I start my day with 3 different alarms on my iPhone that sits on my nightstand. This may seem unheard of, but I gladly avoid immediate media browsing as my day starts. I actually have never been a type person to feel the need to instantly check social media, emails, texts, etc. Although i should take advantage of the simple fact my job at the moment doesn’t require me to use apps or As i wake up and get coffee brewing, I check the weather app because TX weather is very bipolar 99% of the time.
As i get in the car and start heading to work, the first app I use is google maps app waze maps, I check both before leaving to make sure i take the faster route to work, as it usually takes me about 35-45 min. to get to work between 7AM-8AM each morning. Once i select a map app, I always listen to ESPN LA 710AM radio station on the iHeartRadio app. As a California native, I am an L.A. sports fanatic, and its hard to come across L.A. sports radio in a different state. Thank goodness for radio apps where I can listen to hometown stations throughout my day.
Once I get settled at my desk, I log on and stay active on 3-6 different software programs that I need to use throughout my workday. Aside from that, I check my gmail periodically, my social media on my lunch(Facebook, Instagram, Pintrest ) and throughout the second part of my workday, different sports apps, iPhone photo streams, and texts.
The one app I had today and always have going in the background at my desk is spotfiy, with music of my choice. Music makes my day go by faster and puts me at ease when it is a typical busy day which is majority of my work week. I also pay for commercial free music as that avoids interruptions in between songs.
As my day ends and head home, Google maps and Waze are my best friends through traffic hour, followed by ESPN L.A. 710AM radio to save the day. I usually watch some good old T.V. after dinner to catch up on news in the world along with sports news as well. I also have spent alot of time today and lately, on apps such as HAR, Zillow and REDFIN as my husband and I are in search of our first home.
I would rank the multiple different apps and news stations I watch a good solid 8 because a lot of these apps are factual, such as the maps i use to go to work, the spotify music is simply music, ESPN LA 710am station and T.V. news stations is based on opinions and facts so that can always be trustworthy or not depending on your beliefs, although we can only hope to get solid ethical news from our sources each day.
