Alexa

When it’s 6:55AM, I want the bedroom lights to slowly brighten to imitate a sunrise and start the heater, so that I wake gradually to a warm room
When it’s 7:20AM on a weekday, I want the Alexa to say “It’s time to start you exercise”, so that I am encouraged to do my morning exercise
When it’s 8:45AM or I say “Alexa, start my day”, I want all my home office devices to turn on, so that I can start my work day quickly
When it’s 5:10PM, I want my home office lights to flash red, so that I know it’s time to stop work
When it’s 10:00PM, I want my phone to alert me, so that I know it’s time to go to bed
When I say “Alexa, mischief managed”, I want all my home office devices to turn off, so that I can end my work day
When I say “Alexa, let’s sleep”, I want all my house devices to turn off and my rain music to start, so that I can go to bed
When I say “Alexa, add _____ to the shopping list”, I want the item added to the shopping list, so that I can order it in my weekly grocery shop

Apple Shortcuts

When I open the Photos app, I want the Memory Album shown automatically, so that I can show people my recent photos without the messiness of also seeing screenshots and other unsorted photos
When I click “Inspire Me” button, I want to be shown a random photo from my Stuff Album, so that I can review the screenshots I thought would be useful to me in the future
When I visit a frequently used iPhone app and I have overdue Reminders, I want to be prompted to open the Reminder app, so that I can act on the reminder
When I visit a frequently used iPhone app, I want to upload to Dropbox any photos in my Memory Album that are not backed up yet, making sure to rename the file to the date taken before it’s uploaded to Dropbox, so that I can have peace of mind that my memories are backed up and the date information is protected
When I visit a frequently used iPhone app, I want to sort any screenshots into a dedicated Stuff Album, so that I reduce how many photos I need to sort by hand

When it’s 12AM, I want to generate and upload my website, so that my updates or new content can be seen and shared

When it’s 30th of every month, I want my bank to move money from my income account to my purpose-specific bank accounts, so that my budget is followed automatically

When I schedule a Todoist task, I want it to show on my Google Calendar, so that I can see my week’s meetings and tasks in the one view