11 Ways to Be a Great Long-Distance Girlfriend

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img height="389" src="http://goaskella.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/long_distance_love1.gif" style="-webkit-user-select: none;" width="640" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Long distance dating is hard. It sucks when you can't do stuff like cuddle or have sex. You have to settle for doing things like talking on the phone a lot, which is a living nightmare for some people. But barring the fact that you have the sex life of a single, agoraphobic shut-in, long distance relationships can be totally great, as long as you're both serious about it. Here's how to be a great long distance girlfriend (but a lot of these go both ways).</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">1. There's no such thing as too many sexts. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It is impossible to send these at a bad time. Even sending them when he's in the middle of a meeting is great. You could literally take a different picture of your boobs every day from the exact same angle and he would save every single one of them. Every one. Your boobs would become a fixed cost in his life because he'd have to start paying for monthly cloud storage.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">2. You (both) need to make an effort to check in regularly. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It doesn't have to be every day necessarily, but you should figure out a time that works best for both of you in advance and do your best to talk. Don't just wing it when you have time, or you'll wind up spending weeks forgetting to talk to each other.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">3. But don't make him feel bad if he can't make a Skype date. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">As much as you want to always stay in touch, don't fault each other if you have to skip out every once in a while in favor of drinks with coworkers or a family event. Getting home late or falling asleep is OK. It shouldn't feel like a burden keeping in touch.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">4. Go on remote dates.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> You don't always just have to just talk on the phone. "How was your day?" only takes a conversation so far. Watch a movie together, or try cooking the same dinner, or play a board game long distance. You can still both get some candles and wine and have a romantic dinner together without being in the same place.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">5. Plan visits way farther in advance than you think necessary.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> You'll always feel a lot better if you have something to look forward to. Don't leave your next visit in limbo. Depending on the distance and ease of travel, you can try to do scheduled visits or at least agree on the next convenient time. Even if you have to wait 6 months, at least you know when you'll see each other again.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">6. If he comes to visit you, offer to split the bill.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> You don't want to have one person constantly visiting the other, even if it's technically easier for one of you to take off work and/or travel. Split expenses. Make sure traveling isn't stressing one of you out.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">7. It's OK to not plan things when you visit.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> You don't have to turn every visit into a vacation. In fact, that might just tire you out. Stay in. Have a bunch of sex. You're not wasting"time you spend together. That's impossible.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">8. Learn to enjoy your free time.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Sure, you might have been spending your weekends with your lover, but now you can catch up on reading, or go to the gym more, or even just enjoy sleeping in. It's tough having to spend time apart, but appreciate it. You have the best of both worlds right now! Well, the best of one world and the kind of medium-OK of the other world, but still.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">9. Trust. Honesty. Patience. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Unfortunately, since you're not always there to know what they're up to, you have to trust that the other person isn't messing around behind your back. The second one of you feels like they're getting policed, you're fighting an uphill battle to keep the relationship working.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">10. Don't text constantly. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It's fine to check in, or send jokes or cute messages and pictures (see #1). But unless texting is your only feasible form of communication, you don't want to feel like you've done all the talking you need already, or have nothing to share when it's time to call/text. Make sure you're keeping those as your real form of communication. </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/01/too-much-texting-could-be_n_4192051.html" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">Too much texting isn't a good thing</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">11. Initiate tons of long distance sex. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It's not as good as the real thing, but talk dirty to each other, have phone sex or Skype sex. Even if you feel weird about it, it'll keep you two focused on each other. Plus, you're building up a lot of sexual tension for when you finally see each other again.</span></div>

11 Ways to Be a Great Long-Distance Girlfriend

Long distance dating is hard. It sucks when you can't do stuff like cuddle or have sex. You have to settle for doing things like talkin...

