If you use AI seriously, your work is probably spread across:
- ChatGPT conversations
- Claude chats
- Perplexity searches
- Google Docs or Notion notes
- Random copied snippets
Each piece is useful. None of it is connected.
You remember that you “figured this out before”…
You just don’t remember where.
Why This Is So Draining
This isn’t a knowledge problem.
It’s a fragmentation problem.
Your thinking lives in multiple places, but your AI only sees one conversation at a time.
So you:
- re-ask questions you already answered
- re-explain decisions you already made
- rebuild context you already created
Over and over.
Why “Second Brain” Systems Break Down
People try to fix this with:
- Notion systems
- Obsidian vaults
- carefully organized docs
Those can help you remember things.
They don’t help your AI.
Your notes and your AI remain separate systems that never talk to each other.
What a Connected System Actually Looks Like
A system that works does three simple things:
- Stores conversations automatically
Nothing to organize manually.
- Keeps memory across time
Past work doesn’t disappear when a chat ends.
- Retrieves context when it matters
Relevant information shows up when you ask a new question.
When this exists:
- you stop hunting for old answers
- you stop rebuilding context
- your AI feels cumulative instead of forgetful
That’s the difference between “using AI” and working with it.