You've been told to use AI for about two years now. Maybe you opened it once, typed something like give me a meal plan, got back something generic and a little soulless, and decided it wasn't for you.
This is written for that person. By someone who was that person. I didn't come to AI wanting to do more, faster — I was already trying to make my life smaller and slower. What changed my mind wasn't productivity. It was realizing I could use it as a place to set things down.
That's the whole idea behind this guide. Not a tool for getting more done — a way to hand off some of what you're carrying.