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4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Moving In Together

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="http://cos.h-cdn.co/15/03/768x1152/gallery_nrm_1421177142-cos020115movingin_003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="/" border="0" height="640" src="http://cos.h-cdn.co/15/03/768x1152/gallery_nrm_1421177142-cos020115movingin_003.jpg" width="426" /></a><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">1. If one of you got a job across the country, would you move there with the other? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">If you'd live anywhere with this person—because youtruly want to take things to the #NextLevel—you should feel good about apartment hunting. But if moving in is about saving rent or ditching lame roommates, think twice. "Cohabiting for convenience may lock you into a relationship that isn't good for you," says W. Bradford Wilcox, PhD, director of the National Marriage Project, at the University of Virginia. He says couples who make intentional decisions about milestones like moving in are more likely to stay together than those who casually "slide" into big transitions because it seems easy. Think about the "woulds" of living together rather than the "shoulds" (i.e., "I'd gladly have this guy in my bed every night" versus "All my friends live with their boyfriends, so I should too").</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">2. Can we deal with household stuff without hating each other's guts? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">A serious concern about his character (he's really selfish) could be a deal breaker. But if you're worried about his habit of leaving crusty chili bowls in the sink, that's totally normal. In fact, 83 percent of women say moving in with a boyfriend or girlfriend for the first time is a "real challenge," and the toughest issue is dividing chores, according to a survey by online art marketplace UGallery. Handle it Olivia Pope–style before move-in day: Order takeout, uncork wine, and divvy future tasks according to your strengths—maybe he's boss at cooking, and you're the lord of dishwasher loading. And plan to "negotiate your personal space," says Samantha Boardman, MD, a clinical instructor in psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. "Having separate drawers and closets provides a sense of autonomy and makes you less likely to freak out when he leaves his towel on the floor." Preach!</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">3. Are we ready to have a serious chat about money? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It's not the sexiest conversation, but you should be comfortable going there because cosigning a lease is no joke. "If your partner misses a rent payment, that could ding your credit score, since cosigning means you're responsible for any missing money," says Alexa von Tobel, founder and CEO of LearnVest and </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Cosmopolitan</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">'s</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">financial columnist. (Your name should be on the lease so if you break up, you don't get kicked out.) Von Tobel suggests budgeting how much you'll each be able to pay in rent and bills. There's no rule that says you have to split it 50/50—if one of you makes more and is okay with paying more, so be it. What matters is making a plan you're both happy with—and sometimes tossing the bills aside and making out.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">4. Do we want moving in to lead to marriage? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Forget your mom's old saying about the cow and the milk. Moving in doesn't mean he'll never put a ring on it. In fact, two-thirds of new marriages are between people who lived with their partner beforehand, according to recent data from the Council on Contemporary Families. Sharing your space can make cohabitation feel like a "trial marriage" for a lot of couples, says Arielle Kuperberg, PhD, an associate professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. But don't assume that moving in is going to lead to a big fat wedding. Be honest about where you want the relationship to go before you move in, and make sure you see eye to eye on "I do."</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span></div>

4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Moving In Together

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20 Ways to Improve Your Health in 1 Minute (or Less!)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img alt="/" height="320" src="http://cos.h-cdn.co/15/05/980x490/landscape_nrm_1422576655-14695916681_9c9bfa772b_o.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">1. Give someone a hug.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> "Most modern-day health problems — digestive disorders, obesity, insomnia, mental fog, depression, premature aging, diabetes, cancer — are either caused or exacerbated by stress," says Kayleigh Pleas, a certified holistic health coach who has a master's degree in applied positive psychology and is associated with </span><a href="http://www.tournesolwellness.com/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">Tournesol</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Wellness, a holistic medical facility based in New York City. Luckily, humans are hardwired with a coping mechanism that's activated by comforting physical contact: The body releases a hormone called oxytocin. Oxytocin tells your brain that you're safe, which deactivates your fight-or-flight response to stress and lets your body focus on healing and maintaining its systems. So hug it out. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">2. Touch yourself. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">While another person can trigger the release of oxytocin, you can always muster it up on your own: Just place a palm on your bare chest and feel the warmth, Pleas says.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">3. Floss.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2013/08/20/1940-6207.CAPR-13-0081" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">Research</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> suggests that questionable oral hygiene can lead to gum inflammation, sores, and ulcers, and leave your mouth open to infection, including HPV. Because floss removes food bits that your toothbrush can't reach, it's 100 percent necessary to get all up in there, between and around each tooth.