Hey there, how was your weekend?
While writing this newsletter, I realized something uncomfortable.
It’s been a while since I actually wrote something and polished it myself.
Lately, my workflow has been simple. I brain dump my thoughts into AI and ask it to clean things up. The structure improves, the grammar improves, the flow improves. Everything becomes faster.
And I keep telling myself — the thinking is still mine.
But then another thought hit me.
One of my strongest assets growing up in my career was persuasive writing. It helped me explain ideas, pitch things better, and convince people. Somewhere along the way, I also kept trying to improve it.
Lately though, I’ve stopped consciously building that skill.
Which leads to a bigger question.
How exactly is AI going to change our lives?
Not in the obvious ways we discuss every day. But in quieter ways.
Think about handmade products. Before the Industrial Revolution, almost everything was handmade. Then machines came in and wiped out many of those skills.
Today, handmade products still exist — but they’re rare. They’re collectibles. They cost more because only a handful of people still know how to do them.
Sometimes I wonder if something similar will happen to many of the skills we’ve relied on for the past 20 years.
Writing. Designing. Coding. Thinking through problems from scratch.
Even this newsletter, ironically, is being written with the help of AI.
So it might be worth asking yourself a simple question:
Are there skills you once had that are slowly fading away – without you even realizing it?
Or maybe they’re not fading. Maybe they’re just becoming… optional.
Something else I came across this week that stayed with me.
Try this small exercise.
Close your eyes.
Imagine you are 10 years in the future.
Now imagine the worst possible version of your life.
You’re unhealthy. Your career didn’t go where you hoped. Your relationships didn’t work out. Things didn’t turn out the way you imagined.
Now imagine asking God for one thing:
“Please take me back 10 years. I’ll do things differently.”
Now open your eyes.
You’re already there.
This exercise reminded me of a line we often hear:
We overestimate what we can do in one year, and underestimate what we can do in ten.
And finally, a small update.
After 217 videos, I’ve decided to change my recording setup a little — added some lighting and made a few tweaks.
Nothing dramatic, but enough to experiment.
I’m sharing a sample image along with this email. Let me know what you think.
See you guys next week 🙂