Upgrade this Year with the T-Mobile Holiday Gift Guide (And Learn How To Customize Your New Tech Too!)

Ok, who’s like me and loves electronics? I can’t see you, but I can feel you raising your hand. I’m an electronics junkie and of course, I LOVE a good sale. This is what makes my partnership with T-Mobile a match made in heaven. My love for electronics and getting to work with such an amazing company feels like kismet. If you have read some of my past posts about them, you will see just how much they care about their customers. Follow along and I’m going to show you how T-Mobile isn’t just about cell phone plans. Their 2023 Holiday Gift Guide is AMAZING too!  

Check out some of my favorites..

Tmobile Shows Support to our Veterans

Veterans Day often gets lost in the hustle of the holidays. We get so busy with Thanksgiving and Christmas plans that we forget about this important day that celebrates the men and women who fought for our country. I want to take a minute to honor them on Nov 11th with the help of my amazing friends at T-Mobile. I hope you want to join me!

T-Mobile is Helping Millions Obtain Internet Access

Let me set the scene… Sunday afternoon and my kids are hard at work doing their homework. They are researching all the info for their papers, practicing math when all of a sudden, the internet cuts out. Insert panic right? I’m sure this has happened to most of us at some point. We reset the router and modem and do whatever we can to get it back up and running…. Imagine if you didn’t have access to the internet at all. What would your kids do for their homework? There are still families out there who don’t have access to the internet. More than we can imagine. My amazing friends over at T-Mobile are doing everything they can to change that through Project 10 Million. 

T-Mobile Has Our Kids’ Education in Mind

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Imagine your kids going to school and learning via Virtual Reality. I got your attention right? I mean, all those hours teens spend on video games could pay off and help them learn new skills! It’s National Career Development Month and what better time to learn 

how technology with 5G connectivity is bringing a new way of learning for kids thanks to T-Mobile. 

The Digitally Connected Traveler

The night before a road trip, I make sure all the kids have their cell phones charged, extra “butts” are packed, and extra cords are in the car. You moms can definitely relate that if those batteries go low, we will hear about it. I’m not complaining, I love my children but there are ups and downs with road trips and you want those little ones to be very entertained. When I was listening to a recent T-Mobile Stories Mobile Diaries podcast about today’s travel tech trends, and the host’s kiddo was crying 20 mins into their drive, I could so relate. I honestly think we have all been there. 

How to Live the Digital Nomad Life

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We have all seen those Tiktok videos where people are on a cruise ship and in a zoom meeting, or on the beach and working. Well, I’m here to tell you, it’s real life, and these things really can and do happen. Thanks to modern technology from companies like T-Mobile, you too could be sitting on the beach working, instead of languishing in your office.

In fact, that was the focus of a recent T-Mobile Stories Mobile Diaries podcast! The topic was 55+ Digital Nomads: Learning New Tricks to be specific…And I have to say, it really resonated with me!

Our Children are our Future with TMobile Changemaker Challenge

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As the iconic Whitney Houston song goes “I believe the children are our future,

teach them well and let them lead the way.”  I fully believe that we need to nurture our children as they are the next generation to lead our world. It’s so fantastic when companies host programs that bring out the best in today’s youth. I’m excited so T-Mobile and Ashoka are co-leading the fourth Changemaker Challenge! Read below to learn about this year's challenge and how your child could be the winner of $15,000 to fund their vision. 

How T-Mobile Helps Students Across the Country with Free Internet and Free Mobile Hotspots

I don’t know about you, but this last school year was rough. Kids were home 24/7, we became their teachers, and it just seemed to last forever. 

Towards the end of the school year, my kids did go back to their in-person classroom. However, not everyone had that luxury and still may be looking at starting this next school year online. 

I’m not sure if you remember, but last year I talked about an amazing T-Mobile program called Project 10Million, an unprecedented $10.7B initiative aimed at delivering Internet connectivity to millions of underserved student households at no cost to them over the next five years. I’m so happy to report that T-Mobile is continuing that momentum to help millions of eligible families across the country.  

My family and I are blessed to have such fast and reliable connectivity, which was a big deal when we had to teach from home. Every family deserves that. I think it’s incredible that T-Mobile has stepped up once again! The need for equal and fair access to the internet is crucial as many are still dealing with the effects of the pandemic and T-Mobile has the goal of helping every unconnected student in the U.S. get access to the Internet connectivity they need to learn.

How My Kids are Continuing to Grow Thanks to Our Connectivity

This time is certainly difficult for so many parents.  It’s important to me that my kids not miss out on essential learning.  My daughter is in high school and with college quickly approaching – I want to make sure she is prepared.  At the same time, my husband and I need to keep working – so having good connectivity is important to all of us right now. 

 

But so many families are struggling during this time because they don’t have the connectivity they need to continue work, school or online fun.  To address this growing concern, T-Mobile has launched Project 10Million – delivering internet connectivity to millions of underserved student households at no cost to them.  All kids should have the opportunity to thrive and learn – like mine are doing during this difficult time.  

Easy Ways for Families to Save Money

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As a family of 5, we have to budget across the board. One way that really helps my family is having our cell phone plan with T-Mobile.  We did comparison shopping and they have the best deal, with some great extra perks, for what we need. It makes it easy for our family to have multiple lines and stay on a budget. Not only that, but we are able to use some of the extra funds elsewhere. Let me show you what I mean. 

T-Mobile First Responders Discount

Over the last few months I have been sharing with you various topics from T-Mobile and how they are so involved in our communities. It’s been an honor to be an ambassador for the company. You will see what I mean further down in this post that they really do go the extra mile for the community. Yes, they are a business, but they really care, and I’m proud to with them. You can tell this from them helping our youth with the Changemakers, to Giving Tuesdays and also protecting everyone against spam/fraud callers (saving millions of dollars). I wanted to share one last topic with you. This one is just as important, it’s about the men and women in our country that protect us 24 hours a day. T-Mobile wanted to honor the first responders in a way they could, and well, let me show you what they did and what my youngest Fallon and I decided to do for the ones in our town.

Giving Tuesday with T-Mobile

Charities and giving back are a big deal for me and I have taught that to my girls as well. Over the past few years around Christmas we have sponsored families and donate to a few different organizations throughout the year. That’s why working with a company like T-Mobile that gives back like they do on Giving Tuesday means so much to me.

TMobile Helps Protect us Against Spam calls

We have all gotten spam calls, it’s seems pretty much a part of our daily life. Some are annoying you know, like the “your car warrantee call” or “calling from a certain hotel chain” call. Then there are calls that can be very dangerous. These are ones that we need to watch out for, especially when our teens are starting to get phones and they don’t know. T-Mobile has thought of a way to protect against those scammers.

Raising a Changemaker in Today's World with T-Mobile

2019 marks the second year T-Mobile and the T-Mobile Foundation launch their Changemaker challenge for Youth Visionaries. This is also the second year Ashoka is parting with T-Mobile. I seriously wish I knew about this contest last year as I would have insisted that a few of my friends’ kids entered and my 16 year old could have. I’ve seen some ideas that they have come up with.