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">4. Wash your hands (like you mean it). </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It takes 20 seconds to properly wash your hands with soap and water, and 15 seconds to use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer, like Purell. "Keeping hands clean and free of germs is your first line of defense against illness," says Dr. Roshini Raj, an attending physician at NYU Medical Center/ Tish Hospital.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">5. Microwave your kitchen sponges.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Kitchen sponges are notorious for harboring nasty germs, says Dr. Raj, and that can get into your food or hands, and make you sick. Microwave the sponges for 30 seconds to kill the germs every day, and replace them every two weeks. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">6. Call your mom.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2010/05/06/rspb.2010.0567.abstract" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">Science</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> says just hearing your mother's voice makes your body produce extra oxytocin, which also helps heal your wounds — </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20144509/%20" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">literally.</a><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">7. Prep whatever fruit is in your fridge.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Even if you're not hungry. "I rinse a carton of blueberries and put them in a bowl in the fridge or on the counter, so when I go to snack, I have a healthy option ready to go and am not tempted by unhealthy choices," says </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The Biggest Loser</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> host Alison Sweeney, whose </span><a href="http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/celebrity-interviews/alison-sweeney-interview-losing-weight" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">healthy habits</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> helped her shrink from a size 12 to a 4. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">8. Schedule your weekly workouts in advance. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Take a minute to add a week's worth of workouts to your calendar, Sweeney suggests. If you can make the time upfront, you'll be less likely to make excuses later on.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">9. Give yourself a breast exam.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> It's not sexy, but it could tip you off to a potentially harmful lump. The best time of month to check things out is the week after your period. Here's </span><a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/advice/a3055/breast-self-exam/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">how to cop a feel</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">. If anything feels off, call your doctor.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">10. Press on your "positive points," </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">the area right above the pupils and halfway between the eyebrows and hairline, and press for about one minute, suggests occupational therapist Mari Miyoshi, who teaches a coping technique called Brain Gym at Tournesol Wellness. When you're stressed, this exercise can bring the blood into the prefrontal cortex, which helps you make more thoughtful decisions to benefit the body and mind, Miyoshi says.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">11. Think about flexing. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">A recent </span><a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/news/a34915/new-science-says-you-can-think-yourself-fit/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">study</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> suggests that just thinking about moving your muscles can help you maintain your strength when you can't (or choose not) to exercise. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">12. Chug a beer. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Hops (an ingredient in beer that prevents it from spoiling and makes it taste bitter) contain an antioxidant that may fend off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, according to a recent</span><a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/news/a35834/beer-may-be-amazing-for-your-brain" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">study</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">. (You don't have to drink a beer in 60 seconds to benefit. But you sure can, if you'd like!)</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">13. Stand up.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> The more you sit on your butt, the more </span><a href="http://revdesportiva.pt/files/form_cont/Sitting_Time_and_Mortality_from_All_Causes.pdf" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">likely you are to die</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> from basically anything. Get up as often as you can, or better yet, </span><a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/how-to/a29819/Ridiculously-Simple-Standing-Desk-Hacks/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">arrange your workspace</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> so you can stand while you work.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">14. Open your hips with a stretch. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">When you sit for extended periods of time, your hips and torso get locked into one position, which causes tension, says Brooke Siler, certified Pilates instructor and author of </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The Pilates Body</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">. For some sweet relief, lunge forward with your right foot, and place a blanket or pillow underneath your left knee. Keeping your hips squared to the front of the room, let your left knee sink down, squeeze your glutes, and draw your abs in to avoid tilting your pelvis forward. To increase this stretch, lift your left arm up and over your head, then lean toward the right. Hold for 30 seconds, then repeat on the opposite side for the same amount of time.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">15. Strengthen your feet. