🧠 The Shift That Took Me From AI Overload to Building a Repeatable System

Six months ago, I was drowning in AI tools.

Every day brought a new “must-try”:

• A smarter ChatGPT plugin

• A faster brainstorming agent

• Another “10x your workflow” thread

I wasn’t building a system.
I was duct-taping tools together and calling it progress.

Spoiler: it didn’t feel like progress.
It felt like panic.

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✳️ Then one small shift changed everything

I stopped chasing the best tools.
I started connecting the ones I already knew.

Not for better outputs—
For repeatable systems.

That mindset shift gave me two things:

1. Fewer decisions (what a relief)

2. More momentum (finally)

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🔁 My current AI setup (simple & repeatable)

Here’s what I use now—and more importantly, how I use it together:

• Claude for deep thinking and long-term memory

• ChatGPT (o3) for idea generation and speed

• NotebookLM for structured research and synthesis

• Cursor to turn ideas into working code

• One shared folder per project to keep it all connected

It’s less about doing everything with AI,
and more about creating a space where things click.

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💡 What I learned

If you’re overwhelmed by all the tools out there, maybe this helps:

You don’t need to master everything.
You just need one environment that remembers you.

That’s the shift.

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Are you building something similar?
Still deep in the overwhelm?

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Let’s grow together ✍️