Personal Tools
Personal
Last week was all about business tools. This week is all about personal tools. *software tools at least.
I do have some interesting little physical gadgets that make my life easier as I travel around Colombia. If you want to see that in a future post - just reply back with the word - ‘nomad’.
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We will also have more detail at the bottom of this blog ⬇️
Notion
This is a personal and business tool so it had to be on here. I just use it for everything. I’m a notion fanboy, and they aren’t paying me to say that.
I mostly use it to organize my personal to-do’s, personal projects and different types of lists that I keep in my life.
One of which is a favorite food and restaurants table I use when my assistant orders food for me or makes dinner reservations. Yes - I know - I’m extra
Apple Notes
This is what I use for my daily brain-dump/notes/thoughts.
Yes I love notion, but this is just faster and easier - especially on mobile.
The way I organize this is and recommend organizing apple notes - just keep a running life note.
On Monday mornings I scroll through it and take anything that was actionable and add it to our team weekly agenda or notion data base. If its not actionable, but important, I just leave it there, if its something I already took care of, I delete it.
Audible
This is my baby. I have become such an Audible fan boy. I used to only read physical paper books but I almost never do at this point (except fiction before bed - if you got any recs, don’t be shy).
But I love audible now for a few reasons.
I read more because of it.
It encourages me to do one of my other favorite habits - go for walks.
A lot of times books are free if I don’t need my amazon deliveries the next day. lol
Duolingo
I have learned more Spanish in 30 minutes of daily Duolingo than I learned from my last 2 tutors. Not sure why, but it just is.
Got a nice little 50 day streak going as I navigate through Medellin.
Its great if you are trying to just be consistent and don’t want to commit to a tutor. Make it a habit, and I promise you will get better at whatever language you are trying to learn.
Youtube Premium
I watch more content on Youtube than any other. Youtube is my Netflix, Hulu, ESPN, prime all in one. The Youtube algorithm knows me better than some of my best friends at this point.
Since I spend so much time on it, I figured I shouldn't be waisting time watching ads or not being able to download stuff for flights.
If you consume a lot of video content, do yourself the favor and stop sitting through ads.
If you have not seen my story on how I got into real estate and all this other stuff - you can learn about that here.
Skillest - Golf Lessons
I’ve mentioned it in past newsletters, but living in Colombia and traveling often, its hard to keep up with golf lessons. Skillest does make that easier (even though their fees annoy me).
It’s still the best platform to find coaches and to get feedback on the swing faster than anything else I have found.
Its one of those products I like because of features, but it sort of pains me to recommend it.
But, Ill leave the choice to you.
OneSec App
Got a phone addiction? I know I do (or did)🙋♂️
This app will non physically b*(&^ slap you for trying to open apps you shouldn’t.
Willpower is overrated. We all need accountability. And if we cant have someone manually looking over our shoulder, OneSec is the best next thing.
Either delete the apps in bulk stretches or try this app.
NordVpn
Sort of a necessary evil but its the life we choose. When you spend half the year in Colombia, there are small tradeoffs. This is one of them when I want to watch golf on my computer or American football from time to time.
This tool makes your computer think you are in a different location than you are. If I didn’t use it, when I open ESPN or Golf Channel, its all in Spanish and doesn’t allow the network to stream in my area.
Monarch
I can’t believe it guys - but I actually enjoy using this budgeting app. When I read that back, I actually laugh at myself but I can’t lie to you fine people. Its just simple, smart and works 10x better than Mint. Mint closing was actually a blessing.
I think my favorite feature is actually the dashboard where you can see how you compare to last month and last year really easily.
There’s something gratifying about seeing what you spend last year and knowing you are trending to spend way less.
Like why is this so exciting to me? Ill never know.
Does Reddit count as social media? What do you guys think. Genuinely curious - so feel free to shoot back a reply with your hottest take.
Even if it is social media, I don’t have the feeling that I need to take a shower after scrolling on it like I do for most other social platforms these days. (Twitter is at the top of the list - and I have nothing against Elon Musk - I just think the content has become too outrageous).
I also like that I have complete privacy there. I made a burner account and can comment / make posts with no fear of backlash or being recognized in any way. Not that I am posting despicable things on there lol, I just like the freedom to know I will get completely unbiased opinions.
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If you're interested in this, just reply back with ‘VA’, and I will get you the detail.
We are going to be capping this at 15 spots so we can give everyone who joins personalized treatment and make sure they find an incredible VA.
Jonathan Farber.
