I've been writing this blog for over four years, and I love about half of the work.
The writing half. That's why I started my blog. I'd noticed I was writing less and wanted something in my week that held me accountable to sit down and write. It's one of the best commitments I've made.
The annoying half is the admin.
It's taking my finished draft and building it in the email platform. First I used Kajabi, which was clunky. I now use Brevo, which is better but still slow. Then I update the website. Originally that happened on WordPress, then I switched to Webflow. Now it's on Astro. None of it is hard and none of it has anything to do with writing. It's mindless work.
Now I hand Claude the finished draft and say, “Create this in Brevo, update the website and schedule it all to go out at 7pm.” Then I move on to something else.
Blogging feels lighter. Now I spend most of my time on the thing I started it for.
People talk about AI saving time by handing over their writing, their thinking, their design. I went the other way. I keep the parts I love and give away the part nobody sees.
Every job has that half. The invoices you create, the proposals you format, the meeting notes you type up at 6pm. It's invisible, often painful, and quietly eats the hours your best work needed.
Start there. Make a list of the jobs no one ever sees and hand them to Claude or ChatGPT. Watch what comes back to life once they're gone.
I still only love half the work.
The other half just isn't mine anymore.
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