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The Old Way Wasn’t Working I’ve always been a private blogger. No schedule. No pressure. Just me writing when inspiration strikes. That used to be enough. But life has a way of changing the game on you. When kidney issues landed me on dialysis, everything shifted. The energy I once had for longer writing sessions? Gone. The focus needed for those longer posts I loved crafting almost 15 years ago? Scattered.

I sat down to write about productivity. Instead, I accidentally solved my productivity problem. It started with a simple request. I wanted to turn my struggles with overwhelm and chronic illness into a blog post. Multiple interests pulling me in different directions, dialysis eating up twelve hours a week, YouTube consumption replacing creation - the usual productivity paradox. You read more about it here. But something unexpected happened during the conversation with my AI writing assistant.

I spent four hours yesterday watching YouTube videos about productivity. The irony wasn’t lost on me. There I was, consuming content about being productive instead of actually being productive. But here’s the thing - I wasn’t just being lazy. I was overwhelmed. I have too many interests that all matter to me. I love to code. There’s something magical about writing text and making computers do things. I’m supposed to be working on an iPadOS app for my wife.