I absolutely love where I live, but my balcony is not a place I spend any time because it's gross. One downside to living in a penthouse is there is a lot bird poop from the birds that perch in the roof. So I decided as a birthday gift to myself to get the balcony cleaned up and give it a makeover! I used AI to help redesign the space, research items in my budget and render out visuals of the designs as they progressed. It only took a few hours from start to finish when I ordered new flooring, a divider, plant pots, and a furniture set. I'm on my way to B&Q now to grab plants and then we will see how it turns out. AI can help you do amazing things, but in this case, it's just a balcony :) I hope you're having a lovely weekend! Architect Anna

I joined an 8 week cohort to help build my AI second brain. Normally I am the one doing the AI training so this is a nice change of pace. As I'm sure you're aware, there is just so much to learn about AI it is really hard to keep up even if you do it full time. This was a special opportunity to learn from others who have spent months testing AI agents and automation systems. Now I can upskill really quickly, ask THEM questions, have accountability from the rest of the cohort and progress my work in the next 2 months. Very exciting! I'm jazzed, learning is the best! Honestly just from the first session I already feel like my 24 month goals are so much for feasible and anchored in reality rather than wishful thinking. Imagine having all of your ideas, thoughts, plans, skills, taste in an AI who has full persistent context and memory and can then actually execute tasks for you. You may have heard of people doing this, but the gap between 'wow that sounds cool' to 'wow I'm actually building this for myself' can feel massive. There are privacy rules around what I can share from this cohort, but I'm hoping I will succeed with building my AI second brain in the next 7 weeks (at least the first version) and be able to share the results here with you! Rather than try to build the brain to know and do everything from the start I am focusing it on marketing and sales only to help me reach the next stage of my goals by the end of this year. This will include a chat interface with the AI brain on my phone and a progress dashboard that will automatically update as I progress. (For context, I created a 60 year plan when I was 17, with 4 core phases, each roughly 15 years and I am currently in Stage 0 of Phase 2. Hoping to enter Phase 2 Stage 1 by the end of this year! That would be full financial autonomy and earning consistent £20k+ months, then I can move on to the next part of the plan woohoo, let's go!) Summer is a great time to upskill and build things while business is a bit slower. Things are very likely to pick up quickly from the start of September. What learning goals do you have this summer?

I have a copilot training scheduled. The company wants to use Teams instead of Zoom. My presentation is created in Canva. I spent—I kid you not—4 hours trying to figure out how to share the presentation via Teams. I finally figured out it only works to share my Canva presentation if I connect with the desktop version and not the browser. Am I missing something? Would love to know if you’ve experienced this too

Hello! How are you doing??? How is May going, how are your ideas and goals progressing? Let me know and of course, let me know if you need any help or are feeling stuck! This leads me onto my second point. If there is something you'd really love to hear me talk about at length on my podcast please let me know. The lineup for the next few episodes I've recorded that will be published over the next few weeks are as follows: Ep. 311 - Season 2, Episode 11: Life Architecture 101 - released today 🥳 Ep. 312 - Season 2, Episode 12: Keeping up with AI - Scheduled for May 29th Ep. 313 - Season 2, Episode 13: Hack Your Businesses Success - Scheduled for June 5th Ep. 314 - Season 2, Episode 14: AI Copyright & IP - Scheduled for June 12th Ep. 315 - Season 2, Episode 15: A New AI Business Model - Scheduled for June 19th You can watch the full episodes on Spotify and Youtube, or listen on Apple and Amazon Music. https://www.youtube.com/@ArchitectAnna/podcasts I look forward to hearing how you're doing and if you have any content ideas you'd like me to cover on a future episode! Have a great weekend, you are smashing it! Architect Anna

One thing I've been putting off for far too long is building a proper website for my business. Not because I don't think websites matter. Quite the opposite. I've just always prioritised client work, content creation, training, speaking, learning new skills, and pretty much everything else ahead of it. For years, when people asked, "Can you send me your website?" I never really had a good answer, I'd say let's connect on linkedin or I will send you an email or let's set up a call to chat, but it's always been something that was missing. The funny thing is, it doesn't even need to be complicated. It doesn't need to be a membership site, an app, a funnel, a CRM, and a marketing machine all rolled into one. Sometimes a website just needs to do its job as a digital brochure. A place where people can quickly understand who you are, what you do, and how to work with you. I'm finally working on mine now using Claude and Lovable, and it's making the process far less intimidating than it used to be. By the way summer can also be a great time to work on business infrastructure. While things are a little quieter for some industries, it's an opportunity to improve systems, test ideas, upskill, and get ready for a busy autumn. How are you building your website? Share your website below, or tell us where you're at with it. And if you'd like feedback, support, or a second pair of eyes from the community, just ask. Let's help each other build better businesses. Remember done is better than perfect, and I know I need take my own advice on this one 😅 Architect Anna