Mike Paschal

My Tools

I love a good new app, and I love a nice new piece of hardware. Over the years, I have switched apps more times than I could count and picked up the new iPhone each year on its release date. I love a good UI and fresh design, so switching tools and apps is quite fun. Over the last few years, I have slowed down on all this, but I still want to share with you the items I use every week.

Web Tools

I use a the paid Creator version of WordPress and currently use the Twenty Twenty-Four as my wordpress theme.

At times, I download and use Instagram as my main social media platform, but I have been diving into LinkedIn lately.

Analogue/Digital Tools

Fitness Tech

  • Whoop for collecting all my health/fitness data (Recovery, Sleep, Strain, Stress) for my trainers
  • Apple Watch Ultra 2 has become my favorite piece of tech in years
  • Garmin epix™ Pro (Gen 2) I upgraded to have the AMOLED display and ruggedness compared to my 955.
  • Garmin Forerunner 955 was used for years as one of the best watches on the market for fitness
  • Apple Watch Series 7
  • 2014 Felt FR4 (Road) for all outdoor and indoor cycling
  • 2020 Trek Marlin 5 (Mountain) for those rare times I get onto the trails
  • Zwift Hub One (Indoor Trainer) my favorite trainer at a great price
  • Zwift Membership for the above trainer
  • Beats Powerbeats Pro 2 recently upgraded to these for workouts and on the plane due to the ear clip and Apple integration
  • Beats Powerbeats Wireless Earbuds (Apple H1 Chip) I have had for a long time and love that they have the Apple H1 chip with ear clips for working out
  • Beats Solo Headphones (Apple H1 Chip) for working out when I need more low-end
  • Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Gen) for day to day use and phone calls

Office/Travel Tech

Mac Apps

  • Safari for browsing
  • Craft.do for keeping my notes and thoughts
  • Day One for personal journaling
  • Spotify for all my music-listening pleasures
  • Calendar for knowing where to go next
  • Grammarly for grammar and sentence structure correction
  • iCloud & Google Drive for personal files
  • CleanMyMac X for optimizing my Macs
  • Magnet for pinning and resizing windows quickly
  • Reminders & Google Doc for personal and family tasks
  • PDF Expert for editing and marking up
  • Banktivity for personal finance tracking
  • Monarch Money for personal finance tracking
  • Teams for work communication and video calls (I would prefer Slack)
  • Outlook for email and calendar (I would prefer Spark or Apple Mail)
  • TickTick: To-Do List, Calendar for tracking work action items

iPhone/iPad Apps

Health

  • MyFitness Pal for counting calories and for my nutritionist to track my data and create meal plans ($)
  • Lose It! for counting calories ($)
  • HidrateSpark for tracking water intake (with Spark water bottle)
  • FitBod for tracking and planning workout sessions ($)
  • Aaptiv for cardio, yoga, and stretching sessions ($)
  • Garmin Connect for tracking cycle workouts
  • Zwift for indoor biking ($)
  • Athlytic for tracking recovery, sleep & exertion from my watch ($)
  • Withings for tracking body weight and composition with Withings scale

Work

Productive/Misc

  • Overcast for listening to podcast (best podcast app to date)
  • Day One for my nightly journaling ($)
  • Craft.do for keeping my notes and thoughts
  • Kindle for all digital reading
  • Goodreads for tracking and posting books I have read
  • YouVerison (Bible) for reading the Bible
  • Google Maps for getting somewhere unknown
  • Safari for browsing the inter-webs