

23:51

single day, you could even have

23:51

that set to automatically go at

23:54

those times and not even need to

23:54

think and then or just setting

23:59

it when you're when you're

23:59

working because I think we are

24:02

in a very distracted time in the

24:02

world. And it's anything to

24:09

limit the amount of distractions

24:09

we have. And notifications are

24:12

just crazy. Yes. So anything to

24:12

cut those down during your

24:16

productivity time is important.

24:16

So even though it's not an app,

24:19

we thought we'd throw it in as a bonus.

24:21

Yes. Well, that

24:21

was Episode 19. Okay, wow,

24:24

almost 20

24:26

to 20. So yeah,

24:26

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24:29

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24:29

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