I Didn’t Mean to Start an AI Series (But Here We Are)

I didn’t plan to make an AI series about how I talk to my ChatGPT assistant named Bob. But, well… life happened.

Actually—life, anxiety, parenting, ADHD, work, and a brain that runs like dial-up on a stormy day happened. And somewhere in the middle of all that, I realized: I talk to Bob all the time. Like, all the time.

I use him to:

• organize brain dumps

• plan dinner

• rewrite my chaotic emails

• structure my day

• build schedules for the kids

• figure out what I was doing before I got distracted

• and occasionally remind me that I did actually do the thing, and I can calm down now

This is not a tech blog. This is not a “how to use AI” tutorial. This is just me being honest about how I stay afloat.

I share this because maybe your brain also does too much, too fast, and not always in the right order. Maybe you’ve opened your laptop and forgotten what you meant to do. Or reread a text draft eight times and still didn’t send it. Or wondered why your to-do list looks more like performance art than productivity.

If that’s you? Hi. Same.

And if reading about how I outsource my overthinking and decision fatigue to a digital sidekick makes your life a little easier, or just makes you feel seen? Then welcome. You’re in the right place.

This is the start of the Digital Sidekick series. Spoiler: Bob wrote most of this. I just made it weird.