Hello everyone,
I’m new to using shortcuts and automations but have always aspired to have them function as an effortless guide through my daily routine, eliminating the need to constantly plan my day. With my current setup, Siri acts as my personal assistant, providing reminders for everything from a morning greeting to exercise, cleaning, meditation, and more, as the day progresses. This is all without me having to do anything. This system has simplified my life, and I’m excited to share my experience.
What am I talking about? Upon waking, Siri greets me good morning, and shortly after, prompts me to meditate, even launching my meditation app. Following meditation, Siri suggests a shower, and then, reminds me to enjoy a 30-minute cleaning session, specifying the areas to clean that day. Before work begins, Siri alerts me 15 minutes in advance. At noon, Siri tells me it’s time to break my fast, all orchestrated seamlessly by what feels like an autonomous smartphone assistant. …
TLDR:
“Social Media Detox” is a shortcut designed to reduce social media usage. It prompts a pause and suggests alternative activities when you try to open social media apps, adjusting its behavior based on the time of day. You can customize an optional off-work break period and specify how long you wish to use social media when prompted.
For experienced users:
Install the “Social Media Detox” shortcut.
Choose to enable/disable the optional off-work break (5:30 PM - 10:30 PM) during setup.
Set up an automation in the Shortcuts app to trigger this shortcut when opening social media apps.
To adjust the off-work break setting later, edit the second text box in the shortcut’s actions.
Download it here (version 1.5)
https://routinehub.co/shortcut/18244/
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I. INTRODUCTION:
Introducing “Social Media Detox”, a shortcut designed to help you reduce excessive social media use and make your time more productive and …
All hard work , efforts & time just goes in vain when automation need iPhone to be unlocked 😒 Any work around to bypass it ?
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I just wanted to ask if anybody has recently stumpeled upon a new solution, on how to use the Apple Watch heart rate as a trigger?
Maybe some Apple Watch users also want to give feedback on my idea:
I’m dealing with a lot of stress lately and realized that I snap more often at my kids for unnecessary reasons. I thought if I get an Apple Watch and create a shortcut that monitors my heart rate, I could create a shortcut that lets my Apple Watch vibrate. Once my heart rate goes above a certain average, to indicate heightened stress levels. it could help me to take a breather when I’m caught up in the moment. Do you think this could technically work?
I started listening to podcasts about 5 years ago, and in retrospect my life has changed a lot, for the better. I listen to a combination of news commentating, crime stories, history, mental wellbeing, and recently audio fiction.
Looking back, I’ve noticed:
1) Less jittery, more present, not being anxious of the “void” when I am not doing anything, being able to be “idle”. In a word less restless.
2) Much less craving on the latest news. I listen to one or two news commentating podcasts that only deliver the most important world affairs, in-depth. I no longer feel like I have to go online and read all the news outlets like before when I was super concerned about current affairs.
3) Less craving for Netflix / streaming drama. I have developed an appreciation on utilising my imagination when I read / listen to an audio fiction. And the funny thing is that actually is more immersive than actually watching a show on a streaming platform because I am really …
I’m really trying to get more sleep and have found that listening to something as I fall asleep helps me best. However I am particular about what I listen to. Here’s my requirements:
1) talking. White noise or ambient music don’t really help me because I just stay awake thinking just like I do when I have no sound on. When I can close my eyes and pay attention to words being said, I fall asleep
2) the talking must be peaceful, obviously, I’m trying to fall asleep
3) low, male voices. They are so much more soothing to me than female voices. Unfortunately most sleep podcasts I’ve found are female voices
There are two podcasts I know of that fit these requirements: Planet Sleep and Bore Me To Sleep. But I would like to expand my options so I have at least a little bit of variety. Please let me know if you know any podcasts (on Spotify or Apple Podcasts) that fit what I’m looking for
I’m looking for fun standalone episodes of podcasts where the hosts solve a mystery. The golden example of this is Reply All’s The Case of the Missing Hit. I’ve left my favorite episodes of this style below. I’m not looking for a whole series, like the fantastic Dead Eyes, but I’m open to multiple part episodes if need be. I’ve already listened to all of Mystery Show. I hope there are more epsiodes that I haven’t heard of out there, and you wonderful people will have epsiodes to add!
Favorite Examples:
Reply All - #158 The Case of the Missing Hit
Underunderstood - Lou Pearlman Tried to Send a Boy Band to Space
I’m looking for a podcast where at least one of the hosts has read the book and is sort of giving a book report. I’m hoping for something like what Ruined does with horror movies, or Last Podcast on the Left does with whatever topic they’re covering. A deep dive where they discuss the plot, characters, symbolism, their feelings about it, all that stuff. A podcast geared toward people who have already read the book but want to hear what others think about it too. This is me trying to fill a need for a book club, without having to find a book club lol. It may not be a thing!
