Automation & Disability

Outsource the heavy thinking. Keep the choosing. A tiny, repeatable loop beats infinite scrolling on a foggy day. Quick Path ⚡ Pick one domain. Books, groceries, or shows. Start narrow. List 20 real examples. Add why you liked it in 3–8 words. Paste the Prompt Kit. Run Analyst → Evaluator → Summarizer → Ranker. Choose one pick. Time‑box 5 minutes. Stop after the first good answer. Log the result. Save the pick + a one‑line reason to your notes. Full Path 🛠️ Phase 1 — Prepare your seed data (10–15 min · Easy) Choose a domain: streaming, books, groceries, or gadgets. Gather 20–40 items you actually chose or enjoyed. Add micro‑reasons after each item: “reduced strain,” “fast weeknight,” “cozy mystery.” Keep it local in a note first. Paste to AI only what you’re comfortable sharing. Alt text: Prepare seed data — past items and short reasons listed — notes app. ...

Use sharp days to build structure that serves you on foggy days. SENTINEL is a repeatable way to see the hidden scaffolding behind messy systems. Quick Path ⚡ Pick a system and fence it: one market, product, org, or workflow. Run the 7 probes (below) with copy‑paste prompts. Capture 1–3 bullets each. Synthesize a card: hypothesis, divergence, edge type, trigger, test. Adversarial test it once. Note how the edge collapses if it becomes consensus. Schedule one observation you can verify in the next 7–14 days. Full Path 🛠️ Phase 1 — Frame the system (5 min · Easy) Boundary: Name what is in and out (actors, markets, time window). Objective: Write one line: “I want to understand ___ to decide ___.” Artifacts: Create a note titled SENTINEL — {System} with the table below. Alt text: Frame the system — scope and note created — notes app. ...

You do not need integrations. You need a two‑minute, copy‑paste daily briefing that protects scarce energy. Quick Path ⚡ Copy today’s inputs. Grab 5 email subjects, 3 Slack items, today’s calendar, and 1 note. Paste into AI with a persona. Use the prompt below. Ask for 3 items max. Get a briefing table. Keep Urgent, Important, For Later with one action each. Schedule one thing. Time‑box 25 minutes. Defer the rest to a 1:00 PM block. Do, then mark done. Close the loop with a one‑sentence reflection. Full Path 🛠️ Phase 1 — Set the container (5 min · Easy) Create a note called “Daily Briefing.” Put it in your Inbox or Today view. Add tags: #fog, #lowenergy, #briefing for fast retrieval. Paste the templates below into the top of that note for reuse. Alt text: Set container — briefing note and tags prepared — notes app. ...

The Frictionless Knowledge Capture System The Challenge: When you live with a condition that impacts your cognitive energy, like MS, the hardest thing to manage isn’t the physical exhaustion—it’s the relentless “brain fog.” You have brilliant ideas, clever observations, and important to-dos, but before you can write them down, they vanish into the mental ether. The world is not designed for this. A complex note-taking system requires energy to set up. Writing a detailed summary requires a level of focus you just don’t have. So, the idea is lost, the task is forgotten, and a little piece of your potential disappears with it. It’s not just frustrating; it feels like a genuine loss of self. ...