Introduction
As people, forming good habits and breaking bad habits often proves difficult. Everyone knows exercising is good for the body, yet how many people do you know personally who exercise even 30 minutes a day 3 – 4 times a week? If it’s one thing I’ve learned in life, change begins within the self. Maybe you or someone you know does want to start a new exercise routine. I’ve seen the whole scenario play out exactly the same way so many times. If the person starting the routine is not invested in making the change, the old habit of not exercising regularly will remain. It does not matter how many times you invite the person to the gym or to go for a run, the person’s lack of commitment to the new habit will cause any short-lived ambition to fizzle out.
In three previous articles on using the item organization app, monoca 2, we showcased sample categories for cooking recipes, food price tracking, and storage (garage). Setting up a category within monoca 2 with the intentions to use it are one thing. Remembering to incorporate the category’s use into one’s daily life is another matter entirely. This article talks about leveraging monoca 2 in a practical manner to improve and streamline one’s life. Building good habits isn’t just about the structure, it’s about commitment. Let’s get into it!
Previous Articles
In previous articles we’ve discussed using monoca 2 for collecting and rating coffee, registering purchased products for warranty, and organizing the garage. Links to those articles as well as where to download monoca 2 for both Android and iPhone are posted below.
Collecting and Rating Coffee with monoca 2
Warranty Registration with monoca 2
Reorganizing the Garage with monoca 2
Where to Download
The fully unlocked version of monoca 2 comes with unlimited item creation, 10 shared groups, no ads, and higher resolution icons and images, is available for a single, lifetime unlock payment of $9.99. Share your device’s trial code with a friend to give them a 25% discount. Share each other’s codes and you can both receive a discount.
App Store: Download for iPhone/iPad
Google Play: Download for Android
Web(Beta): https://monoca2.web.app/
Cooking Recipe Category
If as the reader you’ve been following along with any of the monoca 2 articles, I mention regularly how often my wife and I cook. The advantages of cooking at home versus eating in restaurants or order takeout are too numerous to mention. And if you think restaurants are cleaner because they require periodic inspections and employees must pass food handling exams, just ask a friend that works in the food service industry, and they can set you straight.
To avoid eating the same foods every single week, naturally one starts to expand their recipe list and some of the measurements start to blend together. Does the soup call for 1 cup or 2 of spinach? How much baking soda does the banana bread call for—or was it baking powder? Sometimes, you just can’t remember no matter how many times you’ve made a recipe. This happened to me twice in the same month.
Poke Example
The first time came about while making poke. I could not remember the amount of sesame oil in the shoyu sauce for the ahi. Knowing the recipe is saved in my Cooking Recipes category in monoca 2, within a few taps the AllRecipes website pulled up on my phone and I found the answer. It’s not that I don’t seriously enjoy the taste of sesame oil, the ingredient gives many Asian dishes its signature flavor but add too much and it becomes overpowering.
Banana Bread Example
The second instance came while baking banana bread. Again, I could not remember the quantity of baking soda needed for the bread to rise sufficiently while in the oven. Using the monoca 2 app, within a few taps the recipe was pulled up and I confirmed the quantity without having to break out the recipe printouts. Building the monoca 2 category and then accessing it when needed are examples of habits that can save the user time and prevent frustration.
Food Price Tracking
Despite inflation in the US starting to level out, the tariff tug-of-war, among other economic pressures, has grocery prices fluctuating. As someone always on the hunt for a good deal, I was able to confirm my prospective savings prior to making the purchase on both butter and eggs.
In a recent trip to Costco, they happened to have eggs in stock. The egg inventory for the location closest to my house has improved in recent months but has not reverted to pre-avian flu levels. At its worst, eggs were impossible to find or if they could be found, sold for as high as $0.75 an egg. Using monoca 2, I compared the recent July 7th price of 5-dozen eggs to the previous Costco purchase of the same quantity back in early May. The July price—$13.19, while May’s price was $17.19.
The same thing happened while recently shopping at Fred Meyer. Another bargain grocery outlet sold boxes of 4-sticks of butter for $3.68 in early May, whereas Fred Meyer’s sale price came out to $2.99 if purchasing at or above a certain quantity. Nice!
Conclusion
I understand saving less than a dollar on a box of butter by purchasing it on sale or at another grocery store is interesting to every reader. As the person who goes to the grocery store most in my family, it’s within my best-interest to track prices and deal hunt. If I can save $100 or $200 a month grocery shopping by keeping my monoca 2 categories current, that translates into a massage for my wife, a really nice dinner date, or putting extra money towards the car loan. Even if bargain grocery shopping is not sufficient motivation to track purchases on monoca 2, what is? Ask yourself that question. “What do I care enough about to start a new positive habit and try to save money on every month?”
The answer to that question could be anything. It’s your own life, after all. As always, if there are certain topics you’d like to see covered, please leave a comment down. If not for grocery shopping, what do you, the reader, use monoca 2 to track and organize? We at Sola, Inc. want to hear from you. Take care, and we’ll catch you on the next one!
Where to Download
The fully unlocked version of monoca 2 comes with unlimited item creation, 10 shared groups, no ads, and higher resolution icons and images, is available for a single, lifetime unlock payment of $9.99. Share your device’s trial code with a friend to give them a 25% discount. Share each other’s codes and you can both receive a discount.
App Store: Download for iPhone/iPad
Google Play: Download for Android
Web(Beta): https://monoca2.web.app/
Leave a Reply