Personal daily workflow with AI
Day 29 of 30 · 30 Days of AI
Use AI to plan, prioritize, and recap your day
Learning goal
- Create a morning plan prompt and an end-of-day recap prompt.
- Include priorities, blockers, and next actions.
Why it matters
- Consistent planning improves focus.
- Recaps capture learnings and follow-ups.
Explanation
- Morning: “List top 3 priorities, key meetings, prep tasks, risks.”
- Evening: “Summarize wins, blockers, decisions, next steps with owners.”
- Add: “If missing info, ask.”
Examples
- Morning prompt: “Given my calendar/tasks, list 3 priorities, prep steps, risks; keep under 120 words.”
- Evening prompt: “Summarize today: wins, blockers, decisions, next actions (who/when).”
- Write your morning and evening prompts.
- Test both; adjust for brevity and clarity.
- Morning prompt ready.
- Evening prompt ready.
- Next actions clear with owners.
- Productivity prompts: https://www.oneusefulthing.org
Guided exercise (10–15 min)
Independent exercise (5–10 min)
Add a weekly review prompt (what to start/stop/continue).