I went to AI asking what agents I should build — and it told me I didn't need any of that. What I needed was fewer things, clearly separated, with my executive function accounted for in the design. This is me documenting what it felt like to find that out.

Key Takeaways / TL;DR

I started asking AI what agents to build — it told me I didn't need any of them yet

Low-grade overwhelm is real: "an inner bruise that causes pain, but never enough pain to go to the doctor"

Building systems is a coping layer, not a solution — it processes the chaos without fixing it

The real block isn't the tasks: "It's not about knowing what to do. It's about my own self-doubts and insecurities"

The actual answer: "Fewer things, clearly separated, with my executive function accounted for in the design — not treated as something to overcome"

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