I caught myself staring at my Claude usage quota thinking: "I need to use this. But for what?"

Not because I had a problem to solve. Not because I had an idea to explore. Just... pressure. A quiet feeling that if I wasn't actively using AI, I was falling behind.

And that's just the first layer.

The second one is harder to admit. I'm experimenting with AI tools, building workflows, hosting a podcast about it, trying to keep up with every new release. All in parallel. All at once. And the honest truth? AI is moving faster than I can absorb it.

New models. New capabilities. New things I "should" be trying. The list grows faster than I can check things off. That's not productivity. That's a treadmill.

I think we talk a lot about AI anxiety in terms of people who aren't using AI yet: the fear of job loss, the worry about  ...