Some of the most popular actions, such as crafting lists that exist within Drafts, adding tasks into Things, or even just getting funky with your text formatting, are simple. But the directory of user-created actions, organized by app, serves as a great jumping-off point. With so many options, getting started with Drafts can be overwhelming. Instead of opening the task manager Things and tapping through screens to make each task one at a time, I can dump all my tasks into one page of Drafts and run this action, and each line will get parsed into a new task in Things. This may sound like overkill when you can just lump all of that information into whatever app it belongs in from the jump, but Drafts is all about removing as much friction as possible from the time you spend on your phone. I even built one that automatically formats the next issue of my newsletter, with all its sections based on a template I put together in the app, and then sends it to my writing app, where I get most of the work done.ĭrafts makes it easy to compile new notes based on templates for things like building a newsletter or structuring class notes.
And you can cook up other integrations, such as a dedicated search on Wirecutter, with minimal coding.
Some of the actions I use are premade and available in this directory of a few hundred integrations with dozens of apps, such as sending events to the calendar app Fantastical. I have my Actions tray organized into five categories: Writing, Work, Social, Tools, and Searches. Once you’ve typed something in, a swipe to the left unveils the app’s Actions tray, where you can tell it to run a specific action that automates the rest of the process. That can be anything, whether it’s an idea for a novel you’ve been itching to write, details for an upcoming appointment, a journal entry, or even a new pal’s phone number. The app can serve as your mind’s traffic-control operator, sending any important information you peck into it to whatever app that info truly belongs in, all with as few swipes and taps as possible.Įvery time you open the app, you get a blank canvas for you to toss in all your text. A quick glance at the app reveals nothing more than a utilitarian version of Apple’s Notes app, but Drafts is more than a way for celebrities to post long-winded apologies on Twitter. That’s where one of my favorite apps, Drafts, comes in. Plus, constant context switching kills my motivation to get things done. I could use a planner, but since most of my work happens on an iPad or iPhone, that just adds another thing to my bag and another distracting shift in my workflow.
It’s a not-so-great reality of living with ADHD: I’m going to forget a frustratingly large amount of important things that cross my mind throughout the day. Either I’ve forgotten about a long-planned night out, or I never sent that “happy birthday” text. About once a week, I convince myself I’m an awful friend.
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