1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,880 Tired of feeling overwhelmed, drowning into do-less, making countless decisions each day, 2 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:11,360 leaving you feeling mentally drained? 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:12,880 You're not alone. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:18,000 Busy professionals and parents face a constant barrage of decisions regarding their work, 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:23,760 parenting, household, and personal decisions, leading to significant mental and emotional 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,760 strain. 7 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:33,840 This constant decision-making can contribute to feelings of overwhelm, stress, and burnout. 8 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,360 But what if I told you there's a secret weapon that could help you reclaim your time and simplify 9 00:00:38,360 --> 00:00:40,240 your life? 10 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:45,320 That weapon is AI, or artificial intelligence. 11 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:47,960 I know, I know. 12 00:00:47,960 --> 00:00:49,760 Just hear me out. 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:55,400 In today's episode, we will explore how to use AI tools to simplify everyday life and 14 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,800 make you look like a creative genius. 15 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:03,480 We'll be looking at the mundane decisions we have to make as busy adults, like making 16 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:10,720 dinner and packing for a trip, and harness the tools we have to turn decision fatigue 17 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:16,720 into creative ingenuity. 18 00:01:16,720 --> 00:01:20,160 Thank you for joining me for another episode of LifeSnacks Lesson Plan. 19 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:26,360 I'm Rachel and I started this podcast during my 29th and last year as a high school teacher. 20 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:31,280 Goal of my work with LifeSnacks Lesson Plan, as well as my Live and Learn Patreon, is 21 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,240 to create a connection where we are all teachers. 22 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:37,880 We all have lessons and stories to share that can help others. 23 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:42,720 I'm so fortunate to be able to extend the four walls of my previous classroom to an 24 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,080 unlimited audience where we can all learn from each other. 25 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:51,720 And my guests are some of the most inspirational people, with the best stories and lessons 26 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:55,680 I know, which is why I want to share them with you. 27 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,800 Their words are something everyone should hear. 28 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:02,720 It is my hope that you are able to take away something from each episode to apply to your 29 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:09,000 own life, whether that be a career search, path to a more fulfilling life, or new ideas 30 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,880 on current topics. 31 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:17,680 Before we start today's episode, I should probably explain from an English teacher standpoint 32 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:24,480 that AI is a huge change that has entered the lives of teachers, basically turning them 33 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,800 into constant AI cheating police. 34 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:34,880 While I could easily do an entire episode on how AI has changed the educational landscape, 35 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,800 today is not that type of episode. 36 00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:42,720 To be honest, I'm not sure I really ever want to talk about that topic again. 37 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:46,120 So we're going to focus on the positive side. 38 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:51,320 There are so many amazing hacks to save us time and make us look extra creative. 39 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,360 And that's where I want us to spend our time. 40 00:02:54,360 --> 00:03:00,640 So just a little bit of background, if you're not familiar with AI, how they work, primarily 41 00:03:00,640 --> 00:03:06,520 today I'm going to be focusing on chat GPT and Google Gemini. 42 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:12,040 Those are the tools I've experimented with the most in the type of examples I'm going 43 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:13,440 to give you. 44 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:19,680 So how AI works, basically it uses a type of artificial intelligence called a large 45 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:26,000 language model, LLM, specifically a transformer based model. 46 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:31,640 It was trained on vast amounts of text data and designed to understand and generate human-like 47 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:35,160 text based on prompts it receives. 48 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:42,080 So for example, chat GPT was trained on a massive data set of text from books, articles, 49 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:44,040 websites and more. 50 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:51,200 It doesn't think or have real world awareness but predicts the most likely next words based 51 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,200 on the patterns it's been taught. 52 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:59,920 It was fine tuned to follow instructions, provide helpful answers and avoid harmful 53 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:03,040 or biased responses. 