I’ve written earlier than about how the Duties characteristic for ChatGPT has actually given me a greater technique to handle my life when it comes to to-do lists and basic group. It actually has fulfilled the position of the type of digital private assistant I’ve imagined from numerous science fiction tales, and turned my ideas of “oh, I’ll do not forget that” from well-intentioned lies into actuality.
I wished to focus on among the methods Duties has given me extra management over my life, plus, if you wish to attempt it for your self, a few instance prompts you possibly can borrow and adapt.
When you’ll must subscribe to ChatGPT Plus or increased to get to make use of Duties for now, that will not be true endlessly judging from OpenAI‘s ordinary techniques of widening entry after some preliminary check months.
Goldfish mind
Have you ever ever walked right into a room and instantly forgot why you’re there? I do it extra typically than I might like. The identical goes for seeing vital emails, and, for no motive, deciding to do one thing else earlier than answering them. My mind is like an overzealous browser with 43 tabs open, and sadly, none of them are labeled.
ChatGPT Duties has develop into my exterior onerous drive for remembering actually something vital. No extra writing reminders on my hand (which inevitably get smudged into illegibility) or counting on my reminiscence for advantageous particulars.
For instance, trash day. It’s not that I don’t need to take the trash out, however generally it is 3 a.m. and I bolt off the bed to place it by the curb earlier than the vehicles arrive. Now I’ve ChatGPT Duties set as much as remind me each Monday and Thursday evening, plus recycling on Wednesday evening. It pings me, I take out the trash, and I get to faux I’m a accountable grownup for an additional week.
Attempt it your self with a immediate like: “ChatGPT, remind me to take out the trash each Monday and Thursday evening at 9 p.m.”
Productive chaos
My present workload as a freelancer, dad or mum of a one-year-old, and supposed grownup is extra chaotic than at any time in my life. Meaning counting on reminiscence and random scraps of paper with my scribbling is not adequate. ChatGPT Duties serves as greater than only a calendar in that regard.
I can use it to remind me of issues that do not essentially have a selected time every day or week however should be finished semi-regularly. So, as an example, I’ve it test in to see if I’ve remembered to name some relations not less than as soon as per week, and to message my editors each morning by 10 a.m., however to start out my brainstorming earlier.
So my immediate finally ends up as , “Hey ChatGPT, are you able to ping me each weekday morning at 8 a.m. to start out brainstorming story concepts and to check-in with my editor by 10 a.m.?”
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I actually love writing of every kind, however after I’m not writing for a selected position, the remainder of life appears to eat up any time I’d put aside to work on a novel, brief tales, or screenplay. I wished to ensure I slot in time for these items this yr and utilizing Duties has helped me regulate these long-term tasks as an alternative of getting caught within the weeds of day by day life on a regular basis.
As a substitute of letting my ambitions slowly acquire mud, I arrange recurring reminders to maintain me accountable. Now, I’ve put aside time for my very own tasks and separated it from different chores and jobs. And I can commonly replace the reminder if I need to level out what particular little bit of writing I used to be trying ahead to and when that point is up I can write one thing for ChatGPT to inform me to jumpstart the following time. It’s a small factor, however that little little bit of consistency makes all of the distinction.
Keep hydrated
Hydration is a kind of small issues that may really make a giant distinction in your life. I might like to be the type of one that naturally drinks a bunch of water earlier than my espresso, to not point out stretches, meditates, and in any other case does all of the issues that I am advised may help hold me wholesome and completely satisfied. I’m not that particular person, however with a inventive ChatGPT Duties immediate or two, I can pretend it fairly effectively.
I now have a thrice day by day reminder to drink water, however fairly than simply an alarm going off, I wrote, “Hey ChatGPT, are you able to set a reminder for me to drink water thrice a day between 8 a.m. and eight p.m. and use a joke to assist inspire me?” My most up-to-date reminder mentioned, “Hey Eric, your physique referred to as—it’s not a cactus. 🌵 Perhaps drink some water earlier than you dry up like a thrift retailer sponge?” The identical goes for a day by day reminder to stand up and stretch, so I do not come away each night hunched over like a witch from a fairy story.