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My new fav apps

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I recently discovered some new apps that I've been really enjoying: Suru, Seven, and Timehop
Screenshot with app icons at top
First up: Suru (99 cents on itunes)
I've been looking for a new note-taking app lately to up my organizational game.  In searching online for popular apps, none of them seemed to have the most important feature to me: nesting notes.  The ability to nest notes was really important because I needed to be able to keep track of a wide expanse of things without having to scroll through pages and pages of notes to visually find what I was looking for.  Specifically, I needed this to keep track of my goals in life.  I really wanted to get back on the horse of keeping track of my goals because I've let go of any sort of discipline ever since Ethan was born.  I gave myself plenty of time and space to just explore what it's like to be a new mom, but now, I'm ready to get back on track.  I really liked how Suru lets me organize my thoughts at multi-levels, has color-coding, and the ability to add in pictures for further clarification.  It'd be easier to just show you...
 
This is the opening screen with high-level lists that I've created thus far:

This is what it looks like if I open up one of my lists:
 
And then, one level deeper:

 
Next: Seven (free)
I had heard from a youtuber about starting to work out post-baby, and that she had heard from somewhere to just start with seven minutes a day.  I thought it was a great idea, but shelved it somewhere in my brain.  Then, I found out about this app from another youtuber, and the light bulb went off.  This app is a voice-guided workout session that goes for 7 minutes.  No matter how busy or tired I can be in a day, I know I can always carve out at least 7 minutes to do this simple workout.  I've done it consecutively for the past three days, and am loving the burn.  They're all simple exercises that don't require any special equipment, e.g. jumping jacks, planks, crunches.  My main concern with starting to exercise again is to not further strain my joints, and I've been able to modify these exercises so that they'll work for me.  I've had fun changing the voice of the trainer from English to Chinese and then Australian.  Whatever keeps it interesting, right?  Supposedly, the more you do the workout, the more workouts or achievements you'll unlock.  I'm not too concerned about that, as I'll probably start looking at Cassie's workouts on youtube (username: blogilates) once I've tired of this app.

 
Last, but not least: Timehop (free)
Jennifer introduced me to this app, and I've been loving it!  It's great to get nostalgic over the past 1-5 years of my activity on social media.  Like this screenshot below, how has it already been over a year since Jennifer's lovely bridal shower??  Ahh, the memories ;o)
 
I forgot how fun it is to try new apps.  It's been a great way to break me out of the everyday routine, and fire up some new connections in my brain.


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