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">"The amount of time our poor feet spend stuffed into ill-fitting shoes is enough to cause issues right up the entire line of the leg, from the knee to the hip to the back," Siler says. Practice this exercise for one minute to strengthen the arches of your feet and prevent pain: Come up to the balls of both your feet near a wall or railing, and hold on to help you balance. Squeeze your heels together as you lift them up off the floor. Keeping your shoulders stacked over your hips, bend your knees and open them out to the sides as you lower your butt a few inches toward the floor. Next, drop your heels to the ground and press up through the heels to straighten your legs and come up into a standing position. Continue for 30 seconds, then reverse the movement (start with your heels on the ground as you bend your knees, then lift your heels and press up through the soles of your feet) and repeat for 30 more seconds.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">16. Lower your thermostat. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Cold temperatures make your body's unhealthy white fat act a little more like brown fat, which helps the body </span><a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/news/a34972/easy-way-to-make-your-body-fat-burn-more-calories/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">burn more calories at rest</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> — a good thing if you </span><a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/advice/a32110/signs-you-need-to-lose-weight/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">need to lose weight for health purposes</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">. While you'd need quite a bit of cold exposure to improve your health, every minute counts!</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">17. Pound a glass of water</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, suggests </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The Biggest Loser</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> trainer Jennifer Widerstrom. When you drink too little, you </span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908954/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">abuse your body</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> in a few different ways: You slow digestion, make it more difficult for your kidney to filter toxins from the blood, provoke headaches, and dry out your skin. (And that's just the short list.) Your mind suffers too: You get moody, you don't think as clearly, and you might mistake hunger for thirst. Thank god there's an easy fix that's free and fits in a glass!</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">18. Take some belly breaths.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> Place your hand on your stomach, and feel it rise and fall with your breath. Try to make each inhalation and exhalation longer than the one before for five rounds. It alleviates stress, and ~bonus~ helps release neck and shoulder pain, Widerstrom says. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">19. Google "<a href="http://ideos/a28393/butts-and-mutts/" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: transparent; color: #ec008c; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">adorable puppies</a>."</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> According to a </span><a href="http://www.management.pamplin.vt.edu/directory/Articles/Barnes2.pdf" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">Michigan State University study</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> in which researchers monitored female bus drivers for two weeks, faking a smile at work can worsen your mood, which can, over time, stress you out. However, thinking about happy things that make you smile for real can improve your mood and, in turn, reduce stress — even if your puppy porn session only lasts a minute.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; line-height: 24px;">20. Refill your coffee cup.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> New science on the benefits of coffee crop up almost daily. The </span><a href="http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/news/a35526/what-coffee-really-does-to-your-skin/%20" sl-processed="1" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #ec008c; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in-out;">latest</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">suggests that java could ward off skin cancer — particularly among people who drink insane amounts.</span></div>

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Khamoshiyan Movie Review

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb.cms?msid=46068289&width=218&height=310" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" pg="MoviePic" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb.cms?msid=46068289&width=218&height=310" vspace="0" width="218" /></a></div> <em style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">STORY: </span>Aimless, heartbroken and uninspired, novelist Kabir (Ali Fazal) sets off on a soul searching journey, hoping to find a purpose in life. He finds solace in damsel-in- distress Meera (Sapna Pabbi), who runs a deserted hotel. He believes she is the reason, he could start afresh. But things are not like they seem...</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">REVI</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">EW:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> In spite of Meera telling Kabir that her hotel (built in the style of an English country manor) is vacant, without batting an eye he chooses to stay! She also mentions that she is married to an ailing Jaidev (Gurmeet Choudhary), who is bed-ridden and so she looks after his sinking business. Kabir's growing infatuation for the mysterious Meera is however interrupted by supernatural occurrences in the spooky hotel that leads the writer to dig deeper. What makes Meera the forbidden fruit, beyond the fact that she is married?