Supercharge Your To-Do List With ChatGPT

May 25, 2023

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In today’s email:  

  • AI Tool Of The Day 🛠️ - Robo-beats are getting heavier

  • AI Content Tip Of The Day🖋️ - Creative task management with ChatGPT

  • AI Bits From The Web 🍬 - The laziest meal planner in the world

AI Tool Of The Day 🛠️

MusicLM - Google just released a tool that turns written prompts into music.

It’s accepting early testers via “AI Test Kitchen” - Google’s testing ground for AI tech.

AI-generated music is making headlines due to the Deepfaking of celebrity voices, as well as the millions of tracks wreaking havoc on Spotify.

But AI-assisted music is likely here to stay.

YouTubers and podcasters that need a steady stream of background music should probably pay attention.

If you’re interested, click here

(Not sponsored)

AI Content Tip Of The Day đź–‹ď¸Ź

ChatGPT Prompt: Task Refiner

A creator’s to-do list is often long, vague, and upsetting.

Unfortunately, the content creation itself often only occupies a small portion of the list.

Whether it’s updating WordPress plugins, editing audio, or responding to potential sponsors, there’s no shortage of work to do.

To-do lists can get pretty sophisticated and in my opinion - overcomplicated.

Over time, I’ve come to realize that keeping my daily to-do list as short as possible is the secret to staying happy and productive.

The problem is, the tasks on my to-do list are often vague and unhelpful.

They give me the gist of what needs to be done.

But when I actually get around to doing the task, I’m then met with the additional task of figuring out what subtasks it consists of.

That additional work is friction and friction doesn’t lend itself well to creative work.

So, I created a mind-numbingly simple ChatGPT prompt to flesh out a list of tasks into a list of subtasks.

This reduces the friction I’m met with when it’s time to actually get to work.

Fill in the template below - you’ll most likely find it helpful.

The subtasks generated may not be perfect, especially if you aren’t giving ChatGPT much context.

But there’s a good chance you’ll come across subtasks you may not have even considered.

N.B - Avoid inputting any confidential information.

The Prompt Template 🤖:

"ChatGPT, I need help refining my to-do list to make it more actionable.

Here's what I have so far:

[list your to-do items here].

Can you help me break these tasks down into more manageable, specific actions?"

Example:

I asked ChatGPT to refine my to-do list.

AI Bits From The Web 🎨

An AI-generated meal plan is freakishly impressive in its own right.

Getting Instacart to order the items for you afterward is downright lazy (but also freakishly impressive).

Check it out:

(link)

And that’s all for today!

See you tomorrow 🙂 

Misya, The Pen Pivot