Field Notes

Recover Focus After Interruptions With AI in 15 Minutes
Interrupted mid-task? Here's a repeatable 15-minute AI playbook to reload context and get back into deep work fast, without losing the whole afternoon. Read more...
Why Your AI Delegation Fails (Even With Detailed Prompts)
Detailed prompts still return bad AI work? The real problem is usually the brief, not the length. Here's what beginners get wrong and how to fix it. Read more...
Why AI Habit Routines Fade After Month One (And the Fix)
Your AI habit routine fades after month one because it goes stale, not because you failed. Here's the maintenance rhythm that keeps it alive. Read more...
Turn Your Notion Inbox Into a Focus List With AI Prompts
A repeatable playbook for using AI prompts to convert a cluttered Notion inbox into one clear, ranked daily focus list you actually work from. Read more...
How to Map Your AI Tools to a Calendar-First Day
Stop tool-switching all day. Here's how to give each AI tool a slot on your calendar and cut the ones that don't earn a place. Read more...
One-In-One-Out for AI Habit Prompts: Swap, Don't Stack
When an AI habit prompt goes stale, replace it instead of piling on a new one. Here's the swap rule that keeps routines alive. Read more...
Sunday AI Planning That Survives to Wednesday: A Playbook
A repeatable Sunday reset for building an AI-planned week that doesn't fall apart by midweek. Real steps, honest limits, no fluff. Read more...
Why AI Planning Adds Steps (And What to Remove First)
AI planning often adds friction, not focus. Here's how to audit and remove the steps slowing you down before you add another prompt or tool. Read more...
The 10-Minute Start: Using AI for Life Admin Fast
The fastest way to use AI for life admin is one small task in 10 minutes. Here's what's changed and how to start today. Read more...
Can AI Agents Handle My Work? A One-Week Trial Playbook
Run a structured one-week trial to see if AI agents can truly handle your work before you commit. A repeatable playbook for testing delegation honestly. Read more...
How to Signal You're in Deep Work Without Sounding Rude
The one-line status that protects your focus, plus the fuller system for when a single message isn't enough. Practical, no guilt required. Read more...
A Before/After Week After Cutting Your AI Tool Stack
What a real week feels like before and after consolidating your AI tools, plus what changes on which day and how to do it yourself. Read more...
How to Use AI to Match Deep Work to Your Best Energy Hours
A repeatable playbook for using AI to map your energy peaks and protect them for the work that actually matters. Warm, practical, no fluff. Read more...
Habit Won't Stick Under Deadline? Use AI When Motivation's Gone
Motivation crashed but the deadline hasn't moved? Here's how to use AI to shrink the habit and keep going without willpower. Read more...
Rebuilding Focus Boundaries After a Month Off: What Works
Fell off your async and deep work boundaries for a month? Here's how to restart without a full overhaul, and what's changing about the reset. Read more...
The Quarterly AI Tool Stack Review: A Simple Playbook
Review your AI tool stack once a quarter. Here's the playbook I run: what to check, what to cut, and how to actually decide. Read more...
When AI Calendar Defense Isn't Worth It (A Skeptic's Guide)
AI to protect deep work helps in specific cases and wastes time in others. Here's how to tell which one you're in before you set it up. Read more...
How to Measure If Your Burnout Recovery Is Actually Working
Real signals your burnout reset is working (not just a long weekend), and what's changing in how professionals track recovery. Read more...
Do More AI Tools Make You More Productive? Myth vs Reality
The myth: the next AI tool unlocks productivity. The reality: what actually moves the needle is fewer tools used deeply. Here's the playbook. Read more...
How to Run a Monday AI Briefing Like a Chief of Staff
Run a 15-minute Monday briefing with AI that surfaces what matters, flags risks, and sets your week. A step-by-step chief-of-staff method. Read more...
Should Non-Technical People Automate Email With AI Now?
AI email automation is finally usable for non-coders. Here's what's changing, what to automate first, and what to leave alone. Read more...
Plan Your Day With AI Without Adding More Decisions
A repeatable playbook to use AI for daily planning that cuts choices instead of adding them, so you decide less and start faster. Read more...
How to Teach Someone to Use AI for Life Admin Tasks
Teaching a friend or partner to use AI for adulting tasks is the fastest way to master it yourself. Here's a simple method that sticks. Read more...