</span><br /> <span class="fullwidth" id="brr" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: table; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /> <div id="mvslider" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; width: 660px;"> <div class="sliderkit" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 5px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; overflow: hidden; padding: 20px 0px 13px; position: relative; width: 661px;"> <div class="sliderkit-nav-btn sliderkit-nav-prev" style="background-color: #424549; background-image: url(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/45794883.cms); background-position: 0% -30px; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 30px; left: 0px; margin-top: 55px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; text-align: center; top: 0px; width: 16px; z-index: 999;"> </div> </div> </div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Ali Fazal and Sapna Pabbi are decent and their love track is bearable as Arijit Singh lends soul to the songs, but that's about it. The horror track fails miserably, comprising standard scares, over-stretched climax, formulaic 'dark secrets' and a cliched story which has 1920 franchise's hangover.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">If you find flying objects, animated butterflies, erotic dreams and the sight of letters being deleted automatically from a word document on a laptop scary, you deserve to watch </span>Khamoshiyan<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;"> alone and be disowned by friends and family all your life, like its protagonist.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">We can forgive the genre lacking logic as long as it induces some fear in your mind. And that cannot possibly be achieved by showing an evil spirit making a Diwali exit. (The 'boori aatma' takes the form of a burning flame with a human face on it and sets off into the sky like a rocket!) Besides, the Bhatts should stop showing ghosts defying gravity by scaling vertical walls like Spiderman. The film also tries to be sci-fi, as it has a 'portal' in it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Finally, you nod in affirmative to Ali Fazal's reaction when the mystery is unveiled. "What nonsense is this!" says he. You want to tell him, "Thank you for summing up the film for us. You checked into that creepy hotel remember?"</span></div>

Khamoshiyan Movie Review

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Hawaizaada Movie Review

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb.cms?msid=46066083&width=218&height=310" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" pg="MoviePic" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb.cms?msid=46066083&width=218&height=310" vspace="0" width="218" /></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Following plot summary contains spoilers. Please do not read if you intend to see the film first.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: 600; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 5px; text-transform: uppercase;">PLOT SUMMARY</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">The story of Hawaizaada begins in the 1890s India under the British Rule. After repeating the same class eight times, Shivi (Ayushmann Khurrana) is expelled from school. He's enjoying his newly attained freedom when he bumps into the sensuality personified Sitara (Pallavi Sharda), the local diva, and Cupid strikes.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Meanwhile, fed up of his rebellious and carefree ways, Shivi's father shows him the door. The reality of his ouster also hits Sitara hard. Afraid of the thought that she'll be accused of bringing shame and disgrace to Shivi, she decides to leave the city. Distraught and dejected, Shivi slips into a life of sin and debauchery, till Shastry enters his life. An eccentric yet genius scientist and Vedic scholar, Shastry inspires Shivi to take control of himself and shares with him his dream of doing the impossible -- of making the world's first aircraft, an interpretation of freedom.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Will Shivi ever be able to live up to his guru's dream forms the crux of this story about a failed lover, a diva, an old man's dream and an impossible machine.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Spoiler ahead: Do not read this until you have seen the film</em><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px;">Shastry dies mid-way and his unfinished dream of making the airplane stays. The British try their best to thwart Shivi plans too. However, Shivi who is truly repentant that he was in a way responsible for killing Shastry by stealing a book that had his `secret recipe' to make an object fly; completes his mentor's dream. He makes the airplane and takes his true love Sitara on the first ride. So in a sense it is an Indian who actually flew the first ever plane. Yes though history has it that in 1903, the Wright Brothers flew a plane in North Carolina, eight years prior to this, in the pre-Independence period, an Indian had actually made history.</span></div>

Hawaizaada Movie Review

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At the same time, it should capture what you need without much fuss.<br/><br/>The wide angle lens and smartphone control on the HTC RE helps you do all that.Plus, its waterproof, looks unique and captures high quality 1080p video and photos with just a couple of taps. If cheap, no-nonsense, high quality audiovideo is what you need, the HTC RE is hard to beat." msid="46039533" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/HTC-RE-Rs-9900" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="HTC RE (Rs 9,900)" url="/HTC-RE-Rs-9900/itslideshow/46039533.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 1. HTC RE (Rs 9,900)</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="HTC RE (Rs 9,900)" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039533.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039533.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="HTC RE (Rs 9,900)" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> You want a wearable camera to be really light and unobtrusive. At the same time, it should capture what you need without much fuss.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The wide angle lens and smartphone control on the HTC RE helps you do all that.Plus, its waterproof, looks unique and captures high quality 1080p video and photos with just a couple of taps. If cheap, no-nonsense, high quality audiovideo is what you need, the HTC RE is hard to beat.<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="When you start taking photographs of an event, you sort of detach from it. Well, that\'s what the makers of the Narrative Clip would have you believe.