By skyforbes 
Most people think the way to fix overwhelm is to get more organized. More folders.
More systems.
More structure.
But sometimes the real solution is the opposite.
My brain couldn’t handle the way I was using ChatGPT. Too many chats. Too many projects. Too many places to lose things. I was constantly searching for something I knew I’d written, only to come up empty and start over.
It wasn’t a motivation issue.
It wasn’t willpower.
It was the system.
And once I changed the system, everything finally made sense.
When Too Many Options Break Your Focus
Before I simplified anything, this was my routine:
- open ChatGPT
- stare at a wall of chats
- open random ones trying to find the right one
- search for something I know I wrote
- get nothing back
- feel my brain shut down
- start the project over… again
This wasn’t a discipline problem.
This was structure fighting the way my mind…