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How AI helped me turn 40 years of journals into something my grandkids will read
I found the first one in a shoebox marked "TAXES 1987."
How I used AI to capture my mother's stories before they were gone
My mother told the same five stories at every holiday.
I used AI to write my granddaughter a storybook where she's the hero
My granddaughter is six, and last month she informed me, very seriously, that she is not brave.
The "ask Grandma anything" archive I'm creating with AI
My granddaughter asked me how to get a stain out of a white shirt, and I answered her in eleven seconds without looking up.
How I make a brand-new bedtime story with AI on every video call
My grandson lives 1,400 miles away, and for a while our video calls had a sad little rhythm to them.
I used AI to design a birthday treasure hunt the kids still talk about
It was the night before the birthday, it was nearly eleven, and I had nothing.
How I used AI to capture my stories so my grandkids will actually have them
My grandmother had a story about a dance, a borrowed dress, and a boy who walked her home in the rain.
How I used AI to make a custom coloring book starring our whole family
The little one was lying on the kitchen floor, coloring a cartoon dinosaur, when she sighed and said, "I wish there was a coloring book with us in it."
The family cookbook I'd put off for a decade, finally done with AI
The card was stained orange and the handwriting wasn't even my mother's.
The family newsletter I send now, written with a little help from AI
The text thread had 41 unread messages, three of which were just the thumbs-up emoji, and somewhere in there my niece had announced she was pregnant and I almost missed it.
I turned my grandkids' wild ideas into an illustrated book with AI
It started with a sentence no adult would ever write on purpose.
Long-distance grandparenting: how AI helps me stay close between visits
The hardest part is the goodbye at the airport, when the little one waves until you can't see the hand anymore.
AI for Health 7
How I use AI to understand my own lab results
I have a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology.
I'm tired all the time. I used AI to figure out where to even start.
I fell asleep sitting up at 2 in the afternoon, mid-sentence, in a chair I wasn't even comfortable in.
Losing weight after menopause: how AI helped me stop guessing
I stood on the scale on a Tuesday morning and it had gone up.
NotTooOldForAI: I Spent Two Days Terrified of a Headline That Lied to Me
AI health literacy for women 50+.
The research assistant in my pocket: how I check a fishy health claim in 5 minutes
Last Tuesday a post tore through my Facebook group like a brushfire.
How I use AI to spot a scam before it costs me (or my friends) anything
Last month a woman in my Facebook group, 65,000 members and counting, posted a screenshot of a text in a panic.
The workout plan I actually stick to, built with AI around a 57-year-old body
I have a graveyard of abandoned workout plans.
Money & Retirement 6
I asked AI if I can actually afford to retire. Here's what it caught that I missed.
I was lying awake at 2 a.m.
How I use AI to decode every confusing bill, contract, and insurance letter
I opened an insurance letter a while back that ran three pages and said, as far as I could tell, absolutely nothing.
Should I start a business at 58? I let AI play devil's advocate for an hour.
I had the whole thing planned in my head.
Turning the thing I'm great at into income, with a little help from AI
A few weeks ago I was on the phone with a friend who runs a small bookkeeping practice.
When should you retire? How I used AI to build a decision document
A friend asked me over tacos last month, "So when are you going to retire?"
Where should we retire? How I used AI to pressure-test 5 towns without a single plane ticket.
I had eleven browser tabs open and a headache forming behind my left eye.
Travel & Adventure 5
Visas, phrasebooks, and packing lists: how AI became my travel concierge
I was standing in my closet at 11 p.m.
I asked AI to plan a vacation around my bad knee and my budget
My knee has opinions.
Moving abroad after 50: the questions I had AI ask me first
It was a Tuesday morning in Ajijic, and I was standing on my terrace with a cup of coffee watching the lake go silver in the early light.
How I used AI to plan a 3-week trip in an afternoon (and skip the tourist traps)
I had a blank page and three weeks I wanted to spend somewhere beautiful.
I Built an 85-Minute AI Audio Tour of My Road Trip. While Driving to the First Stop.
I want to tell you about the moment I pulled over at a Colorado rest stop, took two photos of the river, and sent them to my AI assistant.
Practical Daily AI 11
How I learn anything now: my "explain it like I'm smart but new" trick with AI
Last Tuesday I needed to understand how DNS works, and I'd been putting it off for about three years.