<br/><br/>The Clip is a tiny (20 grams, 9mm thick) automatic camera with storage for 4,000 pictures (5MP each) and 2 day battery life. Clip it to any part of your clothing and it\'ll keep taking photos of everything you see and everything you\'re part of. The AndroidOS app will let you view and sort everything later.<br/><br/>(<a href="http://www.amazon.in/Narrative-Clip-Wearable-Camera-Gray/dp/B00K962E0O">Buy Now @ Amazon.in</a>)" msid="46039529" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Narrative-Clip-Rs-9500" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Narrative Clip (Rs 9,500)" url="/Narrative-Clip-Rs-9500/itslideshow/46039529.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 2. Narrative Clip (Rs 9,500)</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Narrative Clip (Rs 9,500)" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039529.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039529.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Narrative Clip (Rs 9,500)" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> When you start taking photographs of an event, you sort of detach from it. Well, that's what the makers of the Narrative Clip would have you believe.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />The Clip is a tiny (20 grams, 9mm thick) automatic camera with storage for 4,000 pictures (5MP each) and 2 day battery life. Clip it to any part of your clothing and it'll keep taking photos of everything you see and everything you're part of. The AndroidOS app will let you view and sort everything later.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />(<a href="http://www.amazon.in/Narrative-Clip-Wearable-Camera-Gray/dp/B00K962E0O" style="background: transparent; color: #024d99; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Buy Now @ Amazon.in</a>)<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="Thanks to the pressure sensitive stylus, Samsung\'s Note series of devices are the perfect choice of phonetablet for someone who constantly needs to draw, jot notes or annotate.<br/><br/>You can take a photo of anything and start drawing on it, scribble notes, save clips and images to combine later, take a screenshot and start drawing etc.The cheapest in the series is the Note 3 Neo and the newest is the Galaxy Note Edge with a curved amoled screen." msid="46039527" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Samsung-Note-Series-Rs-23900-onwards" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Samsung Note Series (Rs 23,900 onwards)" url="/Samsung-Note-Series-Rs-23900-onwards/itslideshow/46039527.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 3. Samsung Note Series (Rs 23,900 onwards)</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Samsung Note Series (Rs 23,900 onwards)" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039527.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039527.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Samsung Note Series (Rs 23,900 onwards)" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Thanks to the pressure sensitive stylus, Samsung's Note series of devices are the perfect choice of phonetablet for someone who constantly needs to draw, jot notes or annotate.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />You can take a photo of anything and start drawing on it, scribble notes, save clips and images to combine later, take a screenshot and start drawing etc.The cheapest in the series is the Note 3 Neo and the newest is the Galaxy Note Edge with a curved amoled screen.<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="If you often see something you need to save (reference books in a library, for instance), you can use a portable scanner. Portronics offers two versions that are truly portable ­ they have built in batteries and record to a micro SD card.<br/><br/>Scanny 6 is great for books and almost any flat surface ­ even a poster on a wall ­ you have to manually move it across the surface you want to scan. Scanny 7 is a portable auto sheetfed scanner and it works for leaflets, papers, business cards and so on (up to A4).<br/><br/><br/>(<a href="http://www.amazon.in/Portronics-8906045374705-Portable-Scanner-Scanny6/dp/B00DPI8PU6">Buy Now @ Amazon.in</a>)" msid="46039524" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Portronics-Portable-Scanners-Rs-4990-onwards" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Portronics Portable Scanners (Rs 4,990 onwards)" url="/Portronics-Portable-Scanners-Rs-4990-onwards/itslideshow/46039524.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 4. Portronics Portable Scanners (Rs 4,990 onwards)</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Portronics Portable Scanners (Rs 4,990 onwards)" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039524.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039524.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Portronics Portable Scanners (Rs 4,990 onwards)" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> If you often see something you need to save (reference books in a library, for instance), you can use a portable scanner. Portronics offers two versions that are truly portable ­ they have built in batteries and record to a micro SD card.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Scanny 6 is great for books and almost any flat surface ­ even a poster on a wall ­ you have to manually move it across the surface you want to scan. Scanny 7 is a portable auto sheetfed scanner and it works for leaflets, papers, business cards and so on (up to A4).<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />(<a href="http://www.amazon.in/Portronics-8906045374705-Portable-Scanner-Scanny6/dp/B00DPI8PU6" style="background: transparent; color: #024d99; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Buy Now @ Amazon.in</a>)<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="The ElectroPen converts any regular notepad into a digital one. There are two parts to it: the receiver (8 hour battery life with continuous use) and a digital pen (30 hours continuous use).<br/><br/>You simply clip the receiver to a book or notepad and it will digitize everything you write. It can store 100 A4 pages before you need to transfer to a computer. As a bonus, it can also be used as a writing device or mouse with the receiver connected to a PC.<br/><br/>(<a href="http://www.amazon.in/Portronics-8906045370509-Electro-Pen/dp/B00BQT79U8/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1422428493&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Portronics+ElectroPen">Buy Now @ Amazon.in</a>)" msid="46039520" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Portronics-ElectroPen-Rs-5500" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Portronics ElectroPen (Rs 5,500)" url="/Portronics-ElectroPen-Rs-5500/itslideshow/46039520.