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My iPhone as a Productivity Tool

How you can improve how you use your phone too!

Donna Brown
5 min readMar 12, 2024
Photo by Kevin Bhagat on Unsplash

I have used a lot of systems over the years. I have tried using planners, but I never seem to be able to use them effectively. Instead, I found that the best system that works for me was to use my iPhone to do a lot of my heavy lifting. The reason I can do that is that I always have my phone with me (except for places like the shower).

I know a lot of people get trapped into going into rabbit holes, but there are ways to avoid those problems. For instance, if you have problems getting distracted by notifications, you can silence them.

As a writer and author, using my iPhone as a tool helps me keep track of all that I need to do in my writing business, and it also helps me keep track of my other needs as well.

For instance, last week I told about two apps that I purchased this past couple of months that have helped me immensely. Those are Atoms and LazyFit. I wrote about them in articles last week. If you haven’t already seen them, check out Atoms and Does the LazyFit App Work

Duolingo

Another app that I have been using for several years is Duolingo. I don’t use game apps. I see them as a waste of time that I can be doing something more valuable with it. Over the years I have…

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Donna Brown
Donna Brown

Written by Donna Brown

Author of 9 fiction and 10 nonfiction books, homesteader, mother, grandma, Owner of Self-Publishers Unite on Skool www.skool.com/self-publishers-unite-1672

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