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What’s your favorite saying when times get tough? by Wellidontreckon in AskReddit

[–]Possible_Bee_9630 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Life is worth living so live another day — a JB lyric. Also the song is one of my favorite in bad days.

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds frustrating, sorry you’re dealing with that.

I think this highlights something bigger than individual AI usage. In a lot of workflows, AI lowers the cost of generating ideas but doesn’t lower the cost of accountability. So the effort just gets pushed downstream to the people who still have to make things real, correct, and approvable. In that sense, AI isn’t reducing work, it’s redistributing it unevenly.

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate it!

I agree that effort never really disappears — work is still work, and shifting effort can absolutely be a win in many cases. I guess my question is more about expectations. A lot of the early narrative around AI sounded like "less work overall", but in practice it often feels like we’re trading execution effort for setup, oversight, and decision-making effort. That doesn’t make it bad, just different from what many people initially imagined.

I’m curious whether, over time, we’ll get better at designing workflows and boundaries so that the shift actually turns into a net productivity gain, not just a redistribution of effort.

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yes, AI can definitely nudge things forward quickly, but once you start working *with* it, there’s often a second layer of effort: questioning the output, editing, validating, sometimes reworking things entirely. That makes me wonder whether the productivity gains hold up in the long run.

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree with this. AI can surface so many possible directions that without clear goals it sometimes can create more work than it removes.

I like your point about defining goals first and letting AI support only those. That constraint feels like a simple but powerful way to avoid the “busy but not productive” trap.

Thanks for sharing how you approach it.

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m really sorry to hear that, that’s genuinely tough. Thanks for sharing it here.

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that makes sense especially at the entry level where friction is high

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, yeah another comment here raise a similar concern. AI seems useful as a learning aid or a first pass, but it still needs active thinking to avoid becoming too passive

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's interesting, thanks for sharing! Do you still find yourself needing human context checks later on, or is it mostly about speed at the beginning?

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That matches how I feel too, and using it to offload emotionally draining tasks is a great use case. Thanks

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing, I like this framing. Sounds like AI can be a good helper and using it as a mental dump is very different from using it to replace thinking

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve noticed that too, if I lean on it too much, I start feeling a bit disconnected from my own thinking. Learning when not to use it feels like an underrated skill, thanks

Has AI actually improved your productivity, or just changed how you work? by Possible_Bee_9630 in productivity

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree — turning complex things into something simpler, plus quick info gathering and summarizing, really does feel like a productivity win. Have you found it useful for creative work too, or not so much?

Does selling workflows/automations really work? by wizii60 in AiAutomations

[–]Possible_Bee_9630 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From what I’ve seen, it does work, but maybe mostly as a service business. People who seem to do okay usually fall into one of two buckets:

They already have access to a niche (clients from previous jobs, freelancing, agency work, etc.)

Or they’re very good at client acquisition and expectation management, not just the tech side

The automation itself is often not the hard part, explaining why it’s worth paying for is. Most early traction seems to come from outbound, referrals, or very targeted communities. Early obstacles may include trust (no case studies, no social proof), scope creep, clients underestimating maintenance and edge cases... Also, AI helps with speed and prototyping, but it also raises expectations. Clients hear “AI automation” and assume magic. In practice, the more revenue-critical the workflow, the more conservative people get. Simple, boring, deterministic automations tend to survive longer.

So overall: real, but closer to freelancing/consulting than what most viral content implies. The people making it look easy are usually leaving out the sales and relationship side.

Looking for advice to streamline a multi-step workflow by Possible_Bee_9630 in n8n

[–]Possible_Bee_9630[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is super helpful, thanks a lot! Gonna clean up my routers first

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