Getting things done with AI: capture, clarify, do.

Capture without filtering.

Get everything out of your head and inboxes into one place: a note, a document, a voice memo. Do not sort yet. Sorting while capturing is how things get skipped.

Clarify with a brief, not a wish.

Paste the raw capture into your assistant with a clear request. For example:

“Here are my unsorted notes. For each item, tell me: is it a task, a reference, or something to drop? If it is a task, write the next physical action in one sentence. List anything where you are missing information instead of guessing.”

The last sentence matters. It gives the assistant permission to say “I do not know,” which is where most invented details come from. The task brief that makes AI more useful goes deeper on this.

Pick one outcome for the day.

Ask for a realistic plan, and tell it the hours you actually have. Then choose one thing that would make the day a success even if the rest slipped. Write it where you will see it first.

Do the work yourself, or hand off the draft.

This is where AI earns its place: first drafts, summaries, outlines, checklists, data cleanup. The finish, the send, and the decision stay with you.

Review weekly.

Once a week, look at what moved and what did not. Anything that sat for two weeks is either not important or secretly blocked. Remove it, or name the block. Our Plan your day workflow is a small place to practice the whole loop.