AI Isn’t Overwhelming. The Expectations Are.

A 3-minute reset for when AI ambition meets human bandwidth.

👋🏽 Hey, new and returning subscribers, I know, it's been five months. I could blame the algorithm, but let's be real: my consistency took a sabbatical and forgot to file a return date. Let's catch up.

How many new tools does it take to break your curiosity? (I don't know, but I'm somewhere around tab #37 and counting.)

I like trying new AI tools. There's a quiet joy in getting one to work the way you hoped. But lately, that excitement is buried under the weight of all of it. Every newsletter issue of There's an AI for That makes me think: "When exactly am I supposed to learn all this?" "Why do I feel behind before I start?"

So no fix here. Just a 3-minute reset I reach for when curiosity turns into pressure and the tech starts to feel heavier than helpful.

Let's walk through it. Three minutes. Three shifts.

→ Courage. Curiosity. Compassion.

Courage: What's true right now?

There are too many tools and too little time. Not because you're disorganized but because you're doing work that already matters. Every new "must-try" tool adds another mental tab: Learn this. Translate that. Implement now. Adjust yesterday.

Here's your real bandwidth check: That fog you're feeling? It's what capacity maxed out feels like. Naming it doesn't make you weak. It makes you the only honest one in the room.

Curiosity: What's useful?

Instead of "What am I missing?" try:"What's one real need I've had this week that AI could make easier?"

Ask yourself:

What tool aligns and not just impresses?

What task is quietly screaming for help?

What curiosity still feels light, not loaded?

Every new AI tool promises time back. But no one calculates the time it costs to determine its worth.

Compassion: What helps today?

Compassion doesn't mean slowing down.It means not speeding up when your team's already exhausted.

Start here: Let one tab stay unopened, one rollout wait, and one AI headline be tomorrow's problem.

Every "just one more" click comes with an emotional cost. Compassion is refusing to pay it all at once.

The 3-Minute AI Capacity Check

Use it as a pulse check. Use it in your 1:1s. Use it before your next tool rollout.

Courage: What am I holding on to because I haven't had time to rethink it??

Curiosity: What's pulling me in and not just piling on?

Compassion: What would feel 5% more human and worth doing this week?

AI tools aren't exhausting. Being expected to absorb them without care, context, or pause, that's real fatigue. If you're feeling stretched, it's a sign you're human and paying attention.

Send this to the person everyone turns to when the AI rollout stalls and no one wants to admit the team is tired.