All the "AI will replace you" talk has been messing with my head lately I almost started to believe it. I saw AI generating decent first drafts in seconds, and my own slow process of research and brainstorming felt obsolete. My imposter syndrome was screaming that I was just an overpriced word generator. It came to a head last week when a client questioned my invoice for the "discovery phase," and I just crumbled. I had no concrete way to defend the hours. It was a mortifying moment. That night, I decided I was done with gut feelings. I needed to prove my own value, if only to myself. I installed a time tracker on my computer and logged every single minute of my next project, from the kickoff call to the final delivery. After I finished, I looked at the Monitask report, and it was a revelation. The actual writing was less than 30% of the project time. The rest of it was all laid out: hours spent digging through their competitors' ads, analyzing customer reviews, and just mapping out different angles. It was a visual receipt for my thinking. For the first time, I had proof that the human part of the job, the strategy, is the biggest part. It wasn't just a tool for billing; it was the cure for my AI-induced imposter syndrome. Is anyone else using data this way? Not just for clients, but for your own professional confidence in this new landscape?   submitted by   /u/Many-Report-6008 [link]   [comments]