54 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:08,600 When you type a question or prompt, the model analyzes your input and predicts the best 55 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,760 response based on what it has learned. 56 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:16,280 It doesn't retrieve answers from a database like a search engine. 57 00:04:16,280 --> 00:04:21,560 Instead it generates responses in real time using its learned knowledge. 58 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:27,520 It uses context from the conversation to provide relevant and coherent answers. 59 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:33,480 Now some of the limitations or things to consider is that these models don't have real time 60 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:38,240 access to the internet unless they're explicitly connected to a web tool. 61 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:44,160 You can't remember past conversations beyond the current chat session. 62 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:50,360 It doesn't have opinions or personal experiences so everything it generates is based on training 63 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,040 data. 64 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:59,600 Besides these limitations though it can sometimes feel human like so it has been optimized to 65 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:04,280 produce conversational, engaging and natural sounding text. 66 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:10,560 It does mimic different writing styles, can adapt to the tone that you ask it to and it 67 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:15,040 understands context better than earlier AI models. 68 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:20,960 In fact this is the most rudimentary AI we will ever have meaning it's just going to 69 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,360 continue to get more sophisticated. 70 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:30,400 We know this can be good and bad but today we're going to focus on harnessing its powers 71 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,560 for good. 72 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:38,840 So today I'm going to take three main areas of being an adult that have added to my own 73 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:42,240 personal decision fatigue in the past. 74 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:48,560 I could probably have unlimited episodes on this but I tried to take the major decisions 75 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,800 we all might dread on a weekly basis. 76 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:58,280 I can always expand or add new areas if you find this sort of episode helpful. 77 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:05,880 So for the first sort of demographic that I'm going to focus on who might benefit from 78 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:14,160 this technology would be parents or maybe nannies or full time babysitters who have to 79 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:21,960 find engaging and educational activities for children on a daily, weekly basis. 80 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:28,520 So I'm going to personally go back to when I remember feeling stressed when my daughter 81 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:34,720 was younger and if I was looking for inspiration for something I would normally spend hours 82 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:40,360 on Pinterest trying to curate the perfect birthday party or educational trip to the 83 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:41,860 zoo. 84 00:06:41,860 --> 00:06:43,440 Why do we do this to ourselves? 85 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:50,720 If I knew then what I know now although I didn't have this tool but if I did which I 86 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:53,080 do now here's what I would do. 87 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:59,520 So when I was planning my daughter's seven year old birthday party at the time she loved 88 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:00,880 rainbows. 89 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,080 She wanted a rainbow everything birthday party. 90 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:12,840 So I could go in to chat GPT or Google Gemini today and I would type in I'm planning a birthday 91 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:16,600 party for a seven year old who loves rainbows. 92 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:22,320 Can you suggest some creative decorating ideas and arts and crafts activity and maybe two 93 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:27,320 outdoor related activities for a group of six children? 94 00:07:27,320 --> 00:07:33,120 Obviously you can tailor this to whatever your situation might be. 95 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:41,920 And within 30 seconds or less I have a plethora of decorating ideas including a rainbow balloon 96 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:48,560 arch rainbow table setting with different layers of construction paper rainbow themed 97 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:56,640 plates and cups and napkins maybe rainbow confetti rainbow streamers a rainbow photo booth with 98 00:07:56,640 --> 00:08:04,440 props like rainbow sunglasses hats or boas rainbow signs and even having the children 99 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:11,480 at the party decorate them and rainbow centerpieces with vases and layers of colored candies or 100 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:15,160 water beads flowers or feathers. 101 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:22,160 So you could even ask it for more ideas if that is not enough for you for an arts and 102 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:28,880 craft activity it's spit out doing a rainbow tie dye says it always is a hit with kids. 103 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:35,200 You can provide plain white t-shirts or fabric tote bags and fabric dyes and rainbow colors 104 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,920 let the kids create their own unique rainbow designs. 