An Owaves "O," with the eight activity icons--Love, Move, Work, Eat, Sleep, Relax, Play, and Flow--along the rim, and the author Serene's Bitmoji dancing in the center.

The Science of Our Symbols: Owaves’ Eight Activity Icons

Owaves Team day planning, Healthy Lifestyle, Owaves101, Time Blocking

Owaves recommends that each individual separates their time each day among eight different activity categories, represented by individual icons. Each category holds a purpose and furthers each person’s mental and physical well-being. The activity icons or categories are as follows: Love, Move, Work, Eat, Sleep, Relax, Play and Flow. In the Owaves app, each activity category is paired with a recommended amount …

An Owaves activity icon, which consists of a white hourglass icon within a yellow bubble. The yellow color signifies the "Work" activity in the Owaves app.

Prioritize Tasks with the Eisenhower Matrix and Owaves

Owaves Team Day Planner, Time Blocking, Time Hacks, Time Management

Written by Amanda Orozco, Owaves Intern Have you ever heard of the Eisenhower Matrix? Read on for how this tool, along with the Owaves app, can help you identify your most important tasks, plan them into your day, and accomplish them!  “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never …

Introducing Version 2.9.2 of Owaves: It’s Widget Time!

Owaves Team Announcements, Day Planner, Wellness Planner

We at Team Owaves are excited to introduce Version 2.9.2 of the Owaves app, which includes Focus Widgets and several other useful features!   We know you have requested widgets and have looked forward to their arrival; enjoy them as our gift to you this holiday season!  If you already have the App Store version of Owaves, your app should have automatically updated …

How to ADHD’s Owaves Review

Owaves Team ADHD, Neurodiversity, Wellness Planner, YouTubers

A heartfelt thank-you to Jessica from How to ADHD for this very thoughtful review of Owaves on her YouTube channel. Check out the video below or read the video transcription to learn more about her experience using Owaves! Also, for more information about Owaves, the activities you can plan in the app, and its new My Moai feature, please check out our …

Episode 33: Ali Abdaal, MD

Owaves Team Body Clock Podcast

Ali Abdaal is a medical doctor who graduated from the the University of Cambridge, and also a Youtuber with over 1.2 million subscribers. Ali talks about productivity, tech and entrepreneurship.

How to Take Back Control of Your Life Using Tools Like Owaves

Owaves Team COVID-19, Day Planner, Owaves101, Time Blocking

We only have 24 hours in a day. If we factor in roughly eight hours of sleep and four hours of meal time, we really only have 12 hours in a day. If we then factor in distractions and a sense of being overwhelmed with our massive ‘to-do list,’  we quickly feel that we simply don’t have enough time in the day …