Scheduled Daily Affirmations via Email and Telegram Using Cron

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About this workflow

Wake up gently. This elegant workflow runs every morning at 7 AM, picks one uplifting affirmation from a curated list, and delivers it to your inbox (with optional Telegram). Zero code, zero secrets—just drop in your SMTP and Telegram credentials, edit the affirmations, and…

Source: https://n8n.io/workflows/7421/ — original creator credit. Request a take-down →

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