🗓️ Published on: June 5, 2025
5 Things You Should Automate First to Reclaim Hours Every Week
Ever feel like you’re drowning in digital tasks — posting content, writing from scratch, tracking everything in your head?
Same here.
But once I started automating the right pieces of my workflow, things changed. Not overnight — but enough to save hours, reduce mental load, and finally feel like I was working with tech instead of against it.
Here are 5 automations that made the biggest difference (plus one I’m still refining thanks to platform quirks 🙃).
✅ 1. Automating My Social Media Scheduling (Almost There)
This one is so close to being fully hands-off — and even in its current form, it’s saving me tons of time.
Right now, my system uses Make.com and Meta’s scheduler to automatically queue up content using pre-written captions and visuals. But when it comes to Instagram image posts, there are still limitations around image hosting and publishing — so I manually step in for that last part (for now).
Still, just automating the caption generation, tracking, and scheduling has made my content workflow smoother and more consistent. Once I solve that last tech hurdle, this one’s going fully autopilot.
✅ 2. Using an AI Assistant to Generate Captions and Blog Outlines
This was a game-changer.
Instead of starting from scratch, I feed trending topics or scraped ideas into my system — and it returns ready-to-edit captions and blog outlines that match my voice and branding.
I still guide the process and polish the final results, but the heavy lifting? That’s handled.
✅ 3. Tracking Blog Content in Google Sheets
I created a smart content tracker in Google Sheets that logs:
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Blog post titles
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Publish dates
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Caption status
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Image links
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Performance notes
This part is semi-automated: my system adds new content rows and maps key fields (like titles, dates, captions) based on my publishing flow. It keeps everything organized and saves me from digging through folders or scattered notes.
✅ 4. Repurposing Blog Content into Captions and Visuals Automatically
This one is currently my favorite piece to build.
I’m working toward a system that reads my latest blog posts, extracts snippets, and turns them into ready-to-use social media captions — then pairs them with branded Nim videos or static visuals.
It’s not fully hands-off yet, but it’s already helping me extend the life of every post without reinventing the wheel. Soon, it’ll be able to send those posts straight into my scheduler.
✅ 5. Hybrid Automation: Idea Capture + Partial Publishing
Here’s where things get real.
My AI assistant helps:
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Save trending blog ideas
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Generate outlines and social content
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Store and track everything in one place
When it comes to final publishing — especially for platforms like Instagram with specific media file restrictions — I still handle that last step manually.
🧩 So What Does That Make My System?
I’m using an AI assistant to support blog creation
And an AI agent to run my social media publishing
✅ I still review and refine blog content (assistant behavior)
✅ I already let the AI act independently for Reels and captions (agent behavior)
It’s a hybrid system — and it works.
💡 Final Thoughts
Automation doesn’t mean giving up control. It means creating space.
These five steps helped me reclaim time, reduce mental load, and finally focus on what matters — building something meaningful.
If you’re feeling behind, you’re not. You’re just one smart system away from working smarter, not harder.
👉 Want to see more of how I’m building with AI and automation?
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