2023 is already behind us. It’s been a very busy year as far as Apple is concerned, and on a personal level, this will surely also close a big case for many of you. Like always, With the arrival of a good new year comes goals and intentions to improve certain aspects of our lives..
Apple knows this perfectly, which is why the company offers us a series of applications focused on the Apple Watch so that these objectives last with us and do not disappear after a few weeks. And to these Apple recommendations, I will also add my own based on my own experience.
Apple Watch Health and Fitness for good health habits
The most common resolution you can make for a new year is to exercise more and take better care of your health. You don’t have to start from scratch to do CrossFit five times a week: it’s better to take it little by little and start by ensuring a foundation of healthy habits that don’t require too much effort.
And this is not only recommended by Apple but also by myself, who experienced it in 2015: limit yourself to close Fitness app ringtones This is a great first step. One server did this when he purchased the Apple Watch Series 0 and lost 22 pounds in six months, with virtually no change in my diet.
Closing these rings does not require any titanic effort: you just need to get up from time to time, walk for half an hour a day and burn enough calories to reach a minimum level of exercise. And from there you can explore the possibility of starting running and/or strength training.
Mindfulness and journaling to be honest with ourselves
A healthy mind in a healthy body, What do they say. And we cannot ignore the first part of this saying. Apple wants to encourage us to think about our mental health in several ways with the latest iOS 17 and watchOS 10 updates:
- Application mindfulness This allows us to do deep breathing sessions for a few minutes, motivating us to get into the habit of doing simple meditations. Nothing mystical, just try to keep your head clear for a moment. This helps us focus better on the rest of our day.
- From the same application, you can now record your mood daily to keep a graph of its evolution. Along with other health data, your iPhone and Apple Watch can help you find trends to exploit or correct. I did the test myself.
- On the reflection level, iOS 17.2 also brought us the Diary app in which we can dedicate a minute a day to write down what we did and how we felt. It is an absolutely personal application in which Apple motivates us to talk to ourselves, to express ourselves. I’ve done it myself and it doesn’t work bad for me.
Third-party apps to find better habits and start 2024 the best way
- A personal recommendation is EveryDay, which lets you know if you’re experiencing a streak of simple habits that help you have better days. A very simple and visual application for iPhone and Apple Watch.
- If you think you’re not getting enough with Diary, you have third-party alternatives to maintain a personal diary. The most popular is Day One with versions for iOS, iPadOS and macOS.
- In reference to meditation, another popular alternative to Apple’s Mindfullness is Headspace. With it you will learn to meditate with guides and it also includes background noises to calm you down and sleep better.
- Are you looking for a social component to the exercise programs you are considering? Strava is recommended by Apple and integrates all your sessions of running in Health, in addition to being able to share everything you do on a dedicated social network with other running fans. And if you want the same thing but with more focus on hikingyou have Wikiloc.
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