[Survival Strategy for Reversal] Those who give up on "trying hard" are the ones who win. Slacking techniques to smoothly get through Monday by using AI as a "get-out-of-jail-free card"
Today marks 135 consecutive days of posting on note 👀
July 26th, Sunday.
It's past the evening on a Sunday, and the air outside is gradually taking on the feel of night.
Are you opening this article while drinking a cold beverage in a cool, air-conditioned room?
Well, when it gets to this time on a Sunday, the timeline is always flooded with these kinds of words.
"Let's pull ourselves together and do our best for the week starting tomorrow!"
"Sunday night is the time to set goals for next week and get off to a rocket start!"
…Can I be honest with you?
It is not sane to be that high-tension about "trying hard" on a Sunday evening.
The more serious you are, the more you raise the bar for yourself, thinking, "It's Monday, so I have to dash at 100% power" or "I have to complete every task perfectly," only to self-destruct and get a stomachache on Sunday night.
That is exactly why I will tell you clearly tonight.
Let's give up on "trying hard" right now.
You get tired because you try to run at full speed from Monday morning. The smartest people use AI as a "get-out-of-jail-free card" to slide through Monday at 30% effort without getting their own hands dirty.
Tonight, I'm going to toss out the grit-and-determination theory and share "smart slacking techniques" to get maximum performance with minimum effort 🐰
1. The average person aiming for 100 points vs. the intellectual who makes AI do 70 points and gets away with it
Whether at school or a part-time job, "doing things seriously without cutting corners" is often considered a virtue, but true smartness in the digital age is **"minimizing effort."**
If you try to create a perfect 70-point deliverable from scratch by yourself, it consumes a massive amount of your brain's memory and time.
But if you have AI create a 70-point foundation and you only spend time polishing the final 10% before submitting, your fatigue level will only be one-tenth of what it would have been.
○ The pattern of self-destruction through grit: Taking it all on yourself from Monday morning to create the "perfect email" or "perfect report" ➔ Your brain crashes and you're groggy by the afternoon.
○ The smart world line of using AI as a get-out-of-jail-free card: Throw all the tedious prep work and writing at AI, and you only have to "press the confirm button" ➔ You breeze through Monday with a relaxed face at 30% energy.
Throw away the unnecessary pride of thinking, "I have to do everything myself."
Using AI as an excellent slacking tool (a get-out-of-jail-free card) to save your energy for the time that is truly important—your own time—is the smartest survival strategy.
2. [Copy-paste OK] An "energy-saving execution prompt" to dump tedious Monday tasks onto AI
Let's have AI draft those tedious tasks starting tomorrow (email replies, writing, brainstorming) tonight.
Copy this prompt on your smartphone and try throwing it at AI as is.
I am appointing you as my "excellent slacking partner."
To help me get through the week starting tomorrow with minimal effort (30% physical strength), please act as a proxy and complete 70% of the following [tedious tasks].
【Output Format】
1. "Completed text" that I can copy and paste as is tomorrow
2. Things I need to do tomorrow (just one line of points to check)
【Conditions】
・Do not drag the text out unnecessarily; use a sophisticated tone that gets the point across to the recipient in one go.
・Make it almost complete so that I don't have to use my brain any further.
【Tedious Tasks】: (e.g., notifying a part-time job of a shift change, the framework for a class report, a beginning-of-the-week email to a boss or senior, etc.)
3. Let's throw away seriousness and live flexibly
When you use this prompt, AI will instantly spit out the text or framework you were agonizing over at a quality of 70 points or higher. Tomorrow, you just have to take a quick look and hit the send button.
There is no need to corner yourself by thinking, "I have to try harder."
Since we live in an era where technology exists, you should be thoroughly lazy where you can and live smartly and cunningly.
Let go of being too serious just a little bit, and while making AI your ally, let's breeze through Monday lightly.
In my main paid note, I publish a "collection of down-to-earth AI utilization prompts" to not just use AI as a serious tool, but to smartly "save energy" in daily life and thinking, and to create your own free time.
If you want to relax your shoulders and live smartly at your own pace, please check it out from my profile.
Tonight, in your cool, air-conditioned room, decide in your heart, "I'm going to live at 30% tomorrow," and get some good rest.
🖋️ Editor's Note
135 days achieved ⭐️ I used to be the type to tense up, thinking, "I have to get fired up and do my best on Monday!" and I always felt heavy on Sunday nights. But ever since I learned the trick of "having 70% of tasks completed from the start" using AI, Monday hasn't been scary at all. Not trying hard is not a bad thing. Pamper yourself plenty tonight, and let's get through tomorrow with a cool face, too. Thank you so much, as always!