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Stop Drowning in Busy Work
Less Chaos, More Real Progress
Your to-do list is likely lying to you about how productive you actually are.
We often confuse motion with progress, spending hours on tasks that keep us busy but don’t move the needle on our actual goals. It feels like working hard, but it is really just spinning wheels.
I just saw this incredible post from a Reddit contributor who shared a smarter way to handle this common struggle. Instead of grinding harder, the original poster suggests using AI to filter out noise and focus on impact.
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Turn AI into Your Executive Assistant
The core philosophy here isn’t about adding more apps to your stack; it is about using specific questions to force clarity. The expert emphasizes that “smart work” is really about decision-making. It is knowing what to delete, what to delay, and what to do right now based on your energy levels.
By using these targeted prompts, you stop treating ChatGPT like a chatbot and start treating it like a productivity coach that helps you defend your time.
Filter the Noise from the Signal
Most of us are terrible at judging the importance of our own tasks because everything feels urgent in the moment. The post’s author shared a “Priority Filter” prompt that acts as an unbiased manager for your day.
By feeding your list to ChatGPT, you get it sorted into three clear buckets: progress-makers, tasks for later, and things to delete. This immediately stops the guessing game and prevents you from clearing low-value emails while big projects stall.
Prompt to try:
“Look at my task list and sort it into three groups: 1. Tasks that create the most progress, 2. Tasks that matter but can be done later, 3. Tasks that can be removed. Task list: [insert tasks]. Explain why each task is placed in that group.”
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Match Tasks to Your Biological Clock
Time management is often less effective than energy management. This innovator points out that doing high-focus work during a low-energy slump is a recipe for burnout and mistakes.
The “Energy Match” prompt takes your raw to-do list and rearranges it based on the mental effort required. This simple shift helps you tackle the complex creative work when you are sharp and saves the administrative maintenance for when your brain is tired.
Prompt to try:
“Create a plan that matches my tasks to my energy levels. High energy tasks, Medium energy tasks, Low energy tasks. Use this list: [insert tasks]. Explain when I should do each type for best focus.”
Remove Friction and Cut Steps
Sometimes we overcomplicate things simply because “that is how we have always done it.” The creator suggests using a “Shortcut Finder” prompt to ask AI specifically for a faster method or a tool to automate the job.
This is about shaving hours off your week by removing unnecessary steps. If you are stuck staring at a blank screen, they also recommend asking the AI to break a big task into tiny, non-threatening steps so you can just get started.
Prompt to try:
“Look at this task and show me simpler ways to finish it. Task: [insert task]. Give me: 1. A faster method, 2. A tool that can help, 3. A way to avoid repeated work.”
These prompts are a great reminder that we don’t always need to work longer hours to get better results!
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