How I Recommended AI to a Working Mom - And Why It Matters
A simple workflow that lifts the invisible mental load
A friend of mine is a working mom with 3 preschoolers. Every month, she juggles 2 to 8 parent-involved activities - across 3 kids, 3 classes, different dates, different to-dos. Add them up: that's up to 24 items. 📅
Before AI, this meant manually reading through every school announcement, mapping who needs what and when, and hoping nothing slips through the cracks.
It's not hard work. But it's tedious work - the kind that sits on your shoulders quietly, every single month.
The workflow I showed her
So I built her a simple AI workflow. Here's how it works:
🔹 Screenshot the school announcement. No retyping, no manual parsing.
🔹 Send it to the AI workflow. One tap.
🔹 Get back one .ics file - with each child's name, class, date, and what needs to be prepared. One import to the calendar app. Done.
🔹 Also get a printable monthly view to put on the wall, so the whole family can see and help.
The entire process takes seconds. What used to be a monthly mental puzzle is now automated, visible, and shared.
This isn't just a time-saver
It lifts a burden.
The mental load of tracking, remembering, and worrying - that's what disappears. It's the invisible weight that working parents carry, the background hum of 'Did I forget something?' that never quite goes away.
When AI takes that off your plate, it doesn't just give you time back. It gives you mental space. Room to breathe. Room to be present.
Why this motivates me
This is exactly what motivates me to work on AI. 💡
Not the flashy demos. Not the benchmarks. But the quiet moments when technology dissolves a problem so completely that you forget it was ever there.
AI that comes from life. AI that goes back to life.
When we build with real people and real problems in mind - when we design for the mental load, not just the task list - that's when AI becomes truly human-first.
More workflows like this, more moments like this. That's the future I want to build. 🙏
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The views and opinions expressed in this post are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of my employer or any organisation I am affiliated with.