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Investment research and working with AI took a lot out of me today. Perhaps that means I used it well. I have heard it said that good use of AI may increase your workload: it lets you take on more demanding work and uncover more value. If I use it only to do something I should do myself, like read a book and work out its central ideas, I may be missing the point. I am glad today’s work challenged me instead. I finished the afternoon tired but happy.

It is late as I write, and my head feels empty, though the day held a lot. A friend met me at a café this morning, bought me coffee and lunch, and shared his thoughts. We spent less than two hours together, but I took a lot from it. I still have questions about some of what he said, yet I think it gave me important ideas to consider.

Writing now, I am struck by how many habits I have left behind. Picking them up again—waking early, practicing languages, sleeping earlier, reading books—will take real effort. I also noticed how sharply my own writing has fallen away.

Maybe I have had less to think about, or maybe I have become too restless. If I were calmer, perhaps I would have kept doing more of the things that matter over the long term.