With no AI experience, they built a Life OS and used it to buy their first condo

Optimizing Through Transition My life has been in transition for several years. I've taken time off work to rebuild and focus on my health and my next phase. Having never used AI before Mindvalley's AI Mastery class, learning AI was itself a transition, and an essential part of moving through several transitions happening at once. I started AI Mastery with the vision of having a completely organized electronic system. Claude and I built a Life OS together: I explained my color coordination system, uploaded the annual books I create about my intentions, and we assessed the 24 organizational tools I use, uploading it all into Airtable. We looked at what was missing and what could be reduced. We created a weekly review skill, where Claude scores each project against five criteria to determine my focus for the week. We also created a holistic skill for time management, project management, and decision-making, based on my ideologies and favorite practitioners: Taoism, Buddhism, Essentialism, and Positive Psychology. Anytime we do a weekly review or set priorities, the skill pulls from that foundation of my values and what matters most to me. As we started building the project and habit trackers, the bigger questions of my transition began to take over. My lease expired on July 12, and I had no idea where I was going to live. I wanted to buy a condo, but because I wasn't working, I didn't qualify for a traditional loan. Figuring out what to do next took weeks of research with a real estate and financial advisor skill, an employment recruiter skill, and long, drawn-out conversations about what I named "The Big Question": where was I going to live, and what work was I going to do? After bouncing around possibilities for weeks, Claude pointed out that The Big Question was much deeper than just what career was next. He said The Big Question has two layers. "Layer one is determining how best to manage health and energy. Layer one is being answered right now, not intellectually, but through living. Every workout, every meal, every day is data." Those words freed me. I understood it wasn't that I was unable to make a decision; I was gathering the information I needed to find the answer through time and experience. I want to be an entrepreneur, but historically, the level I invest in work and projects that matter to me comes at the expense of my well-being. The underlying purpose of my time away from work is to change that dynamic: putting health first so I can succeed in business. This dedication to optimizing my life is something I've been working on for months. Once I finished the recipe book I was following, I had no idea what to cook. Claude and I created a menu-planning skill and built a recipe log in Airtable. I took photos of every recipe from the book, and Claude transcribed and uploaded them. The first time I used the grocery list Claude built, I came home to cook and realized I didn't have chicken for the chicken dinner. Whenever things like this happen, I ask Claude to diagnose what went wrong and rewrite the skill so it doesn't happen again. Even with the mishaps, creating menus and finding recipes has been easier than ever. Once the food system was underway, we turned to sleep. We built a skill grounded in behavioral science, sleep science, and CBT-I, which is the gold standard for sleep therapy. With my input, Claude designed an Airtable that tracks the most important aspects of sleep. I asked him to recommend a book on sleep that wasn't too academic, just light and fun. It worked: I laughed out loud reading it, and never had to scroll reviews online. Every morning I log how I slept, and I'm building sleep habits based on best practices. I've added a morning walk based on what I learned in the book, and I'm amazed at the difference it's made in my energy. As each area of my life gets examined and optimized, the most important thing I've learned from working with Claude is that I can make better decisions faster. In the first couple of weeks of learning to use Claude, I realized I could do almost anything. As an idea person, I've always had infinite ideas but not the ability to carry many of them out. Understanding the full range of what had been unleashed forced me to quickly figure out what would have the most impact on my life. I still have the vision for the project and habit tracker, but I stopped working on it as soon as I realized nothing was going to impact my life as much as where I lived next, so I put my full focus there. As I kept working through The Big Question, the best option turned out to be seller financing. I created a spreadsheet tracking every condo for sale in the community where I wanted to live. Claude must have built at least 15 spreadsheets, running the numbers on different options. The best one was a live spreadsheet where I could change variables and watch the numbers update instantly. After negotiations, my offer was accepted! The paperwork and legal documents were confusing and difficult to understand. Claude and I would go through them together, with me asking him to explain each concept. I did the research to understand every piece needed for closing, which was a good thing, since the agents weren't familiar with seller financing. I had to take a lot of initiative, including sending the seller the amortization schedule myself. After several difficult steps, I bought my new condo! Claude and I reviewed what went well and what to change next time, including creating a skill for understanding difficult legal, technical, or jargon-heavy documents. What impressed me most was that even though it took a while, I understood the documents well enough to point out several discrepancies, such as the promissory note that contradicted its own amortization terms and being sent two conflicting HOA insurance documents from two different associations. I've made real progress in the most important areas of my life, and conquered my biggest goal: buying a home. This is all barely scratching the surface of what Claude can do, since I haven't even started using Code. I know it's there when I need it — I’ll learn Code when it is required for the project that will have the most impact on my life as I continue optimizing my life through transition. P.S. Thank you to everyone at Mindvalley. I tried to show through this story that the class changed my life, but I wanted to tell you directly.