There’s hardly any doubt that smartphones have established themselves as an indispensable gadget, without which we can feel significantly limited in our daily lives. ⚙️ The question is, how useful are all the available apps to us, rather than just being time-wasters? We’ll leave the self-reflection in that regard to your own discretion, but we’ll try to suggest how to spend your time on your phone wisely.
The sheer number of apps “serving” every area of life can give you a real headache and make your eyes water. Even if you steer clear of the excellent presentation on social media and minimize feed refreshes, there are still plenty of black holes you can easily fall into. Of course, we’re excluding our Viking App from all this, where you can easily check your account balance, the amount of GB you’ve burned on social media, and other nonsense ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) And while we’re on the topic of our app, let us introduce ourselves! We are Mobile Vikings, a social mobile operator where no minute will be wasted because you won’t waste time on unnecessary formalities, long-term contracts, or even topping up your phone, which happens automatically. 💪
Your Time is Your GIGA Responsibility
Before we move on to specific recommendations, we’ll offer a tip that might seem obvious, but can open your eyes. 👁️ We’re talking about concrete data that shows how much time you spend in front of your phone screen, and even in specific apps. If you want to know what’s primarily responsible for your low productivity – be sure to go into your phone’s settings and check out the Screen Time statistics (on iPhones) or Digital Wellbeing (on smartphones with newer Androids). Unpleasant surprises are guaranteed, but… the point isn’t to give up your smartphone entirely and throw it into the nearest river. 🐟 The key is the QUALITY of the time you spend on this device. Hence, the idea to offer you a few ways to use your phone intelligently, instead of mindless scrolling that only leaves a bad taste. 🧟 So, how to spend time on your phone wisely?
1. The Darkest Place is Under the Lamp
A specific suggestion that will be a step towards spending your time more meaningfully. Just as obvious as it is overlooked. What’s more! You don’t even have to stare at the screen! 👩💻 Audiobooks are an excellent way to literally get your smartphone out of your hands and fully immerse yourself in a session, potentially increasing your productivity by doing all those things that don’t require your full attention. What do we recommend? A large library of apps: Audioteka, Storytel, and also a whole host of podcasts that you can find on Spotify, among others. 📚👂 The topics are so varied that everyone will surely find their favorite.
2. Saving Your Grey Matter
Do you feel like every long session on social media takes away your zest for life, and at the same time might negatively impact your final IQ test score? 🤪 We have a solution for that too. The app Lumosity comes to the rescue, which, with high probability, will present your brain with a significant challenge, while sharpening your wit and refreshing your mind after hours of trawling through junk content on the internet. 👩🚀 The varied exercises in the form of games are unlikely to lead to routine quickly, and you’ll make the app a truly useful habit. Your aforementioned grey matter and honed memory will surely thank you!
3. Another Dark Place Under the Lamp
We assume you know YouTube inside and out, and you’ve already been through various stages of searching for strange things that have carelessly led you to the end of the internet, and even beyond – serving up Polish cabaret acts and suspicious videos from Area 51 with yellow subtitles. 👽 If you’ve experienced that, you know that YouTube isn’t just a sentimental treasure trove of music videos, but also many valuable channels that will allow you to learn many things and verify some theories, including that the myth of putting a water-damaged phone in rice. One of the more interesting channels is Kurzgesagt, which presents scientific facts in an easy-to-understand way, with pleasant visuals and a sense of humor. 🧠 Knowledge you definitely want to acquire! Do you know of other channels worth “wasting” time on? Please share.
(Don't worry boss, we won't be watching them during work hours 😇)
4. Knowledge is the Key to Power
Naturally, we won’t resort to tired clichés like knowledge is power and that knowing languages is profitable, because we assume you are perfectly aware of THAT knowledge. 🥱 It might be harder to put this knowledge into practice <percussion.mp3>. So, if you want to turn a long commute on public transport into something more productive than sessions of Candy Crush, here are our suggestions:
– Learning languages (there are many options to choose from, but from those we can recommend: Duolingo, Memrise, and Drops) 👅
– Learning to program (Mimo, SoloLearn) 🤖
– Learning in general and in detail (in fact, all useful platforms have their foothold in the form of apps: Udemy, TED, Goodreads) 🤓
And what is your answer to the question of how to spend time on your phone wisely? What apps and websites, which we haven’t listed above, do you use? ⏲️ Traditionally – don’t hesitate to add your suggestions in the comments below!