Five things I asked AI this week that had nothing to do with work
I was scrolling back through my chat history on Sunday night, the way you'd flip through old texts, and I noticed something.
The 'help me write this hard email' button I didn't know AI gave me
There was an email that sat in my drafts folder for nine days.
How I use AI to make decisions faster without second-guessing for three days
I once spent an entire weekend not deciding whether to take on a new project.
Rainy-day magic: 5 things to create with your grandkids using AI
The rain started around ten in the morning, and by ten-fifteen I had two grandkids staring out the window like the world had ended.
How my grandson and I wrote and recorded a silly song with AI
My grandson was supposed to be doing homework.
My Sunday-night reset: how I plan the week with a little help from AI
Sunday nights used to have a particular flavor of dread.
I taught myself a new skill in 30 days using AI as my coach
On day one I couldn't read a single line of code without my eyes sliding off the screen.
How I use AI to untangle a worry before it eats the whole day
It was 2:11 a.m.
The "what should I eat this week" problem, finally solved with AI
It's 5pm and someone in my house just asked the worst question in the English language.
You don't have to understand how it works to use it (you don't understand your microwave either)
I was standing at my microwave the other night, watching a bowl of soup spin around behind the little window, and a thought stopped me cold.
Personal Growth 10
Building confidence at 50-something: how I rehearse hard moments with AI
I once sat in a parked car for eleven minutes before a meeting, rehearsing what I'd say to a room of people half my age.
The friendship audit: how AI helped me reconnect with people I'd lost
I found her name in an old email thread last Tuesday, buried under a receipt I was hunting for.
Lonely after the kids left? How I used AI to actually go make friends.
The house got quiet in a way I wasn't ready for.
What should I do with this next chapter? How I brainstormed 50 ideas with AI in an hour.
I was sitting at my kitchen table with a cold cup of coffee and the specific, low hum of dread that comes with the question "what now."
I practiced the hard conversation with AI before I had it for real
I had been rehearsing the same difficult conversation in my head for nine days, and every single time it ended in a fight.
How I use AI to quiet the "you're too old for this" voice in my head
The voice spoke up while I was watching a 26-year-old explain Claude Code on YouTube.
Talking to AI when you live alone: company, not a replacement
It was a Tuesday night, around 9 p.m.
The pep talk I needed, from an AI that never gets tired of me
It was 6:40 in the morning and I was sitting on the edge of my bed, not moving.
I'm finally writing my memoir, and AI is the world's most patient interviewer
I've been "going to write my memoir" for about fifteen years.
How AI helps me plan get-togethers I used to be too overwhelmed to host
I used to love having people over.
Creative & Fun 5
How I built a family recipe website with AI (and didn't touch a line of code)
The fight started over my mother's cornbread.
The family trivia game I built with AI for our next reunion
It was a question about my grandmother's maiden name that got the whole table arguing.
I always wanted to write a song. AI helped me finish one.
I have a folder on my phone called "Songs."
Learning Spanish at 57 with an AI tutor who's free and never sighs at me
The man at the fruit stand asked me a simple question and I just stood there.
How I used AI to find the perfect gift for the grandkid who has everything
I was standing in the toy aisle, holding a plastic something I didn't understand, and I felt my throat get tight.
Caring for Aging Parents 1
Caring for an aging parent: how AI helps me keep all the plates spinning
It was 11:40 at night when I remembered the cardiology appointment.
What AI Can Really Do 6
I Gave My AI 5 Books. It Stopped Being a Fancy Intern.
Something changed in AI recently, and most people haven't noticed.
I'm 57 and I create real software with AI. Here's what nobody tells you.
It was a Tuesday, and I was sitting at my kitchen table in my robe, holding a cup of coffee I'd let go cold.
Issue #1: Welcome to Not Too Old for AI
They kept telling me AI was for young people.
Blueprint Part 1: I got my blood tested at Safeway (and nobody told me this was a thing)
The first installment of the Blueprint series on proactive health testing.
Why I'm Going Beyond 23andMe (Whole Genome Sequencing)
The case for whole genome sequencing over consumer DNA kits.
A Day With My AI
A split-screen look at what a real day using AI as a daily partner actually looks like.