Automation is too easy.
Copy every email to Slack, copy every Slack message to Todoist, copy every new task to My Notion inbox, and send an hourly Summary of new Notion inbox items to my email.
And you’ll never look at any of them.
Having a productivity sieve is great, but you need to be intentional.
Every automation should start with Manual intervention, unless the first step is a filter. Star that email, bookmark-emoji that message. Be implicit with your intent. Let the automation copy to the right place and label and find related, but don’t automate the decision, or the firehose.
Be a Centaur, in charge of the Machine, not a reverse Centaur, controlled by it. Filter at the source, or the sewage will overwhelm you. Don’t let your vibe lead to overwhelm.
People before process.
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