105 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:44,440 Be sure to have gloves and aprons on hand to protect clothing you could always use pillow 106 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:51,360 cases or bandanas if you don't like that idea you just say offer me one or two more arts 107 00:08:51,360 --> 00:08:53,920 and crafts activities. 108 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:59,080 Then for the two outdoor activities love the first one it suggested a rainbow scavenger 109 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:04,440 hunt so you could either hide objects and rainbow colors around the yard like a red ball 110 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:11,600 an orange leaf a yellow flower they could look for natural things like green grass blue 111 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:17,640 balloon purple crayon give each child a list of items to find and the first one to find 112 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:24,880 all the items when surprise don't like that idea you can ask it for more but it also suggested 113 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:30,520 a rainbow real relay race where you divide the children into two teams you set up a relay 114 00:09:30,520 --> 00:09:36,640 course with different stations at each station you have a task related to a specific specific 115 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:43,960 rainbow color so at the red station they have to run to a cone and back at the orange station 116 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:49,640 they have to toss an orange beanbag into a bucket yellow hopscotch on yellow squares 117 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:55,560 green blow up a green balloon blue throw a blue water balloon at a target and purple 118 00:09:55,560 --> 00:10:02,320 do five jumping jacks while holding a purple ribbon first team to complete the course wins 119 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:09,360 it even gave me some extra tips which yay one of these I had done I did pick up a rainbow 120 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:15,560 cake where you slice into it and it has the colors of the rainbow big hit doing rainbow 121 00:10:15,560 --> 00:10:23,320 goodie bags with rainbow themed treats pencils erasers stickers candies small toys and then 122 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:31,080 it suggested to play upbeat kid friendly music for a festive atmosphere so voila I typed 123 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:38,800 in it took me five seconds to type in my prompt and within 30 seconds I had a list of great 124 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:46,520 ideas that I could then refine now you might like Pinterest and you might like to still 125 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:51,320 you know think of things on your own and that's great but if you are short on time and low 126 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:58,880 on creative creativity your brain is fried after a long week just try it for fun I did 127 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:05,000 it one more I gave it one more prompt as well for taking your two year old and your five 128 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:12,400 year old to the zoo so I typed in please suggest two interactive activities for a two year 129 00:11:12,400 --> 00:11:19,400 old and a five year old during a zoo visit as well as a follow up activity to do at home 130 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:26,040 right because you want to process the field trip so again 30 seconds or less it said 131 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:33,720 at the zoo you could do an animal sounds scavenger hunt so before the visit create a simple list 132 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:40,000 of three to four animals that make distinct sounds for the two year old you can use pictures 133 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:45,440 of the animals at the zoo encourage both children to listen for the sounds and when they hear 134 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:50,880 one have the five year old read the animals name off the list the two year old can point 135 00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:57,840 to the picture and everyone can try to imitate the sound this combines listening skills early 136 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:05,680 reading practice for the five year old and fun animal imitations for the whole family 137 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:12,120 they also suggested choosing a specific habitat at the zoo like the African savannah the rain 138 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:18,080 forest ask the five year old to explain what a habitat is and what kinds of things animals 139 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:23,200 need in their habitat like food and water and shelter this could be a good conversation 140 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:28,920 about what different animals eat then give each child a role so the two year old can 141 00:12:28,920 --> 00:12:35,320 be the food finder pointing out what the animals might be eating the five year old can be the 142 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:42,080 shelter specialist describing where the animals might live as you explore the habitat encourage 143 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:47,760 them to point out examples of food and shelter this promotes learning about animal needs and 144 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:54,560 encourages observation skills again if you don't like those or you want different ideas or more 145 00:12:54,560 --> 00:13:03,360 just ask it for more it did give me a follow-up activity at home to build a zoo diorama using 146 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:10,000 a shoebox or cardboard box some construction paper some twigs leaves rocks which you could gather 147 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:16,840 outside some animal figurines glue markers and crayons so you have the children work together 148 00:13:16,840 --> 00:13:23,400 to create a diorama of their favorite zoo habitat the five year old can help by drawing or