As of October 21, 2024, I continue to get better answers from Claude, so unless I’ve said otherwise since, I recommend Claude for stuff like this.
Before you do this, you’ll want to give some thought to what you want in your life. Or don’t give it a lot of thought. If you want to see what kind of answers you get, you can always come up with a directionally correct list and iterate. Keep in mind, you can write this on paper or in a journal of some kind, take a photo of it and upload it to Claude.
Here is everything I want in my life. Please put together a life plan to hit this in X years. Please ask questions, especially if asking them will help you come up with the best plan.
You could use this prompt for a single goal too. Let’s say you wanted to reduce your family’s spending. As long as you had a list of the main things that you were spending money on, you could use a prompt like this to help put together a plan.
Here is a list of the main things my family spends money on. We want to reduce our spending by X% (or some absolute amount). Please put together a plan to hit this goal over the next X months. If there is other information that would be helpful for you to make the plan the best it can be, please ask.
Of course you still have to be accountable and do the work, but AI chatbots like Claude and ChatGPT remain exceptional, nonjudgemental thinking partners and collaborators for stuff like this.
Originally published on October 6, 2024