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Empowering Lifehack Apps for Everyday

Want to stay organized everyday and feel empowered? Check out any of these ideal lifehack apps to get your days going.

By C.C. CurtisPublished 6 years ago 9 min read
Top Story - November 2017
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There are days where we don’t entirely feel motivated to do anything. There are even moments where we tend to forget the tasks we needed to cover. Constantly slacking off and pushing work to the next day or even next week.

Overall, we're not keeping up with our daily chores and duties. And continuously doing this can actually affect us in the future. We'll be so used to being lazy and hardly doing any work that soon we'll stay inactive and never getting the chances to do what we want and even working hard in life.

I know a person who was writing a book. She worked on her novel for a couple of months before she didn't make time anymore because of school and work. She could have easily made time to continue writing her book, but she was very disorganized with how she balanced out projects and homework.

In the end, she never got back to her book and abandoned it in her computer. Who knows, her novel could have possibly become a huge hit, but since she never finished it, she lost that possible opportunity.

Don't be disorganized like her. Plan out your days, write to-dos, manage your music playlists, gain proper hours of sleep — don't fall out of place. Be more motivated!

And I know the right tools to help you out on your day to day basis. There are multiple lifehack apps to help you and I've conjured up only the best that can guide you through your days in the most well-ordered manner.

If you don't have enough time to head to the gym, you're not the only one. Many people, including myself, don't have time because of work, school, or both. And when we do get home, we usually flop on our beds and knock out.

However, you don't even have to leave your house to work out anymore. Fitnet Live Coach allows you to get fit right at your home with your phone connecting you to a personal certified trainer. This way, you basically never have to leave your home!

Personalize your daily plan, learn fitness lifehacks, use the 200-plus free workout videos, and chat with your trainer for tips and any advice.

With Remember The Milk, you'll never forget why you headed to the grocery store in the first place. Among the lifehack apps, this app is great for to-do lists that you need to get out of the way. If you usually have a ton to do on the daily, this app can be your lifesaver.

From to-do's to reminding you through emails, text messages, Twitter, etc., you can get things done quicker and constantly stay organized. Manage your tasks through due dates, repeats, lists, tags, and much more. Jot down what you need from the grocery store, so you don’t return home with nothing that you actually needed but junk food.

Who here can't cook or find it difficult to come up with dinner plans every day? I personally can't cook for my life and find cookbooks to be my main guidance. But constantly using the same recipes from the same cook book can be boring. That's why Yummly is one of the best lifehack apps and what us cooking amateurs need in our lives.

Yummly will be your personal chef, offering tips and tricks on how to cook like a pro. Through step by step recipes, it’s hard to make mistakes when cooking anything from this app. There’s also really helpful videos if you’re the type who can learn visually. And, what’s amazing about this app is that it offers more than a million unique and delicious recipes for you to try out.

Pandora Music is a really popular app that's been near the top of the list for years now, because of its great opportunities when it comes to music. I've been using Pandora Music for years now, and I can't think of another app to provide me with music stations by my favorite artists.

Pandora gives you the chance to create music playlists and radio stations based on your favorite genres, artists, and songs. You can also take your music offline while on the go. Always listen to new and your most favorite songs on Pandora.

I tend to always forget about doctor appointments, hair appointments, meeting dates, and literally any other appointment and occasion. Even if it's planned a week or two in advance, it makes it harder for me to remember. But now, I never have to miss another appointment again with one of the handiest lifehack apps you can download — Informant.

Informant is a professional day planner that allows you to date appointments, meetings, special events, and much more on your personal calendar. You can also include notes and contacts for communication. Your phone will notify you when an occasion or appointment is near. It's also a useful organization app for students. And, to check up on the weather forecast, Informant has you covered to give you full details on the weather.

Need more storage on your phone, but can't afford to buy more? You don't have to! MEGA is a secure cloud storage that provides you with an additional 50 GB storage space — for free! With this app on either your phone or tablet, you can store, download, stream, view, share, delete, etc. files whenever you want.

You also have the opportunity to share folders with anyone on your contacts and see updates, too. From storing important data to family photos, everything is always on private. So, it’s only for you to view unless you want to share files with others. Get free 50 GB with MEGA.

How much do you hate your alarm clock or the alarm clock on your phone? Don't you want an alarm clock that will actually wake you up? The Alarm Clock app is among the best lifehack apps that can help you get up faster in the mornings so you won't feel sluggish when heading to work or class.

Aside from that, the clock on this app is beautifully designed and it displays live local weather conditions and temperatures in case you forget to check the forecast before heading out. Also, the app recently features a new way to snooze your alarm, just by shaking it instead of having to unlock your phone and setting it to snooze.

Customize your own alarm clock by setting colorful themes and set your own song or playlist as the alarm. With this app, getting up in the mornings won't be as difficult anymore.

If you love writing, but can't always make time for it, Ulysses has you covered for even writing on the go. Instead of staring off into space while commuting to work or class, take the time on the bus, train, or other public transportation to write!

With this app, you can write almost anywhere and at any time. And when an idea suddenly pops into your head and want to jot it down before it's gone forever, pull out this app to secure all of your best ideas.

You can use Ulysses on your Mac, iPhone, and even iPad. This app makes it super easy to write down your poems, stories, short stories, etc. The app organizes your work in the simplest way, so it’s hard to lose but easy to find them.

We live in a world where there's tons of people speaking different languages. And most of the time, you can't understand what they're saying. Especially if you're taking a trip to a different country and there isn't a single ounce of English being spoken, it can really be hard to get by. Don't be ignorant of the people speaking another language, know what they're saying and talk to them in their language with this app.

Speak and Translate is certainly one of the best lifehack apps you can download into your mobile devices for this purpose. The app allows users to translate texts and even voices. Instead of typing in what you want to say in Mandarin, say it to your phone.

Or if you come across a message that’s in a different language, type in the message and the app will immediately detect the language and its translation. There are 117 languages for text translations while there are 54 languages for voice translations. You can also use the app while offline, which is ideal for traveling in diverse areas.

Suddenly getting stuck in traffic can be a huge pain, especially if you're late to work. And missing that important exam because you were bumper to bumper on the highway where an accident occurred. Avoid traffic and breeze through the road with one of the more helpful lifehack apps — Waze.

Waze is an app that specifically detects accidents, police traps, and other traffic jams on the routes you usually take. So, if a really bad accident occurs on the highway you usually take to work, Waze will guide you to a different route, away from the traffic, and straight to your destination without dealing with long delays. What’s unique about the app is that you can listen to road directions by a celebrity’s voice or even customize your own voice to guide you on the road.

Even though we know the due date to bills and when they're coming up, once they're here, it always gets us by surprise and we're not always prepared. Now, you can actually manage your bills and get reminders every month on your bills' due dates with Bills Monitor, one of the more useful lifehack apps that can be on your phone.

The app features a variety of benefits when it comes to paying your bills, such as a calendar to view when bills are coming up as well as categorizing, amounts, due dates, paid amount, note, manage your money, and much more.

Bills Monitor will notify you when a due date is near and if your bills are over-due. You can also mark payments to bills in full or in part. And if you have a couple of unpaid bills but don’t know the quantity, you can set an icon to show the amount you have to pay. With this app, you'll never be late when paying your bills again.

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C.C. Curtis

Enjoys lounging in NYC bars, loves traveling to foreign countries, and volunteers at the homeless shelter twice a month.

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