Diwa Daily

  • Create AND Achieve Big Goals with the Passion Planner

    I’m planner-obsessed. Not a day goes by without looking at my weekly spread. I check for tasks I need to do or appointments I need to attend. It’s my number one productivity tool and my savior from a chaotic and messy day. I’ve used all kinds of planners to manage my day/week/month. I’ve tried Moleskine,…

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  • Getting Things Done on Your Own with Things 3 for iOS

    Things was one of those Mac apps I kept in my App Store wish list for a loooooong time. It’s pretty, looked useful, and was expensive as fuck ($59.99 or P2,490). What made Things so popular though was how LOOOONG it took for Cultured Code to build features and release updates for the app. The…

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  • GNZGA Goes to Cebu (Day 3)

    Today’s our last day here at Cebu, so Jayson and I decided to use it to shop for souvenirs and whatever the kids wanted to bring back home. ? The original plan was to visit the renowned Temple of Leah first thing after breakfast + the morning routines. But because of how crazy traffic was…

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  • GNZGA Goes to Cebu (Day 2)

    Day 2 is extra special because today is my youngest son’s 3rd birthday! ? The little one smiled from ear to ear while we sang him “Happy Birthday” over and over. I want him to feel all the love we have to give throughout the day, so everything he wanted he got it—a bite out…

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  • GNZGA Goes to Cebu (Day 1)

    This year, Jayson and I decided to take the kids to Cebu for our very first family vacation. The 6-month long wait felt like forever, but we’re finally here enjoying the pools and water slides, the fancy-schmancy hotel beds and carpeted floors, the wide lawns and playgrounds. The kids are having a blast, and I’m…

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  • Yoobi Gives Colorful School Supplies Back to Classrooms in Need

    If there’s one brand I’d want to take to the Philippines, it’s Yoobi. It’s a school supplies brand that gives back to classrooms in need across the United States. I’ve followed Yoobi and their progress for years, and constantly wish we had something similar here in the Philippines. Pronounced “you-be,” the name basically means “one…

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  • 5+ Year Old Objects I Still Have and Use to This Day

    If something is of no value to me, I throw it out. This is my principle when tidying up the house and, well, pretty much my whole life. It sounds ruthless, but this mindset enables me to throw out trash and give things I don’t use away: receipts, expired warranties, badly written books, scented stationery,…

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  • The Games of My Past and Present

    I grew up in a household that loves playing games. Board games, video games, computer games. Anything that has great objectives or a good storyline. As a child, I would watch my parents battle it out on our now-ancient Playstation 1. They loved Space Invaders in particular. My dad, however, enjoys other games such as Oddworld: Abe’s Odyssey,…

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  • Browse and Back Hundreds of Great Projects with Kickstarter for Mobile

    Back when I needed some sense of organization to my phone, I used to have a folder for apps that I like using to pass the time—”Time Suckers,” for a lack of a better name for it. In it are my favorite social media apps + this one gem that makes idle time both fun and meaningful:…

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  • DesignHatch pocket notebooks: beautiful design, Philippine-made

    I discovered a couple of noteworthy brands last year, one of which is DesignHatch. It’s a homegrown brand of desktop essentials, such as A5 and A6 notebooks, planners, desk pads, and to-do list pads. I got to sit down with DesignHatch founder Aislinn Kee where she shared her story and how DesignHatch was born. However,…

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