Is your "big idea" getting lost in your digital junk drawer?

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Sesh with Friends
November 24, 2023

You know that one drawer at home that’s a treasure trove of 'someday I might need this'?

We all have it…

The Everything Drawer.

The home of lonely birthday candles, old keys, and those 'might come in handy' ketchup packets from yesteryear. Charming chaos in a drawer.

And we all have a digital version of it…

Our phone’s notes app is our digital junk drawer

A no-man's-land where shopping lists awkwardly bump into midnight strokes of genius. Those ideas that spark in the shower? They're there, probably sandwiched between a forgotten birthday reminder and... oh, yes, the video your friend sent you that you keep telling yourself you’ll watch someday when you have time (whenever that is).

But, unlike our IRL drawers, your notes app holds a wealth of information that just gathering dust there among the digital ketchup packets.

There are ideas there that...

  • Could help you take action in areas that need your attention

  • Could be compelling content for your social media

  • And, well, that thing you keep forgetting to buy

Friend. There is a better way.

Here’s a simple automation to transform your digital drawer from a forgotten junkyard into a powerhouse of productivity. And those big ideas? They'll be front and center, no longer lost in the virtual void.

Let’s build our digital castle

Building with Zapier is like snapping together LEGO bricks - each piece is a step towards constructing your very own digital castle. There's no single blueprint because, hey, we’re all about custom palaces here.

But we hope this lays the foundation for a workflow that turns your scattered notes into pure gold. 

The blueprint: Notes App > ChatGPT > Google Docs

Step 1: Picking Your Digital Bricks

Jump into Zapier and pick out the notes app that feels just right. Here's a shiny list of contenders.

Quick brick fact: Fancy using your native notes app? Totally doable, but that’s more like choosing the corner piece in a puzzle - a tad more challenging and not covered in today's LEGO session.

Step 2: ChatGPT, Our Idea Alchemist

Send those jumbled thoughts to ChatGPT, where they’ll be spun into coherent strings of text.

A note about AI in Zapier: In this step, inside Zapier, you'll tell the bot what you want to happen with the notes from your app.

For our show-and-tell, we’re crafting content, but who’s to say you can't conjure up something else?

Step 3: Google Docs, The Treasure Chest

Send those gleaming, organized notes to a Google Doc, your very own vault to stash the treasure for later refinement.

A note about docs: This last step is really up to you and what you want to do with your notes. You can send them straight to your social media. You could create tasks on a task manager like Trello or Asana. Or, if you're prepping for the unexpected, email future you with a 'just in case' plan for that alien-zombie apocalypse...

The realm of possibilities is as boundless as your imagination.

Feeling overwhelmed? Remember our mantra: start small, build swiftly, and keep tweaking.

Til the next adventure, friend!

your techy friends at Sesh.