Hello! I have created an advanced shortcut to manage my daily plan for the day using Forever Notes!
Since I found out about Forever Notes, I have decided to launch my own website inspired by the Forever Notes framework but building onto it adding more features. The website is still under construction, but you can check it out here:
https://sites.google.com/view/mypolarnotes/home
Since its a work in progress, if you have any tips or things you would like added feel free to say! Thanks!
For over a month now I have used a series of Apple Shortcuts orchestrated by a single master shortcut to generate a note to start my day. This current version runs on iOS or iPad or macOS. I’m adding a DailyHealth script next to create a health summary, but that will only work on iPhone. Check out my system and let me know what you think!
Today Prep
The Today Prep shortcut is designed to give your day a head start by dropping a full, structured layout into your daily note. Think of it like a mini dashboard that helps you plan, stay intentional, and reflect—all in one place.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/10f3447fad56466faabf1483c847904e
Daily Plan
This is the master shortcut that runs all of the other shortcuts below.
Edit the first text box to 0 if you are not using ✱ Forever Notes
Very modular – swap around your own modules if you want to do a section differently. Customize the order of the entries to suit your needs
Add more shortcuts and share!! Remove what you don’t want to use.
This is the only part that creates a note, so you can adapt this to another system such as Bear
At the very end, the generated note is tagged with #DailyNote but if you want to remove it or change the tag, that is the place to do it
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/33e7d9d39888427a8ef5302606687673
DailyWeather
Gets the weather from Apple Weather (sources)
No adjustments needed for the weather at your location
Improvements: loop through a list of additional locations
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/a201400323fe4ddb8f12f3cec581b539
DailyBreakfast
Uses a list of commonly eaten items that you curate to generate a breakfast.
Adjust any of the dictionary entries to show what you actually eat
Obviously you need to have these things in your cupboard for this to work.
Can be adapted to other meals to plan out a whole day.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/3cc7d3b32ccd4bc88b66db429143c118
DailyCalendar
Gets non-All-Day Calendar entries from your Apple Calendar.
Edit the first text box for exclusions
My work calendar is separate from my personal calendar.
Edit the Find All Calendar Events action to exclude any calendars you don’t want.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/e12b2690fde847a7ae2c5ea08852c3f9
DailyWord
Nothing to really edit here. Gets Merriam-Webster Dictionary word of the day from their RSS feed
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/19db838e252a41a4abd370032a7ea1ba
DailyReminders
Gets entries from your Apple Reminders
Nothing to really edit here. Maybe change the number of entries. I get 40.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/7331085197ce4d3badf7a7e00ed68f33
DailyQuote
Provides a random quote from quotes.net.
CUSTOMIZE THIS! Uses the API at quotes.net, so it requires a uid and tokenid ahead of use.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/98732d7100fc458aa215b2f0d818ebae
DailyNotes
Gets a list of the latest updated notes from your Apple Notes.
Nothing to really edit here. Maybe change the number of entries. I get 30.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/abbcb0fd7a36426096de17f584802408
DailyAllDayEvents
Gets All Day entries from your Apple Calendar
Nothing to really edit here. Maybe change the number of entries. I get 40.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/cf347f267cb2454e9cada4338bbbe6cb
DailyJournalPrompt
Requires one or more Apple Notes containing “Journaling Prompts” in the title, with entries in the body that are separated by —–
A large starter example is provided at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UfEUtl_7kWpNfQOmQkUxgEIJe0u1Ed6W_Vdmkzgtt8w/edit?usp=sharing Save that as a note called “Journaling Prompts”.
Create your own similar file with a title like “Journaling Prompts 2” or whatever in order to add your own entries.
Delete entries from the example that you do not like.
If your note system supports the Find function, you can change this to use your system, otherwise you can still use the “Journaling Prompts” Apple Note and have the final generated note from the main program go into your own note system.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/2f3f3909f121469ab4ff7f02782c56ea
LastSleep
This shortcut will calculate your sleep data from the health app and add it into your daily note.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/fe6f972b063e4feb9da8db23da0356df
TravelTimeToSchool
This will calculate your travel time to school or work after you input your start and end location, this is useful for mornings where there is traffic or when you need to be aware of what time you will arrive to your desired location.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/b363bc59acee40e693d1f1831a6f6381
MorningMood
This shortcut will ask you what mood you currently have in the mornings using emojis and ask why you are feeling this way. This is a nice way to go back and reflect on how you were feeling at certain days.
EmojiOftTheDay
This shortcut will pick a random emoji from a set list of emojis and add it to your note. This is a way to add some fun to your notes!
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/29212357af184ac2938b7678e2c1ca07
There has been more shortcuts and items added since these screenshots were taken but here is a quick preview of generally what your note will end up looking like:
