Like any human being, we have dozens of ideas on any given day. Some are related to the things you do for work, while others are reserved for things you might want to do when you get home. Some things you might just need to remember to do in the future.

While there are note-taking apps that exist solely to remind us of these things, most of these ideas get lost in the process because you can’t do anything with them right away. But the question remains: why use a note-taking app if you already have WhatsApp on your phone? With the right set of tweaks, you can easily send yourself texts and even share files and documents between all your devices.

Creating a chat with yourself allows you to quickly take notes without having to install another app and force yourself to use it. You can also pin a chat thread that you use for yourself, so that every time you open WhatsApp, you can look at the thread and type in the thoughts you were just about to type in.

Apart from taking notes of your random thoughts, you can also use WhatsApp to remind yourself of things you need to do on a particular day. You can jot down the list of things you might need to buy and arrange for the day ahead on your WhatsApp thread. This is handy even if you forget something, because WhatsApp is one of those apps that you open often.