What's on my phone?

 

Happy Tuesday, friends! It's been a while since I've done this type of post, but I came across the idea for it when I was searching for content inspiration recently. I love knowing what people have and use on their phones, so I thought I would share mine. This is a recent picture of my phone after I got a new case for summer. I love to change up my phone covers for the seasons, and I always keep a Pop Socket on it. I love these little covers on Amazon. They're inexpensive and do a great job of protecting my phone the many times I drop it. 

First, you should know that my husband and I are not Apple people, so we have Android phones. I don't know if you can organize apps into folders like this on Apple phones, but I like to keep everything nice and tidy on my home screen, of which I only have two pages. This little tidbit about me should not surprise you! I also hate to see red numbers in the app's notifications, but I'd just taken my dogs outside and the garage camera picked up on our movement as they walked around.

I keep the folders organized according to how I use the apps. That "most used" folder is the one that does what its name suggests. I also keep the apps inside each folder alphabetically arranged. You either love me by now, or you hate me. I don't know what exactly this says about my personality, but I'm letting you in on all my quirks. Also, I like to change my phone's lock screen and wallpaper pretty frequently. I search for such things on Pinterest by typing in "phone wallpapers", then I screenshot the image. I edit the photo on my phone and trim it, then I "use as" both lock screen and wallpaper. I've actually had this one for a while and am about to change it again. I also keep that toolbar at the bottom organized with what I use the most—so you see my text messages, the phone, Group Me, the play store, and my camera. 

Here are most of my other apps. The Bible study folder contains the Bible I use during church for events with notes, and some apps I use for writing and for singing in the choir and on a praise team at church. The next one is books and the apps I use for that, like the Libby app and Good Reads, followed by food-shopping-travel, then smart home. Todd has made our home almost completely smart for the devices. We have cameras on the front and back of our house so that we can see all the angles, we have the front porch camera and garage camera as well, which is nice so that I can check to see who is about to come in. You never know over here! Also, we can open our garage remotely, and turn our lights on and off all via these apps that you see. Todd has his phone set up so that he can tell his Google assistant "goodnight", and all of the lights in the house turn off when he goes to bed. 

I used to be such a paper calendar girl! I still am, honestly, but the phone is the only thing I always have with me, so I have completely converted to using only this app. I put everything on this calendar, and it helps that Todd and I can sync ours to see the others. I keep birthdays here, events, when I get my hair or nails done, and all the other typical calendar stuff. 

Lastly, this is probably my most used app on my phone, my notes app.

Someone here in the blog world recommended using emojis for each title so that it's easy to find. I have so. many. notes! Here are just a few of mine. I keep a running grocery list, a meal inspiration note, what I do on weekends, things I need to get done around home, and ideas for what to do on a girl's day out with my mom and sister. I don't think I could live without my notes app! I have other things there as well, like notes for meetings, ideas for worship songs when I'm helping with that for Bible study, books I want to read, and a realistic bucket list of trip ideas for me and the hubby. 

It's your turn! What apps do you have on your phone that you love? Do you keep yours all neat and tidy like mine, or is your screen full of little squares? We can still be friends if you tell me! I'd love to hear from you. Thanks for reading my blog, friends! Love to all.