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 5. Portronics ElectroPen (Rs 5,500)</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Portronics ElectroPen (Rs 5,500)" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039520.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039520.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Portronics ElectroPen (Rs 5,500)" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The ElectroPen converts any regular notepad into a digital one. There are two parts to it: the receiver (8 hour battery life with continuous use) and a digital pen (30 hours continuous use).<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />You simply clip the receiver to a book or notepad and it will digitize everything you write. It can store 100 A4 pages before you need to transfer to a computer. As a bonus, it can also be used as a writing device or mouse with the receiver connected to a PC.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />(<a href="http://www.amazon.in/Portronics-8906045370509-Electro-Pen/dp/B00BQT79U8/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1422428493&sr=1-1&keywords=Portronics+ElectroPen" style="background: transparent; color: #024d99; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Buy Now @ Amazon.in</a>)<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="Ever thought of a million dollar idea, only to have lost it in a scribble somewhere? This is a device that lets you save all your scribbles ­ the screen lets you doodle or write anything you want and each page can be saved to the internal memory to be transferred to the computer later as a PDF.<br/><br/>Tap one button and the screen will flash, erase and you can start again. The rechargeable battery typically lasts a week or so." msid="46039518" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Boogie-Board-RIP-Rs-5990" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Boogie Board RIP (Rs 5,990)" url="/Boogie-Board-RIP-Rs-5990/itslideshow/46039518.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 6. Boogie Board RIP (Rs 5,990)</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Boogie Board RIP (Rs 5,990)" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039518.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039518.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Boogie Board RIP (Rs 5,990)" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Ever thought of a million dollar idea, only to have lost it in a scribble somewhere? This is a device that lets you save all your scribbles ­ the screen lets you doodle or write anything you want and each page can be saved to the internal memory to be transferred to the computer later as a PDF.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Tap one button and the screen will flash, erase and you can start again. The rechargeable battery typically lasts a week or so.<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="Evernote Food is a great way to remember details about the food you eat. Not only does the app let you store photos and location of where you ate, it also lets you add recipe details if available. You can add step-by-step details on how to cook a particular item and then share it with your friends through the app.<br/><br/>You can even search for recipes from the app\'s ample database. In addition to food, it lets you find and save details about restaurants worldwide." msid="46039510" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Evernote-Food" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Evernote Food" url="/Evernote-Food/itslideshow/46039510.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 7. Evernote Food</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Evernote Food" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039510.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039510.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Evernote Food" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Evernote Food is a great way to remember details about the food you eat. Not only does the app let you store photos and location of where you ate, it also lets you add recipe details if available. You can add step-by-step details on how to cook a particular item and then share it with your friends through the app.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />You can even search for recipes from the app's ample database. In addition to food, it lets you find and save details about restaurants worldwide.<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="Think of this free app like your selfie diary. It requires you to take a photo everyday and it even reminds you if you forget. No registration is required and there is no limit on the number of reminders you can set.<br/><br/>There are built-in tools (grid, overlay) to help align your face and you can also create a timelapse video of all the photos taken and share it with friends and family. The free app also has the option to create a specific holidaytrip journal if required." msid="46039483" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Picr" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Picr" url="/Picr/itslideshow/46039483.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 8. Picr</h2> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Picr" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039483.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039483.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Picr" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Think of this free app like your selfie diary. It requires you to take a photo everyday and it even reminds you if you forget. No registration is required and there is no limit on the number of reminders you can set.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />There are built-in tools (grid, overlay) to help align your face and you can also create a timelapse video of all the photos taken and share it with friends and family. The free app also has the option to create a specific holidaytrip journal if required.<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="DayCatcher is an easy-to-use and feature-rich journal app that can help record your day-to-day life events. It lets you link people from your contact list with logged events so that it\'s easy to remember later.