writing 149 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:29,160 labels for the different parts of the habitat and the animals the two year old can help by 150 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:36,080 placing the animal figurines and other materials in the diorama this activity encourages creativity 151 00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:43,040 reinforces what they learned at the zoo and promotes collaborative play it also gave me 152 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:50,360 additional tips to plan ahead check the zoo's website for feeding times or special events keep 153 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:58,320 it short a zoo visit can be very tiring for little ones so especially if it's hot think of 154 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:05,640 everybody who's going on the trip bring snacks and water and take videos or photos of your children 155 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:11,080 interacting with the animals which can be fun to look back on later so that's you know the little 156 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:21,000 human side of AI those are two prompts and those are all of the ideas that I got it's never ending 157 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:30,600 so I want you to think of everyday situations maybe parenting situations in this case where you 158 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:36,160 wish you had solutions for how to keep a three year old busy while you're cooking or ways to 159 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:41,000 teach your ten year old about being a responsible pet owner if they've been begging for a pet 160 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:52,560 endless endless ideas so by utilizing AI parents nannies babysitters can more easily find engaging 161 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:59,320 and educational activities that spark children's curiosity foster their development and make 162 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:09,920 learning fun for our next example we're going to move into probably something that causes 90% 163 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:17,600 of the population stress and decision fatigue it's all those memes you see down the internet about 164 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:23,240 the worst part of adulting being why do I have to think about what to make for dinner every day 165 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:31,000 and can I pay someone else to pack my children's lunches right or better yet teach them so we can 166 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:37,240 use AI for this in a variety of ways again I'm not going to go over every way that you can use it 167 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:43,760 because I'd be here forever but I'm going to tell you how I've used it or how I could see it being 168 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:51,320 helpful so first just recipe generate generation and customization if you don't like what it 169 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:58,280 spits out the first time you can ask it to keep going so if you have certain dietary restrictions 170 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:07,640 or you're following perhaps certain macros you can type in exactly what you need or you can tell 171 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:14,600 it what ingredients you have in the fridge and suggest it can suggest recipes that you can put 172 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:22,600 together based on what you have so I used this with my current macros that I'm following how 173 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:29,760 much protein fats and carbs I'm using in my diet right now with some of my favorite proteins and 174 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:36,080 there are certain veggies that don't my stomach doesn't do well with so I asked it not to include 175 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:43,920 those and I asked it to plan a week of dinners for me or I can ask it to plan one day 176 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:50,400 of meals breakfast lunch and dinner with a snack following those macros and I can repeat that as 177 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:57,000 many days as I want and then ask it to change up a couple things and then I can just repeat that 178 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:06,680 again you can do this for creative school lunches you know using certain fruits that your kids like 179 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:17,480 easy proteins that you can pack in lunches possibilities are endless related to meal prep 180 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:24,800 you can also use it for helping you with your fitness goals so if you tell it that you want a 181 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:33,560 30 minute full body low impact resistance workout and you have a set of free rate weights from 5 182 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:43,640 to 20 pounds and you have some resistance bands it can design a workout for you you can tell it to 183 00:17:43,640 --> 00:17:50,160 design a leg day an arm day you know you can tell them you have a jump rope and a treadmill and 184 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:58,120 suggest an interval workout for you so again you can completely customize how you want this to look 185 00:17:58,120 --> 00:18:06,080 you can ask for one workout you can ask for a week of workouts or four days of workouts so that 186 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:14,320 you're not over utilizing one muscle group this can be a nice way to just mix things up you have 187 00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:22,920 20 minutes here's the equipment you have ask it to give you suggestions and there you go again 30 188 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:30,040 seconds or less so we're going to take a little break there because that's a lot and then I will 189 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:37,800 come back with one more real-world scenario of how we could use this and then we'll have a little 190 