3 ways I use ChatGPT to support my slow life
How I turned ChatGPT into a second brain for clarity and perception.
I canceled ChatGPT last year. Tried other services and really liked using Claude in my work.
But I came back.
The new features were too good. Especially one: chat history reference.
Since then, I’ve been using it daily for things I used to avoid or overthink. With this setup, I think 10x faster. I see through things in ten minutes that used to take me hours.
1. Offloading my inner world (Enneagram + Spiral Dynamics)
I gave it my type. My level. My blind spots.
Then I layered in chats: explaining how I work, how I see things, what drives me.
Now I ask it things I used to journal about. Why did I react like that? What was the signal beneath the emotion? Did it move me closer to alignment or not?
It doesn’t give answers. It mirrors back clarity.
And that’s enough.
2. Grounding health in my genetics
I know, this is where people start yelling about privacy.
But I’m not uploading my full genome. I used a service that analyzes key SNPs and gives you a PDF: methylation, detox, dopamine, COMT, all of it.
I dropped that file into a project.
That single move killed 80% of hallucinations. Because now ChatGPT is using a single reference I trust.
I also added my current supplement stack and diet.
So when I get a new symptom, I open a new chat, describe what changed, and it answers from inside that context.
It’s like having a second brain that doesn’t forget what you’ve already tried.
3. Clarifying what I actually think
When I hit a new idea — a health theory, a political take, a cultural debate — I don’t react. I paste it in a chat and talk it through.
Most of the time, I’m not “undecided.”
I’m unformed.
There’s something there, but it hasn’t surfaced yet.
The chat helps me shape it. Without noise.
That’s how I avoid drowning in content. And how I stop groupthink before it starts.
Try my flow (if you want to think faster + clearer)
Set up a ChatGPT project.
Make sure chat history reference is on.
Upload a few documents that define you: personality frameworks, health history, core beliefs, whatever shapes your lens.
Start chatting. Treat it like a mind mirror, not a task monkey. Be curious and dig deep.
When something big hits (a symptom, a trigger, an idea), create a fresh chat, and explore.
Most people don’t need more inputs.
They need sharper ways to process what’s already inside.