I use AI to make every small decision
Decide first, then ask. Before any question that starts "should I" or "which one", write your own pick and one reason. If you still want a second view, ask the AI what you missed. For the next week, pick one kind of small choice and make it alone every time.
What is going on
What to cook. Which of two laptops. How to word a text. Whether to book the earlier train. None of these is hard, and that is the point: asking costs nothing, the answer sounds sure of itself, and the small worry of choosing goes away. People describe it as relying on AI for all decisions, big and small.
Asking is not a fault. The cost is quieter. Each small choice you hand over is one you did not practise, and the AI does not know your budget, your taste or your week unless you tell it. Often you already knew what you wanted.
What to do this week
Pick, then ask
Write one line before you open the chat: "I would choose X because Y." Then ask, if you still want to. Notice how often you do not.
Choose one no-ask category
Meals, clothes, what to watch, how to word casual messages. Choose one. For seven days those choices are yours alone. Keep the AI for everything else.
Use a two-minute rule
If a wrong choice would cost very little, or could be undone tomorrow, give it two minutes and decide. Small mistakes are cheap lessons.
Look back on Sunday
List the choices you made alone. How many went badly? Count them. The number is usually smaller than the worry was.
What not to do
- Do not ask the AI whether you rely on it too much. It will answer, and that is one more decision handed over.
- Do not swap one AI for another. Blocking one site usually just moves the habit.
- Do not treat a confident tone as knowledge of your life. It only knows what you typed.
The honest limit
This page is about everyday practical choices. Big decisions about money, health or the law deserve a qualified person, not a chatbot and not a web page. If the asking is less about choices and more about comfort or company, our page on leaning on AI for support is the right one, and it is written more gently than this.
Questions
Is it bad to ask AI for a recommendation?
No. A second view is useful. The change is the order: your pick first, so the answer is feedback on your thinking and not a replacement for it.
What if I get one wrong?
Then you had an average dinner or took the slower train. Keep the stakes small this week, on purpose, so that being wrong is cheap.
Can a setting do this for me?
Partly. A saved instruction can tell the AI to ask for your own view first. You can switch it off at any time, so it supports the habit and does not replace it. The coach setup page builds one.