5 simple strategies for making your phone less distracting
We’ve been talking a lot about screen addiction and overuse here over the last few weeks (and well, years), including our Curb Your Screen Addiction series. Well, we recently chatted with author Jake Knapp on our Spawned podcast, who has a well of fantastic...
Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa fitness skills
We’re getting organized in the new year, and I’ve found that using my Amazon Echo — which is strategically placed in our kitchen, the hub of our house — can be a huge help, including fitness. Yes, we’re not kidding. In this post, some of...
Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa finance skills
Next up in our Alexa Organization Series, we’re sharing some of our favorite Alexa finance skills to help you keep your family budget it check. Whether you want to track your investments or keep up with your spending, even pay you bills, here are 4 finance...
Our Alexa organization series: The best Alexa meal planning skills
With the new year starting up, if you’re like me, you’ve got organization on your mind. I’ve found that using my Amazon Echo — which is strategically placed in our kitchen, the hub of our house — can be a huge help. So, we’re...
How to use the Siri Shortcuts app to make your life a whole lot easier
I’m always discovering new tricks on my iPhone, but figuring out the Siri Shortcuts app has been a total game changer. This feature lets you set up voice commands to automate the tasks you perform over and over again, like navigating to your kid’s school...
This might just be the best way to organize your iPhone apps
I’ve tried many different approaches to organizing my iPhone apps, but the same thing always happens: I can’t find the ones I need when I need them. Logic says you leave your most-used apps on the main page, then put the others in files, but it turns out,...
iPhone trick: How to lock and password-protect notes in your Notes app.
Raise your hand if you know how to lock your notes on the Notes app on your iPhone. And now…here’s me not raising my hands.Honestly, I never even realized you could do it at all! So leave it to my 11-year-old daughter to show me a cool iPhone tip I...
Back to School Tech: The best apps to help you get organized, parents!
Every year, we put together a list of the best organizational apps for parents. Well this year, we’ve rounded up all our posts into one handy guide so you can access all of them at once. Bookmark this page, or start downloading these handy apps right now, before...
Tech organization just got a whole lot more stylish
These days, most of us are walking around with at least a charging cable and a pair of earbuds in our bag. Add in a portable battery charger, and a charging block, and you’re got a whole lot of tech rolling around in there. That’s why I’m digging...Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz
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