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:46,920 bit of action steps and planning time and to those of you who have followed me for a while you know 191 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:52,200 that I value mental and physical wellness personally I've worked with a few different coaches over 192 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:57,720 the years and even been one myself if you are looking for education and support in your own 193 00:18:57,720 --> 00:19:02,720 wellness journey I would love to invite you to the wellness community I am currently in that 194 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:08,280 keeps me accountable daily with my nutrition and movement if you are a Facebook user you can 195 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:15,720 search for our free group called team mg this group is led by my coach Megan Grimord who is a 196 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:21,360 certified trainer and nutrition coach she offers lots of education and support for your wellness 197 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:27,400 journey if you want to get to know coach Megan more you can follow her on Instagram at all over 198 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:38,160 case Megan M E G A N underscore Grimord G R I M O R D or even listen to her on episode 10 of the 199 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:48,560 podcast she has also created a discount code for my listeners just go to her website www.team-mg.com 200 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:55,800 and enter code lesson plan 10 to get $10 off any of her premium coaching packages for the first 201 00:19:55,800 --> 00:20:03,160 month coach Megan is a busy mom like me who works full-time so I appreciate her practicality mixed 202 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:13,280 with some tough love to keep me going during our break I usually take time to answer one or two 203 00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:19,520 of the ask the teacher anything questions the first one I have today is how do you incorporate 204 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:27,680 lessons learn from the classroom into your life outside of teaching great question I definitely 205 00:20:27,680 --> 00:20:35,280 feel fortunate after 29 years to have both the soft skills and the hard actual journalistic 206 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:45,240 skills that I have so to launch this podcast venture I definitely have to adhere to deadlines be 207 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:55,680 consistent remember all of the things I learned with writing and speaking and creating content you 208 00:20:55,680 --> 00:21:01,720 know what people would want to listen to I'm having to pick up a lot more skills that I didn't learn 209 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:07,600 in teaching but it's definitely those people skills when I'm interviewing all of the same 210 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:15,240 techniques that I taught in journalism class about what makes a good interview storytelling 211 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:21,760 techniques but then really just like being consistent staying self-motivated being on a 212 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:29,280 schedule I am you know not reporting to anyone else but myself so all of those things that I've 213 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:36,240 had to teach my students when it comes to putting together a large project for publishing all of 214 00:21:36,240 --> 00:21:43,200 those things are applying to this new venture as well second question I got is what's the best 215 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:52,120 feedback you've received from a listener about your podcast people have been so nice I'll say 216 00:21:52,120 --> 00:22:02,560 a funny one somebody said that it reminded them of a sermon I'm gonna say that that was my 217 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:13,720 disaccomplement I think so I think people are surprised that again ordinary people and you 218 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:20,440 know not people that you see in pop culture on the news of course have such fascinating lives 219 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:26,680 and such fascinating stories and nobody gets to hear about them and I think a lot of what I've 220 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:33,120 heard is that people just love hearing other people's journeys and their stories and even if 221 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:38,620 it's not something that they can directly apply to their life it's just really interesting to 222 00:22:38,620 --> 00:22:44,640 hear other people's stories what other people have wrestled with how other people have approached 223 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:52,720 different parts of their career or their school life and so I've gotten a lot of great feedback 224 00:22:52,720 --> 00:23:03,000 on the storytelling aspects of the guest episodes so I really have appreciated that feedback keep 225 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:09,400 it coming you can go to my website at life's next lesson plan dot com and ask questions there 226 00:23:09,400 --> 00:23:15,160 there isn't ask the teacher anything section there there is also a place for you to suggest 227 00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:21,640 guests for the podcast as well so be sure to visit us at life's next lesson plan dot com 228 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:30,280 we're back from break and ready to get into the third and final example I brought for you today 229 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:42,640 of how to revolutionize your adulting using AI so if you're lucky enough to plan vacations even 230 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:50,760 if it's just a short weekend getaway I usually am not the one doing the planning and I also 231 00:23:50,760 --> 00:24:02,280 don't enjoy packing so if I have to plan and if I have to pack I thought why not get some 232 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:10,320 assistance from AI so I played around a little bit with some of the ways I could use chat