A bit of a hard question I know!
I love true crime podcasts that AREN’T about murder. Some examples of what I’m looking for:
- Swindled
- Crimetown (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Crooked City
- Heist Podcast
Any suggestions y’all could provide would be appreciated.
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I love to exchange opinions on books and discover “new” ones I didn’t know before that I might find interesting. So I’m asking you guys which is the last best book you have read that you have actually really enjoyed or that has left you with something 😃
(Edit: I can’t reply to everyone for their recommendations, so I’ll just put this at the top here: thanks.)
By which I mean books that don’t necessarily have a lot of action or tense moments, but have characters I will care about. I don’t want a lot of anything that will hurt my heart or cause me to worry.
No saving the town/nation/world plots, and have generally a happy ending.
Genre wise I like adventure, sapphic romances, fantasy, magical realism, sci-fi, but I’ll read any genre really.
I think the “Slice of Life” genre might fit, but I also like magic and whimsy and adventure.
Some books I’ve read recently that fit what I’m looking for are:
Here’s a list of suggested books and authors provided by these comments, for convenience:
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The one that you can re-read over and over? Like if u were going to a secluded island and could only take one book to read for the rest of ur life, what would it be?
I re-read “snow child” by Eowyn ivey pretty much every winter, but it just lost its ranking to “Slewfoot” by Brom.
Let me clarify, there are books that are so good, that you envy others who get to read them and experience them for the first time. The sort of books that completely grab you and engross you, then stay with you like a memory. For me it’s Parfume by Patrick Suskind, The Elementals by Micheal Mcdowell and The Red Tent by Anita Diamant.
Trying to get back into reading, but all of the book recommendations I find have 30+ holds on them at my library because they are popular right now. What’s some addicting books from 5+ years ago?
Hi everyone! Over the past three years, my interest in non-fiction books and docu-series has really taken off, and I want to dive deeper and expand my knowledge. Could you recommend a book that may not be widely recognized or popular, yet you believe is essential and everyone should read it? It might be a hidden gem, or perhaps it covers a niche subject that’s not widely known. Anything goes, as long as it’s non-fiction. Thanks!
I’m looking for games that have a sense of being “cool”. It’s a little hard to describe, but particularly things like well-implemented parkour, impactful melee combat, or physics-heavy diving motions. Equally, though, you could pull it off with something like a well executed plan that all comes together in one go, like Hitman, or a tactical combo like in Dragon Age Origins.
Anything that makes you feel goosebumps from the gameplay (not from scripted cutscenes or pre-built sequences e.g. Metal Gear, Uncharted).
In my experience they’re often shooters, but bonus points if anyone can come up with anything that fits a different genre.
Examples for reference:
Looking for games with a really emotional and well written story that will make me cry. A single player game with a world and characters that are easy to get immersed in. The only game thus far that has made me cry is red dead redemption 2. Detroit Become Human came pretty close. thanks!
Hey so, a female friend of mine thinks it’s hilarious that I gift hentai games to my friends on their birthdays. Now she jokingly suggested that we would play one together for her birthday. And i mean…. now I gotta commit. Does anyone have any suggestions? Preferably not very extreme. (It’s not limited to hentai)
I recently 100%-ed Batman: Arkham Asylum for the first time, which involves beating the game on hard mode. And honestly, I’m really glad I did. Not only did the lack of counter warnings mean you had to actually pay attention to the enemies to know when to counter, but the extra damage from enemies mean that even small mistakes would destroy you (especially in the predator sections). But it was never unfair, every death was 100% my fault, and the difficulty just meant that I was forced to engage with the mechanics more than I had with any previous playthrough.
I’ve also gotten similar experience out of Devil May Cry and fighting games, and of course Dark Souls is the king of this style.
I’m looking for more games like this, something that is so punishing you are forced to engage with the game’s mechanics, without ever dropping into being unfair.
I have been playing a lot of roguelikes/lites. While I love them, I really miss the feel of completing a game and moving on.
I love the nostalgic feeling I get while playing older games. Many of the games from this time period would set a new standard in gaming, introducing gameplay features that would commonly be used in games from that point forward. Quite a few games from this decade would be considered “cult classics.” Let me know which ones come to mind.
I mainly play on PC but I can emulate most consoles if needed.