AI killed my blog, then brought it back to life.
When AI got good at writing, I stopped. Why share my imperfect thoughts when a machine could polish any sentence to perfection? Writing felt commoditized. My words didn’t seem special anymore.
But I was wrong about what matters.
The essence of writing isn’t perfect prose—it’s the ideas you gather from actually living. From trying to build something meaningful and learning along the way. No AI can live your life for you. It can’t try sales for the first time, struggle with backend code, or decide to finally show up on Twitter after years of hiding. Those experiences are yours.
I’ve been building SponsorSignals. Trying not to over-engineer it. Learning to code parts I used to avoid. Attempting sales conversations that make me uncomfortable. Each failure teaches me something. Each small win builds momentum. Even when the project struggles, that’s progress worth documenting.
My child watches me learn. That matters more than perfect writing ever could.
The shift that changed everything
I can now speak my thoughts and transcribe them instantly into written form. This sounds simple, but it changes everything.
I used to think in English—constructing sentences in my head, arranging words until they flowed naturally. Exhausting. Slow. Often, finishing one blog post would take too much time.
Now I speak in English. I share ideas in my own voice, raw and unfiltered. Then I pass the transcript to ChatGPT or another tool to smooth the reading flow.
I don’t need to be both writer and editor anymore. I don’t need to let drafts sit for 24 hours before revising. I don’t need to obsess over typos.
The old workflow demanded perfection at every stage. The new workflow separates idea capture from refinement. I can focus on what I actually have to say.
What this means for writing more
Talk more. Speak more. Learn more. Get the raw stuff out as fast as possible.
Then you’ll discover what you’ve actually been learning. You’ll see patterns in your thinking. You’ll notice gaps in your knowledge.
If you spend all your time crafting the perfect blog post, you won’t have time to live the experiences worth writing about. Streamlining the writing process unlocks potential that didn’t exist before.
I’m using Monologue from Every to transcribe my thoughts. Their writing tool Spiral helps me turn those transcripts into posts. If you’ve been hesitating to write—intimidated by the blank page or your inner editor—try voice-first writing.
It won’t make you a better writer overnight. But it will get you writing again.
And that’s what matters.