Beat Procrastination With This iPhone Voice Journaling Hack
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Summary
Using an iPhone to journal can help combat procrastination and understand the underlying emotions that lead to it, according to an article from MakeUseOf.
Rather than writing, which can feel like an additional task and thus become something to procrastinate over, users can use the phone’s Notes app to record their voice and answer three prompts: what they were supposed to be doing, what they did instead, and how they feel about it now.
Using the iPhone’s transcription ability in iOS 16 or later, the voice recordings are automatically converted to text, allowing trends and patterns in procrastination behaviour to be identified through specific hashtags.
The article suggests setting up a folder in Apple Notes for procrastination logs, create a template with the three questions to keep answers consistent and easily accessible, and to record emotions as they occur for maximum impact.
The logs can be reviewed weekly to identify trends and therefore form strategies to counteract procrastination.
The journal can also be used to identify other trends, such as frequent distractions, cues that lead to specific emotions, and time of day patterns.
