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🌸 An Unexpected Welcome
Now that you’ve had your first conversation…
Let’s play.
Not everything needs to be useful.
Not everything needs to make sense.
Some of the most important discoveries start in wonder.
🎩 Little Spells, Everyday Magic
Here are just a few charming things you can do with AI—right now:
- Ask it to write you a bedtime story about a talking cactus and the moon. 🌙🌵
- Turn your grocery list into a haiku. 🛒✨
- Write a pep talk for your future self. One that makes you cry (the good kind).
- Plan a picnic menu based on your favorite painting. 🎨🧺
- Ask it to describe what love would say if it had a voice. 💌
These aren’t tasks. They’re tiny thresholds.
Each one is an invitation to remember how strange and beautiful it is to be human.
🌀 Try This
Pick one moment today where you’d normally act out of habit.
Instead, ask AI to help you reframe it in a magical or delightful way.
Examples:
- Instead of “How do I write this email?” → “What would a poet say in this email?”
- Instead of “What should I eat for dinner?” → “What would a character in a Miyazaki film eat tonight?”
- Instead of “I’m tired.” → “Can you write me a 3-line lullaby for my inner child?”
You’re not using AI to escape the ordinary.
You’re using it to rediscover it.
💭 A Spark to Carry With You
Play is not an escape from meaning.
It’s one of the ways we find it again.
Let the tool be silly. Let yourself be surprised.
Magic lives in the places you don’t usually look.
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Systems for the Soul
