The Velocity Guilt - Part I
When AI workflows make you an irritable partner at home
Struggling with AI brain fog? Try this.
You sat to read a bedtime story to your son or daughter.
However, something felt off. At some point, you had an involuntary urge to speed up the process rather than share and live in the moment.
At the dinner table, earlier, you were irritable as you kept finishing your spouse’s sentences.
You are not falling out of love with your life and no, I don’t believe that you are not cut out for family life.
What you are experiencing has happened before throughout history.
It happened with Winston Churchill, who after spending hours focused on intense workflows, found it disagreeable to have breakfast with Clementine, his wife.
AI workflows have made everything so instant that they heightened your intolerance for the slow and natural domestic life.
“You're moving so fast, generating ideas, debugging in seconds. When I stop, my kids want to play Legos. Building a Lego tower feels like it’s moving in slow motion.” shared a knowledge worker.
This week, we focus on this gap.
What can I do to thrive in both spaces? To be fast at work and to live at a natural pace at home?
Let’s begin.