Your Brain Wasn’t Built for This (But AI Can Help)

How to stop fighting your ADHD and start building an executive function that actually works

You open your laptop to finish one thing.

Just one thing.

You know exactly what it is. You can see it in your mind. It’s right there.

And then.

You’re five tabs deep into something completely unrelated.

You’re reading about the history of shipping containers. Or you’re reorganizing your desktop folders. Or you’re suddenly, inexplicably, researching whether hedgehogs can swim.

And the thing you came here to do?

Gone.

Vanished.

Like it never existed.

You sit there, staring at the screen, trying to retrace your steps. Trying to remember what the hell you were doing thirty seconds ago.

And the shame starts to creep in.

Again. I did it again.

This is what it’s like when your working memory is at war with reality.

This is what it’s like when your brain wasn’t built for the world you’re trying to survive in.

But what if you could outsource that mental load to something that never forgets, never judges, and never burns out?

In this piece, I’m going to show you how to use AI as an external executive function. Not as a replacement for your brain. As a wingman. The kind that remembers your lines when you blank.

You’re going to learn:

• How to turn brain dumps into actual plans without the overwhelm.

• How to get AI to remember what you said you’d do (so you don’t have to).

• How to build a support system that catches you when you drop things instead of making you feel like shit for dropping them.

• And most importantly: where the line is between support and dependence, so you’re building capability instead of eroding it.

This isn’t about making you weaker.

It’s about freeing your brain to do what it’s actually good at.