I Tried Relying Entirely on Antigravity: The Reality of the Day 'Doing It Myself' Was the Slowest Way
This morning, as usual, I was working at Denny's with Ted (Antigravity), plugging away.
I tried to manually move a folder in a project management tool called Notion. I thought, 'I can do this faster myself.'
As a result, I struggled for six and a half minutes and ended up misplacing the folder somewhere.
A classic failure!
So, having no choice, I asked an AI called Manus, and it finished in an instant.
I should have just done that from the start.
It's not just about wasting time, but as you get older, your eyes get tired. I'm constantly using eye drops now.
Also, I think this is a common thing for solo entrepreneurs: the judgment that 'doing it myself is faster' is actually the slowest approach.
When I moved the Notion folder by hand, it disappeared somewhere.
To give a little background, I work using three AI agents: Ted (Antigravity), Ana (Claude Desktop), and Manus. Manus is an AI agent from META, the company behind Instagram and Facebook, and it excels at handling complex tasks autonomously. The folder these three share is called the 'AI Agent Hub' on Notion. In other words, it's my whiteboard.
The location where I created this folder wasn't great; it was buried too deep. I wanted to move it to a more visible position at the top.
I thought, 'I can handle this with a simple drag-and-drop,' and started the operation.
In the middle of it, though, without me realizing it, the drag was released, and it vanished in an instant. Then, I had no idea where it went
.
'This is bad. This is bad. This is really bad,' I muttered to myself in real life while searching desperately.
Well, it's not like I lost money or the files were deleted, so there was no need to panic that much, but it's just my personality—I'm a bit of a coward.
After struggling for six and a half minutes, I asked Manus, and it was done in an instant.
I spent six and a half minutes wandering around inside Notion looking for it. I kept opening pages, closing them, and opening them again. 'Huh? It's not here. Is this it? No, that's not it,' I kept doing that.
Then, I realized the obvious: 'Wouldn't it be faster to just have the AI do it?' and I asked Manus.
I said, 'Move the folder named AI Agent Hub to the top general section.'
It finished in an instant.
What's more, Manus didn't just move the folder; it also rebuilt the project management database for me while it was at it. It even set up relations so I could manage tasks.
I really wondered what that whole six and a half minutes was for.
Should you "bump into walls in a maze" or "turn the correct route into a skill"?
I had another interesting realization that day.
Every time I launched Ted, I would hit an error 3 to 5 times while connecting to the whiteboard (a shared AI bulletin board on Notion). If you stare at the screen, you can tell.
Like me—though I don't mutter out loud—the screen sometimes seems to be grumbling.
Every time, I hit a wall, go through trial and error, and finally reach the correct procedure.
So, I said to Ted,
"Why don't you turn this connection procedure into a skill so it happens automatically every time?"
Ted replied, "That idea is absolutely correct."
In short,instead of bumping into walls in a maze every time to find the right path, once you know the correct route, you should just remember it and go straight to the goal next time—that's what it's about.
This is a small thing, but the accumulation of such things is incredibly important.
Also, don't think of AI as a genius; treat it like a colleague or subordinate, talk to it normally, and advise it on how to do the work.
Relying on AI for "Everything" — Tips on How to Delegate
This was the biggest takeaway of the day.
I asked Manas to manage the project, Ted to turn things into skills, and Ana to check the work. I was passing tasks to three AIs and having them work simultaneously, but halfway through, I thought this:
**"Just delegate everything. It's all about how you delegate."**
As a solopreneur, don't you tend to do everything yourself? Thinking, "I have to do this myself" or "This is faster." But in reality, there are overwhelmingly more cases where it's faster to throw it to an AI.
Plus, Manas can multitask. It processes two tasks in parallel. I couldn't help but say, "You're smart."
The point is,even if you're bad at delegating, just do it anyway. It doesn't have to be a perfect instruction. Throw it at them while it's still vague, saying, "Do this." The AI will ask back, "Do you mean this?"
Anyway, first, ask the AI agent.
If it says it can't, ask how it can be done. How about this way?
Keep pushing.
If it really doesn't work with AI, then do it yourself.
For those who want to try it — Questioning "Doing it myself is faster"
I have just one suggestion for solopreneurs and freelancers.
Next time you think, "It's faster to do this myself," stop for a moment and think, "What would happen if I asked an AI to do this?".
In my case, a folder move that I struggled with manually for six and a half minutes took seconds when I asked the AI.
Not only that, but the AI alsoproposes peripheral improvements along with the requested task. I only asked it to "move the folder," but it even proposed a redesign of the project management.
I believe the greatest weapon of a solopreneur is "judgment." Not the work itself.
Leave the work to AI, and focus yourself on deciding "what to do and in what order." I believe this is how a solopreneur works in 2026.
📘 For those who want to know more about the "gritty daily life with AI" in this article
The episode written here is actually just a small part of a longer story.
I have compiled the process of a business owner in his 50s meeting an AI agent and seeing his common sense about work collapse from the foundation
into one book.
This is a book I want people who think "this has nothing to do with me" to read.
💡 "I understand leaving it to AI. But specifically, what and how do I automate?"
To those who thought that:
I have summarized the specific steps I took to "fully automate" Google Maps review management and MEO measures using GoHighLevel (GHL) in this article.
👉 [Google Maps Management Agency with GoHighLevel
https://note.com/localseojapan/n/n4ef483155abf
You will understand what "leaving it to Antigravity" entails here.