In the End, I Still Have to Think for Myself

AI can organize an overloaded schedule and make the chaos look manageable. But it cannot create more hours in the day—or do the thinking that each task ultimately requires.

I had taken on so much work that I could no longer keep track of everything, so I finally turned to AI for help.

For the time being, it drew up a work schedule for me.

I thought, “I see. This is the order in which I should tackle things,” and I felt considerably calmer. I was very grateful for that.

I then began working through my tasks according to the AI’s instructions, but somehow, things were not quite as I had expected.

In the end, although AI can help me with many parts of the work, I still have to think for myself and deal with each task one by one.

And the greatest problem is that the amount of time available to me has not increased at all.

What is more, whenever even a small gap opens in my schedule, I immediately put another task into it.

It is like throwing a pile of wooden blocks into a toy box that cannot grow any larger, tapping them down from above, and finding that the blocks have settled just enough to create one more tiny space.

In any case, the clutter inside the toy box may have become slightly more organized.

But if I keep throwing new blocks into every space that opens up, I will soon be back where I started.

Unless I think through each problem myself and solve it, the blocks will never be put away.

I have to do something before the blocks I put in first become impossible to retrieve.

And so, once again, I find myself feeling anxious today.

AI may help arrange the blocks, but only I can take them out and deal with them one by one.

・・・

keep track of
To remain aware of the details, progress, or location of something.
状況や進捗を把握する。

draw up a schedule
To prepare or create a detailed plan or timetable.
予定表や計画を作成する。

tackle a task
To begin dealing with a difficult job or problem in a determined way.
仕事や問題に取り組む。

according to
In a way that follows a particular plan, rule, or instruction.
〜に従って、〜に基づいて。

one by one
Individually and in sequence, rather than all at once.
一つずつ、順番に。

a gap in one’s schedule
A short period of free time between planned activities.
予定の合間にできる空き時間。

settle
To move into a lower or more compact position after being shaken or pressed.
揺らしたり押したりした後に、下へ詰まる。

clutter
A disorganized collection of things that makes a space look crowded or untidy.
ごちゃごちゃしたもの、散らかった状態。

be back where one started
To return to the same difficult situation after trying to improve it.
元の状態に戻る、元の木阿弥になる。

retrieve
To find and bring back something that has become difficult to reach.
取り出す、回収する。

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