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The mental load of adulting is 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡. Remembering to change the air filter. Tracking where your money actually went this month. Coordinating a shared grocery list. Staying on top of your health. None of these tasks are hard on their own. But together? They quietly drain the cognitive bandwidth you need for the things that actually matter. That's a problem that automation solves. Not only the big, complex workflows, but the small recurring friction that adds up everyday.  Here are a few automations that take off that mental load: → 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙠𝙨: Set up systems that capture your household tasks the moment you think of them - like starting your dishwasher remotely with a single button tap, even when you’re not home.  → 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨: You’re meant to track your spending, stock prices, and logging receipts. With automation, every purchase is automatically logged to a weekly digest, so no manual tracking is required.   → 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨: Grocery shopping should be simple, but somehow it never is. Send an automatic text to your roommate, partner, or parent the moment you arrive at the grocery store, so no more last-minute "did you get that?" confusion when you get home. Adulting doesn't get easier, but it can get a lot more automated. Set these up once, and reclaim your brain space. (𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴!)

Your personality type doesn't just shape how you connect with people, it shapes how you work. And most people are running workflows that work against their natural wiring. The Enneagram has been one of the more useful lenses for understanding this. Not just "what are you like" but why you operate the way you do, and where the friction actually comes from. Here are three of the most common types, and the IFTTT automations that actually make sense for them: 🏆 The Achiever You're goal-oriented and momentum-driven, but the overhead of tracking everything across multiple systems quietly eats into the time you could spend actually executing. Setting up an automation with IFTTT that syncs your calendar to task managers like Notion or Google Sheets removes that layer entirely, nothing gets missed and you don't have to manually maintain two systems. 🫡 The Loyalist You're thorough and dependable, but a lot of mental energy goes toward making sure nothing slips through the cracks. With IFTTT, things like sharing new Dropbox files directly to Slack or setting deadline alerts happen automatically. You’re not just saving time, you’re removing the need to hold everything in your head. 🤝 The Peacemaker You're steady and collaborative, but your own systems are often the last thing you get around to setting up. The IFTTT automations that work best here are the quiet ones, a scheduled do-not-disturb, a daily meditation check-in reminder, small things that run in the background so your day has more structure without more effort. The right automation isn't about doing more. It's about building systems that fit how you actually work. Full breakdown of all 9 types on the IFTTT blog, check out the link in the comments 👇

Told Claude to set up a daily morning intention email. It built the trigger, ran the query, and routed it straight to my inbox. I just described what I wanted. ✨ That's just one example. Once connected, Claude can: ⚡ Run actions on the spot: send a message, log a task, post an update 🔁 Build Applets that keep running automatically: schedule a standup prompt, summarize meeting notes, curate a playlist based on your mood. That's IFTTT MCP in practice. Here's exactly how to do it yourself: https://lnkd.in/gqVJ-aNZ

Today we're launching IFTTT MCP! 🎉 AI assistants have always been great at figuring out what needs to happen. The problem is everything after that: the email still needs sending, the workflow still needs triggering, the last step still falls on you. IFTTT MCP changes that. It connects Claude to IFTTT's ecosystem of 1000+ services, so your AI assistant can stop advising and start acting: ⚡ Take real actions across your apps with a single prompt: send a Slack message, log a task, post an update. 🔁 Turn a description into a live automation: tell Claude what you want to automate in plain language and it creates the Applet for you.   🔍 Discover and connect new Applets to make your workflows run seamlessly. Learn what it is, how it works, and what you can do with it from day one. https://ifttt.com/mcp

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Let’s clear something up: productivity doesn’t mean grinding 24/7. The most productive people aren’t doing more, they’re making small, smarter choices about where their time actually goes. If you’re tired of feeling like being “productive” requires a 5AM wake-up or a color-coded planner, good news: that’s not what we’re talking about. Lazy productivity is actually genius. Your time and energy are limited. Every manual task, whether it be turning off lights, uploading photos, or tracking expenses, is time you’re not spending on things that actually matter. The real shift? Stop trying to do everything yourself. Let a few things take care of themselves. We put together a guide to lazy productivity. See the set it and forget it automations that make this possible. 👉 Read the full post: https://lnkd.in/dA6KtN7e

𝟯 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 2025 reinforced something we’ve learned by reflecting on our users: The most impactful automations aren’t flashy, they’re helpful. Here’s what we noticed: 1. The best automations feel invisible If someone has to think about an automation, it’s probably not doing its job. The best ones just work in the background and make your day feel a little lighter. 2. Nobody wants “another tool” People already have systems they trust. What they’re looking for is a simple, guided way to connect the apps and systems they love, so once things are set up, they can run in the background and reduce effort over time. 3. Everyone’s workflow is different (and that’s the point) The most valuable automations are the ones people can adapt to fit their own routines. Automation continues to evolve, but the goal stays the same: Make everyday work simpler, smoother, and more productive. we're curious - what’s one automation you rely on without even thinking about it?