The two apps that help me manage stress & stay productive

Every time I begin to feel that dullness in my brain, I know I need to switch it up.

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For me, stress comes with the same symptoms as laziness. I would be completely unmotivated to pick up my phone and write, stand up to prepare a meal, or do whatever chore or task I had at hand.

Sometimes, it came with a searing headache and dizziness. One would think I was about to go down with a fever or something, not until I went on Netflix.

Initially, I used to go on Facebook and scroll through the reels or search for America’s Got Talent videos and just immerse myself but on one of those days when I went to my older brother's house, he asked me if I had seen Final Destination and I replied in the negative.

He looked at me dumbfounded as if I had committed an abomination. Then he asked why. I didn't have access to certain of those movies and I told him so.

Immediately, he added me to his Netflix plan. I was so excited that I spent half of the night downloading movies and adding the ones I didn't want to forget about to my list.

Since then, Netflix has been my go-to app whenever I need to relieve myself of those headaches and dizziness.

On some other days, I wasn't unmotivated to work or do chores, I just wanted to take my mind off a thought or an event that seemed to have taken prominence in my mind.

If there was anything I loved about Netflix, it was the fact that I could download movies and watch them without a data connection. That has been my biggest flex since my brother added me to his plan.

Whenever I could, I would download as many movies as possible and sit back to enjoy them whenever I wasn't feeling well emotionally and otherwise.

Sometimes I didn't need to bother about what to eat, especially when I wasn't financially buoyant. So long as I had access to my phone or any other Netflix account, I was good to go, even for the entire day.

There were some days when Netflix didn't really excite me though, on those days, it was e-reader prestigio. It was actually prescribed to me by my namesake who loved books as much as I did. She would plug her ears in when we were together sometimes, shutting herself completely from the world.

On one of those days, I smacked her arm and demanded whatever it was that was taking up all of her attention. Eventually, I found out that it was an e-reading app.

At first, I wasn't sure I would enjoy the experience but she told me I would be able to read whenever and wherever so I decided to give it a try.

Usually, I loved to read my books, going over a word or a sentence over and over again to be sure I had gotten the exact meaning the author intended so the e-reader spent quite some time without being used. It was when she called me to ask how I had enjoyed the experience that I remembered I had such an app on my phone.

I told her I was going to use it immediately after she dropped the call.

I found e-reader prestigio so helpful that I got addicted to it. I began to use it to read books during chores, I even plugged my ears when I was restless or having difficulty sleeping, only to wake up the following morning.

It also helps me consume more than 2 books every week, which is way beyond the target I set for myself for the year.

If I've had a rough day, or I wasn't just feeling good, I was either on Netflix or e-reader prestigio. The two apps have come through for me time and again and there is no day I don't go on one or both of them.

I have also introduced the e-reader Prestigio to everyone who has learned to write from me at one point in time or another. The results always come back the same, they love it!

I used to think I was a visual learner until I discovered e-reader prestigio. That app helped me learn that I was audio-visual and it has shaped a lot in my learning journey.

It even influenced me to start recording my classes at school and listening to them again for emphasis and retentivity.

Every evening, it is either Netflix or chill (e-reader prestigio) for me, because that is when I need unwinding the most. Whenever I need to unwind and I don't have access to these apps, no other app I go on can truly calm my nerves, no matter how hard I try.

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