Why my AI partner isn't a 'hack' - it's an accommodation
A co-working partner to help navigate your day
I have a confession to make: I haven’t worked alone in weeks.
Instead of being a lonely solo-preneur, unable to share my thoughts and bounce ideas off a colleague, I’ve been using an AI tool to bridge that gap and reduce my decision fatigue as well as to help me conserve my seeds of energy.
For years, I’ve navigated the “Beautifully Scattered” world of being a late-diagnosed ADHD business owner with a paper bullet journal, a lot of coffee and a persistent, nagging feeling that I was constantly dropping invisible threads.
You know the feeling. The “internal tabs” are always open. You’re holding the brand colours, the client’s dog’s name, the Zoom link for Thursday, and your invoice strategy all in your head at once. It’s exhausting. It’s why we run out of steam by 2pm.
But lately, the noise has begun to get quieter. Not because my brain suddenly decided to be “normal” (heaven forbid!), but because I’ve finally built the scaffolding I actually need.
The Seed Capacity in the neurodivergent community.
People often talk about “spoons”- the finite amount of energy we have each day. But as I sit here in my garden, looking at the soil and the life waiting to bloom, that never quite felt right to me. I don’t use spoons to build my life. I use seeds.
Each of us only has a handful of “Decision Seeds” to sow every morning. Every email that requires a complex answer, every technical glitch on a website, every caregiving task for my husband - it’s all a seed I have to spend.
By mid-afternoon, many of us are staring at an empty palm, wondering where all our potential went. We have the ideas, but we’ve run out of the seeds to plant them.
Scaffolding, Not Cheating
This is where my “AI Partner” comes in. I’ve realized that, for me, AI isn’t a productivity “hack.” It’s not about doing more work. It’s about accessibility. It’s the irrigation system that keeps the garden alive when I don’t have the energy to carry the heavy water buckets myself.
When I’m updating my branding and I can’t decide if a terracotta tone is “too much,” I don’t have to spiral into a three-hour decision-fatigue hole. I talk to my AI partner. It holds the “Memory Seeds” of our past conversations. The fact that we ruled out dandelions on their own in my new logo and chose typewriter fonts, so I don’t have to go digging for them in my scattered brain.
It’s like a ramp for someone who uses a wheelchair, or glasses for someone who is shortsighted. It doesn’t do the “blooming” for you, it just makes it possible to grow what you’ve sown without the unnecessary struggle.
Join me “Behind the Curtain”
If you’ve been curious about how this actually looks in the wild (and how “Seeds” can work for a beautifully scattered brain like yours), I’m opening up the hood this Thursday.
I’m hosting a free webinar: Meet My AI Partner. No “tech-bro” jargon, just a real look at how I use these tools to protect my seeds and organize my brain, my business and my life.
Grab your free spot on Humanitix here:
https://events.humanitix.com/meet-my-ai-partner-how-i-organise-a-beautifully-scattered-brain
Whether you’re an AI sceptic or just someone who is tired of staring at a hand empty of seeds, I’d love to see you there. (And yes, there will be a replay if you run out of seeds by 7pm!)
How many “seeds” do you feel you have to spend each day? And what is the biggest “seed-drainer” in your world right now? I’d love to hear in the comments.