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Hello! In the age of modern technology, it is a sin not to take advantage of the devices that he gave us. Gadgets not only take up time, but can also help you become more developed, collected and well-read.
Therefore, today I want to propose to consider the most useful applications for android.
So, are you ready to improve yourself?
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Evernote
With this assistant, it will become easier for you to conduct business, plan your activities and, in general, achieve success. Evernote lets you take notes, create lists, create projects, capture ideas, and even set an alarm to remind you of an upcoming task. Moreover, it is not necessary to have access to the Internet, even being without a connection you will not miss anything.
Time management has never been so easy and accessible to everyone.
one note
This is a digital notebook that will always be with you. It is interesting and convenient in that you can not only print in it, but also fix your ideas with the help of a drawing in moments of inspiration.
An excellent program for those who like to create mind maps. They allow you to save time and help you remember the material faster. This is especially important in public speaking.
Also in One note, you can share your ideas with colleagues or friends, or even jointly lead a project. It is enough just to give them access to the necessary document.
By the way, often couples in love use it for romantic notes and drawings. Or indicate a list of products that you need to buy. In general, register and try.
google-calendar
Few people have not encountered him in their work. With it, you can schedule meetings and set reminders, invite other participants to any events by sending them email notifications.
Access to the necessary files can be obtained from any device connected to the Internet, just go directly to your account.
If you enter your goals in the Google calendar, he will try to organize the space for their implementation. For example, you want to go in for sports 2 times a week — he will select the most suitable time for this task.
Train your brain
This is a unique application that will help you develop different types of thinking through games. You will strengthen your memory, improve attention, perception. Learn to shorthand. In general, pump your brain to the fullest.
A good bonus in Train your brain is a minimum of advertising that pops up only after the end of the game.
Puzzle English
With it, you will quickly learn English. In Puzzle English it is possible to set up a personalized learning program depending on your needs.
It contains various tasks for developing the ability to recognize English speech by ear. You can even compete with other participants thanks to the quiz. Replenish vocabulary, tighten grammar.
The learning format is varied. Everyone will find the most suitable form for themselves. In Puzzle English, you can even watch movies and clips in their original sound, including subtitles if you wish, to learn new words and pronounce them correctly.
Fitness plan: 30 days
If you want to put your figure and health in order, relieve excess stress and get a good mood — then this program is for you.
The exercises are selected in such a way as to get the maximum benefit from training, the intensity of which will gradually increase.
Thanks to the video guide, you can figure out how to properly perform any exercise in order to eliminate even minimal injuries.
A fitness plan will definitely not let you get bored, arms, legs, abs and in general, you will pump your whole body in different ways every day. And monitor your progress.
speed reading
The exercises are performed in a playful way, besides, after each of them, your mistakes and achievements are recorded. Accordingly, you will have visual statistics in which you can adjust the learning process in accordance with your own capabilities. That is, to work on the bugs to achieve the best result.
By the way, if friends or relatives also have Speed Reading installed, it will be possible to arrange competitions with them, which will only give motivation for learning.
word of the day
A rich vocabulary indicates a high level of intellectual development. And the ability to speak beautifully will never hurt anyone.
Moreover, there is no need to allocate a certain time for its development.
The word of the day will give you one notification every day with a new word and its designation. Literally one minute a day — and after 2 weeks you will feel more confident in a conversation, using terms that will increase your status in the eyes of your interlocutors.
Insight Timer — meditation
The life of a modern person is full of stress, every day he has to live a lot of stress. And this negatively affects health, mood and general well-being.
Meditation is one of the most effective means in the fight against insomnia, depression, fears and so on.
Insight Timer promotes not only relaxation and healing, but also an increase in the level of awareness, sensitivity to one’s own experiences.
And no matter what level you have reached earlier, it contains material for both beginners and meditation adepts themselves, who, by the way, have the opportunity to upload their lessons, sharing knowledge gained from their own experience. A beginner can choose a teacher with whom he will study on a regular basis.
