Moms can also take advantage of color-coding to keep everything straight. It can be a big help in keeping recitals and sports practices separate from errands and other needs.

3. Using Task Managers{relatedarticles}

Along with calendars, task managers are a building block when it comes to productivity apps. Smartphones and computers can offer some fairly advanced features in task managers that are quite appealing - from recurring tasks to alarms and more.

However, this isn't about family-based obligations. Moms can use recurring tasks to remember to pay the mortgage and credit cards. Task managers are often best for that random item that arrives serendipitously.