Rob Dodson • 2/8/2026

My Second Brain Never Worked. Then I Gave It a Gardener.

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The author describes their failure to maintain a traditional 'second brain' system due to the tedious manual organization required. Their solution is to use Claude AI as a 'gardener' to automate the cognitive labor: processing daily notes, adding tags, creating links, and structuring ideas. This allows the author to focus on exploring connections and writing, effectively building a personalized, AI-assisted knowledge management workflow.

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