GPT 233 00:24:10,320 --> 00:24:20,000 to help me plan a vacation so you could type in a prompt like what are some of the off the 234 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:27,400 beaten path destinations for a solo traveler in and then fill in the blank wherever you're 235 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:35,240 going or what are the best beaches in the Caribbean for families with young children you can also 236 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:43,240 type in some of your interests your budget a place you know an area that you'd like to go the 237 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:55,120 Midwest the West Coast and it can give you endless examples of things that you could do on a budget 238 00:24:55,120 --> 00:25:02,360 in a certain location maybe you want to be by water maybe you want to try out some wineries again 239 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:11,720 you tell it and you can continue to refine your search you can also build a customized itinerary 240 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:20,560 by suggesting certain you know having it suggest hidden gems or restaurants again the more 241 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:28,640 information you give it about your travel style so if you don't like crowds you want certain 242 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:38,680 weather there are you know you want to visit antique shops when you are going on a vacation it can 243 00:25:38,680 --> 00:25:48,600 suggest things around that you can also ask for information about cultural experiences 244 00:25:48,600 --> 00:26:00,240 nightlife food tours hiking again you can personalize it to how you like to travel and endless 245 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:10,360 opportunities there in the past Pinterest travel guides travel brochures the internet you know it 246 00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:17,000 could take you a lot of time and some people like that that's their relaxation that's what they 247 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:23,160 look forward to doing and that's great I'm just not one of those people I'm also not one of those 248 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:30,160 people who likes to pack it is usually something that gives me a little bit of anxiety before 249 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:39,640 I leave I've gotten better with kind of keeping a list or keeping a travel like toiletery bag 250 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:46,760 now that is completely packed and I can just throw it in the suitcase when I need to go but you can 251 00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:54,640 use AI for this as well so if you know what the weather is going to be you can have it sort of 252 00:26:54,640 --> 00:27:02,680 give you what to wear generator input your trip details like the dates you can tell it the weather 253 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:09,720 or have it search for what the average weather is typically like tell them what you have room for 254 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:16,320 you know you're using a carry-on what the size of your suitcase is or you can have it create a 255 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:25,240 capsule wardrobe for you so I'm bringing two pairs of jeans three tops a swimsuit a light jacket two 256 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:31,800 pairs of shoes describe the shoes and it can can trick can create a capsule wardrobe for you so 257 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:39,240 maximizing different outfit combinations with minimal luggage you can ask it you know what are 258 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:48,080 the things I don't want to forget when I'm going on a three-day weekend adventure and you can check 259 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:59,400 that based on your own list that you have you can also have it give you checklists for chargers 260 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:08,720 medications travel documents adapters it can give you suggestions it can also generate lists for you 261 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:20,080 so use it however it would help you the most all right for our homework or our action steps today I'd 262 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:29,080 like you to choose one facet of your life that you could use some creative assistance or you feel 263 00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:35,360 like you just spend too much time making decisions maybe it's one of the things that I suggested 264 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:44,480 today and you just want to play around with activities I was actually using it for I wanted my 265 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:52,760 students to do some poetry mimicking and I was kind of at a loss for just like how I could set it up 266 00:28:52,760 --> 00:29:01,120 so I had asked for ideas for lesson planning as well if you don't like what it spits out the 267 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:11,160 first time it's it's usually just a very basic response you can keep refining it so these are 268 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:18,800 just a few examples of ways that we can harness these new tools rather than resisting them demonizing 269 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:26,040 them they can help us okay it's not going away just like I think the internet is here to stay 270 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:34,640 so hopefully this gives you some practical actionable steps to leverage AI to reclaim some 271 00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:43,160 of your time simplify your life I'd love to hear some of the ways you're incorporating this to make 272 00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:49,760 your life easier I hope today's episode on AI got you thinking a bit about this developing tool 273 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:55,680 and how it can look in your own life please keep the ask the teacher anything questions coming by 274 00:29:55,680 --> 00:30:01,720 visiting our website 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