Stick to your New Year’s resolutions with these apps

New year, new you. That’s the mindset every January 1. You’ve seen what you were like for the past 365 days. Now you want to commit to being a better version of yourself. That’s what New Year’s resolutions are for. TIme to shake off the old cobwebs off your workout gear. Time to get more serious about budgeting. Time to maybe put yourself out there more with online dating. There are a number of New Year’s resolutions that many people pick up in January of a new year.

Unfortunately, by February, your running shoes may be already collecting dust. By March, you’re spending crazily again. You get the picture. Why is it so hard to stay on top of things that you put into place? You don’t have to do it alone. There are ways to make sure that you stay on top of your New Year’s resolutions or at least make it easier to do so. Using the right apps can get you what you want.

Some of the most common New Year’s resolutions focus on fitness, savings, organizing, health, improving work-life balance, and more. You can even focus on consuming better content, like mental health-focused podcasts, instead of streaming reality shows. you might as well do everything you can to make this next year the best one it can be. That can start by downloading the right app for your resolution. Here is a list of great apps to help you tackle some of the most common New Year’s resolutions.

5 Strava

Become the hiker that you want to be

For anyone who felt like they were cooped up a lot this year, try getting outside and doing more in nature. Strava is an app that can help you do just that. It is an incredibly popular app, so if you’ve looked at fitness apps before, you’ve probably heard of it. But you may not have tried it or stuck with it. There are over 30 activity types to try, ranging from running to hiking to cycling. What makes Strava such a powerful and motivating tool is the community support it offers. You can follow friends on the Strava app and share in their New Year’s resolution journey as well.

Strava can help you build a community of support with ways to personalize your training efforts, putting you in touch with people locally, who have similar interests, and who might be trying to do the same tasks you are. Strava syncs with some of the most commonly used fitness devices, like Apple Watch, Garmin smartwatches, Oura Ring, Peloton, and more. The goal-setting feature helps you set a goal and track towards it each day. Measuring your progress is simple, as it lays it out in data-driven charts. Strava is a good motivator for working through your fitness goals.

4 AppBlock

Stop the mindless scrolling throughout the day

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to stop looking at your phone so much, something you’re probably doing right now, there’s actually an app that can help you with that. AppBlock will control your screen time for you, It is meant to aid your focus and mental health by eliminating the need to scroll aimlessly through social media. In the app, you can deem different apps distracting when you need to be focusing on work. You’ll also be abe to set schedules for specific times when you shouldn’t be scrolling.

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You can limit your exposure to apps you can’t stop scrolling.

Once you choose certain apps as distracting, you will not be able to open them up and they won’t send you notifications. AppBlock does what its name says it will. You can obviously change the settings whenever you do want to use the phone apps but this at least takes the urge to quickly look at your phone out of your hands. For parents, there is a Strict Mode that limits the amount of screen time kids have on social media as well.