My whole life, I've felt like I was behind everyone.
I think back to crypto and I remember thinking: I don't understand what this is. I don't know what a blockchain is. Should I invest in it? I certainly was late to the game, and as a result I lost out on the gains and even lost a bit of money. There was an inherent fear of the unknown, and the hype of it all. That was a hard lesson, but it wasn't a new feeling.
Because it kept happening. I watched people buy their first house, and then buy a second one as an investment property, and I kept thinking: am I missing the boat here? I don't have the capital. I don't have the bandwidth. I don't know the first thing about being a landlord.
The underlying notion here was that there was a fear of the unknown, fear of not having enough knowledge of the thing to just do the thing. I guess you can say I have analysis paralysis.
But after years and years of letting trends, and opportunities pass me by while I watched on the sidelines, I've decided I'm not going to let AI pass me by.
In August of 2025 I had a serious conversation with my husband. I said: this AI thing is happening. It's going to change life as we know it. We need to learn it for ourselves, and we need to understand what it means for our kids. My youngest was three months old. My eldest was two. So I gave myself the pep talks. I got AI to give me pep talks. And then I got started.
I began watching YouTube videos, began listening to podcasts and more importantly I started Parenthood.AI to help teach other parents how they could use AI to simplify their lives. I even started posting on LinkedIn. I was using Instagram to document what I was learning and trying. Some of it useful, some of it just creative things. I even tried to sell some of the creative aspects of my work, but quickly gave up after a few weeks. Finding time between raising an infant was hard, but I was at least trying.
Then in November, we decided to buy a house. Everything went on hold. For the next six months I was consumed with searching for the right property, then preparing for the move and all of the logistics. Now here we are in July 2026 and so much has changed. It changed at such an incredible pace that I can't believe it. The "it" tool has changed, the lingo has changed, things that weren't possible before are now entirely possible and easier than before. Work that used to take me hours I can do in minutes on my phone.
I didn't miss six months because I was scared, or lazy, or because I didn't see it coming. I saw it coming. I missed six months because I was buying a home for my girls. Those are not the same thing, and I beat myself up for it a bit, and told myself it was too late, because those that didn't take the break are thriving. People know things I do not, and all that self-doubt crept back in.
But then I remember, AI is here to stay, and so I need to be willing to stay the course as well. So I signed up for an AI challenge. I'm learning slowly but surely, and I'm back to trying new things. In the few spare minutes I have as a parent. In between naps. At bedtime. In between meetings. Whatever I can get. I'll be listening to YouTube videos and podcasts about AI. I'll be reading a newsletter first thing in the morning. I'm going to learn, and I'm going to listen, and I'm going to practice as much as I can with whatever time I've got.
Because that's the part that actually got me. So much of what I've learned about AI, and so much of why I find it so impressive, comes down to one thing: I think I can buy my time back. If I can automate something, or simplify something, or hand something off, and get an hour back that I didn't have yesterday, that's valuable, and that's what I'm most excited to learn how to do first. I can't wait to see how it evolves.
I'm not going to tell you you're not behind. You might be. I am, on plenty of things, and I've stopped pretending otherwise. But my plan is to keep showing up here, writing down what I figure out, and I invite you to join me as we figure out how AI can help us simplify our lives so we can get back to what's most important, and that's time with our families.