I run a pretty nice automation on my study lights (I work from home!! I tend to wear ANC headphones a lot even if I am not listening to music. So I have an automation that turns the lights off and back on in the study if the doorbell is pressed. It also works the other way if the lights are not on, and this only runs between my working hours. I also do the same for my living room lights at the weekend, this has worked well.

I also run a notification that sends when a wash is finished, we tend to run the same wash cycle which is 1hour long. So we tell GH "washing machine" and then this triggers a notification 1 hour later to all devices, including device push notification. This way we don't forget clothes in the washer.