Apple Watch for Moms

A short one.

Two years ago my looong-service helper decided to return back to her village for good.

I had never cooked in my life then, not anything more than instant noodles or frying eggs. I baked, but savoury everyday dishes are totally a different ball game (short of trying to find meal recipe that comes with precise instruction of how many tsp of salt, grams of vege, or ml of water).

Not to forget the military-precision required hectic children schedule. Schools, stay-backs, tuitions, uniform, breaks, lunches, ...

Once or twice I went back home in fear that I forgot to turn off the stove. Or cover the kids lunches (I prepare in the morning and leave it on the table at that time. Now more clever. Tips on this on later post).

At that point in time I considered a smart watch. And after a careful selection, I chose an Apple Watch. Simple reason, it’s easy to use. Standard, not complicated, and should be durable enough to accompany me washing the bathroom or doing the dishes.

A few joys are:

1. Added Google calendar complications, so that I can tell where the kids are, and in the morning it’s literally a flick of the wrist to see what I need to prepare for that day.

2. Timer. Used this both to time the kids gaming time, test paper trial, and cooking.

3. Very nice to be able to receive calls and message wherever you are. Especially if you are waiting for Amazon delivery or a call back. This, without the rush finding the phone.

4. Ingredient list. I took a snap of the recipe, and keep it as favorite on my phone. Access the favorite photos from Apple Watch while cooking. Likewise this can be done for shopping. 

5. News headlines. Esp. in COVID-19, I can sort of stay up-to-the-hour with happenings, policy, area to avoid without needing to browse through the news. Just enable the notification.

There are other uses too such as Apple TV remote, camera remote, activity rings, Spotify, alarm, world clock,... haha and it also allows furtive message checking in meetings 😜

Whether it worths the price... Hard to say. It’s very good. But I still feel it’s too expensive for a Mommy watch. And, the fact that it can only be paired with an Apple phone, brings the system cost up. But well indeed it is my mini helper.