Resuming the daily routine after the holidays is not easy and the uncertainty about the health situation does not help to face the return with serenity. But even here our now ubiquitous life partner can lend us a hand, the latest generation mobile phone, the smartphone that gives us a permanent and itinerant connection with the world of the web. Apps flourish, they accompany our new needs, they synchronize with the changing times. There are even too many. Hard to choose. It's not easy to find the ones that really serve us, help us, or simply lighten our daily path. How to orient yourself? What to download and install without (almost) sure? With the help of the experts of Selectra, a company that helps consumers compare electricity, gas and internet tariffs and manage contractual practices, therefore well-trained in understanding the signals of the citizen-consumer, here is a selection of the most useful apps to download for a return from vacation safer and more peaceful. Many of the links used below are for the Android system but there are plenty of versions for the Apple world.
First step: release the stress
Hard times. Let's start over on the right foot. Re-entry syndrome is a common psychological problem, which often occurs after an extended holiday period.
Here are some apps that will help you regain your psychological balance: Sleep Cycle that monitors sleep cycles and wakes you up at the right time, Calm e Headspace to relax thanks to meditation and fall asleep more easily, SAM (acronym for Self-help Anxiety Management) to reduce anxiety and face autumn with serenity.
Really monitor the Coronavirus
The situation with COVID infections remains unstable and unpredictable. In addition to immune , the institutional app that directly engages our government, there are many apps that help us stay updated on the development of the health situation.
Coronavirus app It allows monitor the situation around the world in real time. And I'm numerous regional apps, which adopt different solutions: Lazio Doctor e SicilySiCura allow you to obtain medical advice electronically, Safe Sardinia is designed for the tracing of infections, alertLOM, in Lombardy, helps to assess the risk of contagion based on the area thanks to anonymous questionnaires, #HOMESAFE (Tuscany) collects data for a seroprevalence survey, while TreCovid allows you to deepen the Covid situation in Trentino in a more detailed way. Also being launched Zero covid in Veneto which will have the task of "sorting" patients based on symptoms among the various medical facilities.
Recapture the office safely
There are many Italians who continue to work in smart working, but those who must return to their station in the office they will find it useful Urbic, the aggregator of car, bike and scooter sharing services, parkopedia to find and book parking e MyCicero, which integrates all travel solutions, from parking to public transport.
arrange for lunch there is Foodja, the new application developed taking into account the health emergency, which allows you to place your order in the premises by scanning the QR code, pay the bill online and even manage access to the bathrooms. Instead for the coffee break with colleagues there is Matipay take 5, the app to book your shift at the drinks or snacks vending machine without creating gatherings.
For entrepreneurs or for those who manage an office in any case, there are tools designed for companies, and therefore for a fee, such as Safe Workplace o Dgroove to organize access, book rooms and manage the flow of people within the work spaces.
The school? However it changes
Whether the learning process takes place in the traditional "physical" classroom or remotely, apps always help. Skuola.net for example, it is very useful for finding notes: there are over one hundred thousand versions, term papers, handouts and other practical guides.
To better organize daily activities there is School diary: with this app you can manage grades, subjects, absences and even calculate the school average. And dictionaries can't be missing: every student's secret weapon. Among those in Italian the most popular app is Italian dictionary; it has simple and intuitive graphics and works even without an internet connection. For the English language instead Wordreference is one of the best: it explains the words, translates them and helps with pronunciation.
New look? Why not
Online shopping is convenient, fast, safe, but it has one flaw, and it's important: you can't try on the garments before receiving your purchases… Or can you? With First Look you can "try on" the garments virtually. As? By taking a photo and uploading it to the app, which creates a sort of virtual dressing room, showing how the garments you've selected will fit you!
Not just clothing. You can "try" beauty products too, with YouCam Makeup or with the virtual tool of Sephora allows you to wear a thousand shades of your favorite lipstick before making a choice. Finally, with Your Closet you can create your "virtual wardrobe", also selecting complete outfits, so as not to waste time in the morning.
