Today’s Solutions: August 03, 2026

Our cellphones usually add to our stress levels—pings from your boss, reminders of meetings or looming deadlines—they’re constantly doing what their designed to do: Get your attention. The Calm app, from the same people at Calm.com, helps you relax, and reset your mind. There are many meditating apps out there, but the calm app isn’t designed just to catalyze meditation, it’s designed to fill your ears with soothing sounds to calm your stressful thoughts. This app is great for helping you clear your mind, and regain your calm, but sometimes nothing beats powering down, and digitally detoxing for a bit.

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