HoneyComb Hack: Stop Typing the Same Thing Over and Over

Okay, I need to tell you about one of those tools that seems almost too simple to make a big difference… until you realize how many times a day you’re typing the exact same thing.

It’s called Text Blaze, and if you regularly send emails, answer customer questions, fill out forms, share links, or type the same instructions over and over again, you need to know about it.

Because honestly, if you’ve typed something more than a few times, why are we still making your fingers do all the work?

Let Me Put You On to Text Blaze

Text Blaze lets you create a shortcut for something you type regularly.

Then, instead of typing the whole thing again, you type your shortcut and Text Blaze fills it in for you.

For example, let’s say you’re constantly sending someone your scheduling link. You could create a shortcut like:

/schedule

As soon as you type it, Text Blaze could insert your entire message:

“Thank you for reaching out! You can select a time that works best for you using the link below…”

Scheduling link included. Signature included. Everything already worded the way you like it.

No searching through old emails.

No copying and pasting from the last person you sent it to.

And no accidentally sending, “Hey Jennifer!” to someone who is very much not Jennifer.

You can use snippets in Gmail, Google Docs, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and other places where you regularly type. Text Blaze also offers options for Windows and Mac. Text Blaze

Start With the Things You Type All Day Long

Think about your average workday.

How many times do you type:

• Your email address

• Your website

• Your business hours

• Directions to your location

• Your scheduling link

• Payment instructions

• Answers to frequently asked questions

• Follow-up messages

• Details about your services

• The same closing sentence at the end of every email

  
  

Individually, none of those things take very long.

But that’s how repetitive work sneaks up on us. It’s not always one giant task eating up three hours. Sometimes it’s the same 30-second task popping up 40 times a week.

And beyond the time, it’s just monotonous.

You know what you want to say. You’ve already written it. There is no reason you should have to keep rebuilding it from scratch.

It Can Be More Personal Than Copy and Paste

Now, I know what some of you are thinking:

“But I don’t want all my messages to sound generic or automated.”

I don’t either!

The goal isn’t to turn you into a robot. It’s to let the computer handle the repeatable part so you have more time and energy for the part that actually needs you.

Text Blaze can include fill-in fields for information that changes, like:

• The person’s name

• An appointment date

• A price

• A deadline

• The service they selected

• A personal note

  
  

When you use the shortcut, a little form can pop up and ask for those details. You enter the information once, and Text Blaze places it into the correct spots throughout your message.

It can also include dropdown menus, dates, optional sections, and other dynamic information. Text Blaze Forms Guide

So instead of starting with a blank email, you start with a message that is already 90% finished and personalize the part that actually needs to be personal.

That is a completely different experience from frantically copying an old email and trying to find everything that needs to be changed.

Here’s Where I’d Start

Don’t open Text Blaze and immediately try to build 47 shortcuts.

We both know that is how a simple time-saving tip turns into a three-hour project.

Start with one thing.

What is the message, sentence, link, or answer you are most tired of typing?

Create a shortcut for that.

Then, as you go through your normal week, pay attention every time you think:

“I literally just typed this.”

That is your next snippet.

Before long, you’ll have your own little library of responses and information ready whenever you need them.

This Is What “Working Smarter” Actually Looks Like

Sometimes people hear words like workflow, automation, or systems and picture a huge, complicated technology project.

But working smarter doesn’t always start with something huge.

Sometimes it’s a full workflow connecting several different programs.

Sometimes it’s a dashboard showing everything that needs your attention.

And sometimes it’s realizing that you’ve typed the same paragraph 400 times and finally letting your computer take over.

That’s why I love sharing tools like Text Blaze.

It’s a small change, but it removes a little bit of time, monotony, and mental effort from your day. And when you start finding several of those little opportunities throughout your business, they can add up to a much easier way of working.

So here is your techy-best-friend assignment for the week:

Catch yourself repeating something, and ask whether your computer could be doing it for you.

Chances are, it probably can.

And if you keep running into tasks that feel way too repetitive, complicated, or manual, send them my way. I’m always happy to get nosy about how you’re doing something now and help you figure out an easier way.

That is, quite literally, my kind of fun.