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Capture thoughts to Obsidian with Siri Shortcuts
Inspiration
In my daily routine, I've found it really helpful to quickly jot down my thoughts. These thoughts might be about specific things I'm dealing with at the moment or just ideas I think could be useful later on.
As someone who uses Obsidian a lot, I'm sure many can relate to the constant flow of thoughts throughout the day.
So here's a simple way to capture them throughout the day. This method lets you record your thoughts without having to open Obsidian or switch around in the app.
Later on, I go through these notes at different times during the day, depending on the nature of the thought and how it relates to what I'm working on.
This Shortcut works on both iOS and MacOS devices, and appends logged items to the end of the daily note.
Getting Started
In order to make this work, we need the following:
- An iOS/MacOS device with the Shortcuts app.
- The Periodic Notes or the Daily Notes Plugin.
- Free space at the end of your daily note, just for your thoughts.
Setup
The setup process involves a few steps, starting with getting a copy of the shortcut, which you can find here:
How it works:
- The shortcut prompts you to input your thoughts.
- Once you've entered your thought, the shortcut takes the input and formats it as a bulleted item.
- It applies a timestamp to mark when the thought was captured, which is also used to define the file path for your daily note.
- And finally appends the input to the end of your daily note.
Wrap up
This workflow is part of a larger productivity system using Siri Shortcuts on iOs. Feel free to copy and adapt the shortcut to your needs.