What AI Tasks Working Parents Should Delegate First
Short on time? Here's what working parents should hand to an AI agent first, and how the shift from chat to delegation changes your evenings. Read more...
Async Messages That Protect Focus in 15 Minutes a Day
A 15-minute daily playbook for writing async messages that reduce interruptions and protect your deep work, using AI to do the heavy lifting. Read more...
5 Mistakes People Make When Consolidating AI Tools
The most common mistakes people make when trimming their AI tool stack, and how to consolidate without breaking what already works. Read more...
Why AI Focus Prompts Stop Working (And How to Maintain Them)
Your AI focus prompts fade after the first month because your work changes and the prompt doesn't. Here's the small maintenance habit that keeps them sharp. Read more...
How to Delegate Notion Work to an AI Agent: A Playbook
A repeatable playbook for handing recurring Notion work to an AI agent, so it updates your database instead of just talking at you in a chat window. Read more...
How to Use AI to Prep a Calendar Deep Work Block
Turn a blank calendar block into a ready-to-start deep work session with AI. A five-minute prep routine you can actually keep. Read more...
The One-In-One-Out Rule for Delegating Tasks to AI
Delegating to AI feels productive until you're re-explaining the same task every week. Here's the one-in-one-out rule that makes handoffs actually stick. Read more...
The Weekend Habit Reset Playbook: Use AI to Start Monday Right
A repeatable weekend routine that uses AI to review the week, pick one habit to fix, and set up a Monday that actually starts better. Read more...
Stop AI From Adding Busywork: The Friction Audit First
AI often adds steps instead of removing them. Here's how to run a friction audit before you add any tool or prompt to your workflow. Read more...
Overlapping AI Tools? The 10-Minute Overlap Sweep
Too many AI tools doing the same job? Run a 10-minute overlap sweep to spot the duplicates fast, before you commit to a full audit. Read more...
How to Test an AI Daily Planning Habit in One Week
Want to try AI-powered daily planning without overhauling your life? Here's a simple 7-day test to see if it actually works for you. Read more...
How to Use AI to Build a Morning Routine That Sticks
Use AI to design a morning routine that survives real life, not just a perfect Tuesday. A practical, step-by-step method that respects how habits actually form. Read more...
How to Use AI Without Wrecking Your Deep Work Focus
A repeatable playbook for using AI to protect deep work instead of shattering it, with prompt roles, session structure, and guardrails. Read more...
Why Your AI Gives Generic Answers (And How to Fix the Brief)
AI gives generic answers because your brief is vague. Here's how to write a delegation brief that gets specific, usable work back the first time. Read more...
Can AI Help You Restart a Broken Habit? What's Changing
AI is quietly getting good at habit restarts, not just habit tracking. Here's what changed and how to use it to start over smart. Read more...
How to Use AI to Plan a Focused Day (Not a Bloated List)
The repeatable AI playbook for planning a day around one or two deep-work blocks instead of a 30-item list that scatters your attention. Read more...
How to Use AI to Plan Deep Work (Without Getting Distracted)
Use AI to set up one deep work block in five minutes, then close the tab. A step-by-step method to plan focus without falling into the AI rabbit hole. Read more...
Why Your AI Chats Give Generic Answers (And the Fix)
AI keeps giving you bland answers because it doesn't know you. Here's the shift happening now and how to build context that fixes it. Read more...
How to Use AI Without Losing Your Deep Work Focus
AI can wreck your focus or protect it. Here's the loop I use to keep AI as a deep work ally instead of another tab eating my attention. Read more...
Why AI Redoes Your Work Wrong (And How to Brief It)
Your AI keeps missing because you're briefing it like a search box, not a teammate. Here's the fix, step by step. Read more...
Can AI Help You Restart Habits After You Fall Off?
Yes, AI can help you rebuild broken habits, but only if you use it to diagnose the collapse instead of just cheerleading. Here's what's changing. Read more...
How to Use AI for Deep Focus Without Getting Distracted
A repeatable playbook for using AI to protect deep focus instead of fracturing it. Set up your session, prompt for one task, and cut the noise. Read more...
Which AI Subscriptions Should I Cancel? A Simple Audit
How to decide which AI tools to cancel without losing output. A clear, honest method to trim your stack and keep what actually earns its keep. Read more...
How to Tell If Your AI Subscriptions Are Worth the Money
A simple step-by-step way to audit your AI subscriptions, measure real ROI, and cancel what you don't actually use. Read more...