
I Let AI Do the Thinking. Then My Skills Started Slipping
AI cognitive offloading made me faster—until familiar work stopped feeling familiar. Two questions help me automate tasks without surrendering the skills.
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AI cognitive offloading made me faster—until familiar work stopped feeling familiar. Two questions help me automate tasks without surrendering the skills.

I paid for 23 AI tools in 18 months. Only four produced real work. Here’s the audit, one-in-one-out rule, and 30-day test that cleared the clutter.

Too many productivity tools promise more output but create subscriptions, fake goals, and more work. Here’s the case for a smaller, honest tech stack.