Way to quickly send something to outlook

Question

Many things that I need to do I receive via outlook. However, sometimes I just hear something or think of something, and would like to send this to outlook with minimal distraction. I don't care whether it arrives as an email, or directly on the todo list.

On the Iphone I had a flow like this:

Iphone: Send mail to self:

1. Open app (for example:To Myself)
2. Type message
3. Click send

On the windows phone, the best flows I have found so far:

Windows phone Option 1: Create task

1. Open calender
2. Click three dots in bottom right corner
3. Click tasks
4. Click plus
5. Type message
6. Click save

Windows phone Option 2: Send a mail

1. Open email
2. Click plus
3. Type few characters
4. Click on my mail
5. Type message
6. Click send

I have a feeling that one way to improve on these flows is by creating shortcuts on the computer and placing them on the phone, but have not succesfully figured this out.

Note that I am not interested in ways that solve this outside outlook as I also need to use the notes easily from any device that lets me access outlook.

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The question:

What is the most efficient way to send something from the windows phone to outlook

If a free solution is available that would be preferred, but I am willing to pay a small fee for the right app.