And what is most interesting, it is quite possible to relieve stress even while doing household chores by choosing light and relaxing music from the selection.
Spendee
This is home bookkeeping, which you can’t do without if you want to learn how to properly manage your finances.
It has a beautiful interface, which only increases the level of pleasure from using this program. In addition, you can create a joint account with one of the family members so that income and expenses are recorded automatically. If you also link a bank card to it, all transactions will also be displayed.
Spendee has a function to convert spending in the form of a chart or graph. That will allow you to track how your financial situation changes every month.
Forest: stay focused
Forest will not let you relax, but also increase the efficiency of work and save time that can be well-deservedly spent on rest.
Because it is focused on combating procrastination. This is a state when you want to postpone the completion of some task for later, being distracted by completely insignificant things. And then at the very last moment, in a state of stress, try to quickly complete it.
Forest has received many awards, including the Google Play Best Self Improvement App. He was also considered one of the best in 2015, 2016 and 2018.
The point is that you are planting a tree, virtual. And the longer you are not distracted by the phone, the more it grows. Just leave the program, which must be enabled for a certain period — the seedling will die.
You have the right to set a timer for the period of time during which you plan to work. And also make adjustments to the «white sheet» if the phone is needed for business purposes.
For each successfully grown tree, you receive coins that can be used for charitable purposes. The developers donate funds to the Trees for The Future organization, which plants real plants.
It turns out that you will not only work effectively, but also contribute to the greening of the planet.
Writelight
Suitable directly for those who want to learn how to express their thoughts beautifully and freely. Especially ideal for novice writers, bloggers who have a so-called blank slate phobia.
You will be able to develop your creative thinking, learn to find ways out of difficult situations and write without stopping and long reflections.
Writelight can also be used as a diary, recording your feelings and ideas without giving in to criticism and evaluation.
Focus Lock
Another way to increase productivity. It differs from the previous one in that Focus Lock simply blocks other applications that prevent you from concentrating on a task. You set a timer, specify unnecessary programs for work and set intervals for rest.
And no matter what happens, you can’t change your mind. You simply will not be able to start prohibited services until the signal about the end of the blocking sounds.
Tough enough, but for some cases it’s the only way to learn to keep the boundaries without breaking them.
Lumosity
Lumosity is a great brain trainer. Includes 25 interesting games for the daily development of both memory and thinking, mindfulness and other cognitive abilities.
Their complexity varies depending on your capabilities and the results that you can achieve. You will also track the dynamics of development in order to understand where it is worth directing more effort.
Shuffle my life
If it began to seem to you that routine and everyday life literally swallowed up your life, Shuffle my life will help you bring colors back into it.
Do you know how? Through completely unusual, creative and interesting tasks. Every day you will receive, so to speak, work, the implementation of which the application will carefully monitor.
For example, call someone and wish them a happy birthday, take a picture of 5 unusual objects, make a dictaphone recording of a speech on absolutely any topic, read an article on Wikipedia …
In general, Shuffle my life will not let you get bored, it contains more than 400 different ideas. That is, for a whole year you will surely be provided with creativity.
Spelling of the Russian language
For those who want to improve their literacy and vocabulary. The training takes place in the form of testing, you will be offered the word and its spelling options. If you make a mistake, Russian Spelling will remember it and repeat it in further training, in order to surely fix the correct spelling in memory.
Logic and ingenuity
If you want to learn how to systematize the information received, process it, analyze it and give it out, logically substantiating, forming hypotheses and calculations — then Logic and ingenuity is just for you.
Here you will find more than a hundred different tasks, for the solution of which you will need to think carefully. And you can choose to your taste, the mass. Someone will like non-standard puzzles, and someone will like algorithms.
Completion
And that’s all for today, dear readers! Develop and be happy!
And do not forget to share in the comments what you liked more from the list, and what did not come in handy at all as a tool for self-development.
The material was prepared by a psychologist, Gestalt therapist, Zhuravina Alina