How NOT to get suckered: you don't need a paid subscription, a $497 prompt course, or 12 AI tools. You need one, used daily, for 30 days. If somebody is selling you “secret prompts,” they are selling you nothing.
6. Privacy basics
• DuckDuckGo for searches you'd rather not have tied to your name.
• Signal instead of SMS for anything sensitive (encrypted end-to-end).
• VPN (Mullvad, $5/mo) only on hotel/airport Wi-Fi or where required. Not at home.
7. Public Wi-Fi rules
Never bank, never enter a password unless you're on a VPN or your phone hotspot. Reading email, watching video, casual browsing — fine. Rule:if a hacker seeing it would cost you money, don't do it on hotel Wi-Fi.
8. The Three-Folder Rule
Three folders on your desktop, in your email, in your life:
• INBOX — new stuff. You haven't decided yet.
• DOING — what you're working on this week. Max 5 things.
• DONE — finished. Reference only.
That's it. No 47-folder taxonomy. Files move from Inbox to Doing to Done. If a thing sits in Inbox more than 30 days, it's not important. Delete it.