Hey Siri. Are you not using it??

A college student walking while talking to Siri

“Hey Siri!”
I'm talking to my smartphone while walking again today.

From an outsider's perspective, I look like someone talking on the phone alone. No, to be precise, I might look like “someone who talks to themselves a lot.”
If a passerby thinks, “Wow, that person is really talking to their phone…,” well, that can't be helped.

But that's fine. I barely have any acquaintances, so my embarrassment is close to zero. If anyone asks, I can just say, “Oh, this is a memo.” I might as well just let them make fun of me.I'd rather they just use it as a joke.

Explosive increase in output while walking

Recently, voice input memos have been a huge help.
Typing text takes time. But with voice input, I can write quickly while walking.

Once I created a flow of “thinking of text -> recording a voice memo -> organizing it at school” during my commute, my daily output increased dramatically.
26 memos in one week. Some memos range from 100 characters to over 1,000 characters. On average, one memo is 400 characters. That means I'm recording about 10,400 characters in a week.

It's over ten thousand...
Scary

I realized something.
The moment I decided to “write a note every day,” my antenna for ideas started picking up everything.
Everything I see or that crosses my mind turns into material I think, “Maybe I can write about this?”

Hey Siri makes memos for me!!

Opening LINE, opening a notepad, setting a timer. Just by saying “Hey Siri, do this,” it does everything for me without me even touching my smartphone.

Until now, whenever I wanted to do something, I assumed it was normal to take about three steps like,

It was normal to go through about three steps, right?
Honestly, it's a pain. (This is just my personal opinion.)

But if you use Siri, all that hassle disappears. This is truly the best. I especially realize the true value of Siri when I amin a hurry or when my hands are full.

When I was in the bath and an idea came to me, I spoke to my smartphone on a desk about 3 meters away, saying, “Hey Siri, create a new memo titled so-and-so in the notepad app,” and it actually did it.
I realized only now that it could do this much.
I'm impressed.

A world where “Oh, I meant to do that...” disappears

For example, don't you ever suddenly think of something or have an idea pop into your head while you're walking?

In those moments, “I'll make a note of that later” you think, and then you end up forgetting it, right? It happens all the time.

But if you use Siri, “Hey Siri, open Notes” and just by saying that, your notes app is already open. Furthermore, “To-do list for today: ~~~” you can even quickly save the content as a note using voice input.

Isn't this amazing? Because I can take a note the moment I think of it, the tragedy of “I meant to do that, but I forgot!” has drastically decreased. Plus, since I don't have to type every single thing, it's no problem even if one hand is occupied.

Until now, things I had given up on, saying “I want to do this, but my hands are full right now, so later...”, I can now do all of them thanks to Siri.

Will I keep doing this when I return to Japan?

I have one worry.
“Will I keep doing this even when I go back to Japan?”

Because in Japan, I commute by bicycle.
I can't use “Hey Siri!” while riding a bike.
So when I return home, maybe I'll switch to walking to school...? Just to use Siri...?

Output is “taking stock of yourself”

Putting something out there every day like this becomes a time to organize my own thoughts.
Even if I don't share everything with the world, by “putting it into words once,” my thinking becomes clear.

It feels like taking out accumulated inventory and rearranging what is necessary.

Starting with Siri, the sight of me talking to my smartphone.
It might look a bit suspicious to passersby.
But for me, it has become an essential time that increases the resolution of my daily life.

I can't stop using Hey Siri anymore.
Well, it can't be helped!!

Everyone, please try experiencing the pleasure of taking notes while walking!!

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