<br/><br/>You can even set emotions for a particular hour in the app. Notes can be set up as reminders, you can use tags and add photos to add more details. If required, the app also has a paid Pro version that remove all ads and enables notification reminders." msid="46039478" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/DayCatcher-Journal" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="DayCatcher Journal" url="/DayCatcher-Journal/itslideshow/46039478.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 9. DayCatcher Journal</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="DayCatcher Journal" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039478.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039478.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="DayCatcher Journal" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> DayCatcher is an easy-to-use and feature-rich journal app that can help record your day-to-day life events. It lets you link people from your contact list with logged events so that it's easy to remember later.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />You can even set emotions for a particular hour in the app. Notes can be set up as reminders, you can use tags and add photos to add more details. If required, the app also has a paid Pro version that remove all ads and enables notification reminders.<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="Friday is a focused life-logging app. It keeps track of your phone usage: locations, calls, social networks, music and pictures. Data is quickly searchable from within the app to see the recording on a particular day.<br/><br/>If you perform a regular activity (specific day and time), Friday will record details and anticipate behavior. It even lets you share details regarding your entries with friends and social media." msid="46039476" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Friday" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Friday" url="/Friday/itslideshow/46039476.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 10. Friday</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Friday" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039476.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039476.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Friday" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Friday is a focused life-logging app. It keeps track of your phone usage: locations, calls, social networks, music and pictures. Data is quickly searchable from within the app to see the recording on a particular day.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />If you perform a regular activity (specific day and time), Friday will record details and anticipate behavior. It even lets you share details regarding your entries with friends and social media.<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="This one is a dreams journal.Developed in collaboration with psychologists, the app lets you log numerous details about your dreams such as their mood, type, and the emotions you experienced during the dream.<br/><br/>If available, you can add a detailed summary of what you saw.You can then use the app to track and analyse dream patterns to understand their impact on your daily life." msid="46039474" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Dreamboard" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Dreamboard" url="/Dreamboard/itslideshow/46039474.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 11. Dreamboard</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Dreamboard" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039474.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039474.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Dreamboard" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> This one is a dreams journal.Developed in collaboration with psychologists, the app lets you log numerous details about your dreams such as their mood, type, and the emotions you experienced during the dream.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />If available, you can add a detailed summary of what you saw.You can then use the app to track and analyse dream patterns to understand their impact on your daily life.<div class="clrb" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div des="Wally is a finance app that documents daily expenses.You can add income details and setup recurring expenses.<br/><br/>What makes the app great is that it lets you add location details to an expense so that it is easy to remember where the money was spent. In addition, you can also tag the expense to distinguish between personal and professional expenses." msid="46039468" seo="6-gadgets-and-apps-to-document-your-life/Wally" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Wally+" url="/Wally/itslideshow/46039468.cms"> <div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border-bottom-color: rgb(207, 209, 206); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 30px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="slidehead" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> 12. Wally+</h2> </div> <div class="clear" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> <div class="showid" style="background: transparent; border: none; clear: both; float: left; font-size: 14px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 15px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 631.75px;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; float: left; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 310px;"> <img ag="" align="center" alt="Wally+" border="0" class="lazy" data-original="/photo/46039468.cms" height="200" id="slideshowimg" property="contentURL" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/46039468.cms" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-shadow: rgb(207, 209, 206) 2px 2px 3px; display: inline; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Wally+" width="300" /></div> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Wally is a finance app that documents daily expenses.You can add income details and setup recurring expenses.<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />What makes the app great is that it lets you add location details to an expense so that it is easy to remember where the money was spent. In addition, you can also tag the expense to distinguish between personal and professional expenses.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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