Build a fact block to reuse

Step 1 of 6

Building on last time

Let's hold your facts in one place.

Last time you started a small task you do often. Today you make it faster and easier.

Many tasks repeat. A weekly reminder. A weekly note to helpers. Each time, you type almost the same words.

So stop typing them again and again. Write them once. We call that a fact block. It is just a short note you keep and paste each time.

Here is the trick. Most of the facts stay the same. Only one small part changes. You write the steady part once. Then you leave a blank for the part that changes.

Steady factsyour hours, your name, the place

The blankthis week: ___ (the one part that changes)

Buddy says

Write the steady stuff once. Each time, you only fill the blank. That is the whole trick.

Keep it safe

Take out anything private first.

You will paste this block many times. So a private detail in it leaks many times too.

Read your block slowly. Take out any name, phone number, address, or account number. Swap each one for a plain word, like "the customer."

When in doubt, leave it out. A blank is safe. You can type the real detail fresh each time you need it.

And skip the big stuff. For money, health, legal, account, or safety facts, ask a real person you trust.

Buddy says

Not sure if something is private? Leave it out. You can always type it fresh when you need it.

See it work

Watch steady facts become a paste-able block.

A quick, vague try

help me write my weekly note

Add the who, what & how

A clear request

Turn these into a short note I can paste each week. Steady facts: I run a community garden, we meet Saturday at 9, bring gloves and water. The part that changes: the task that week. Leave a clear blank for it.

What the AI sends back

Here you go: Garden helpers! We meet Saturday at 9. Please bring gloves and water. This week's task: ___ Just fill the blank each week, like "weeding" or "planting."

See the difference? The first try was vague. The second gave ChatGPT the steady facts and one clear blank. Now you change just one word each week.

Your turn, no wrong answers

Build your own fact block.

Pick a task you repeat. List the facts that stay the same. Then leave one blank for the part that changes. Keep it short, and leave out anything private.

Your practice box, just for you. What you type here stays on this page. It is not the AI.

Stuck? Think of the last two times you did the task. The parts that matched both times are your steady facts. The part that was different is your blank.

Type anything in the box, even a few words. There is no wrong answer here. Then this opens.

It opens right next to this page, so you never lose your spot. Come back any time. Nothing here disappears.

You did it

You made a block you can reuse every week.

A fact block holds your steady facts in one short note you paste each time.
Leave one blank for the part that changes, and fill it fresh each time.
Take out names, numbers, and addresses. For money, health, legal, account, or safety, ask a real person.

Buddy says

Look at that. Your task just got faster, and you built the tool yourself. I'm proud of you!

Step 1 of 6

Building on last time

Let's hold your facts in one place.

Last time you started a small task you do often. Today you make it faster and easier.

Many tasks repeat. A weekly reminder. A weekly note to helpers. Each time, you type almost the same words.

So stop typing them again and again. Write them once. We call that a fact block. It is just a short note you keep and paste each time.

Here is the trick. Most of the facts stay the same. Only one small part changes. You write the steady part once. Then you leave a blank for the part that changes.

Steady factsyour hours, your name, the place

The blankthis week: ___ (the one part that changes)

Buddy says

Write the steady stuff once. Each time, you only fill the blank. That is the whole trick.

Keep it safe

Take out anything private first.

You will paste this block many times. So a private detail in it leaks many times too.

Read your block slowly. Take out any name, phone number, address, or account number. Swap each one for a plain word, like "the customer."

When in doubt, leave it out. A blank is safe. You can type the real detail fresh each time you need it.

And skip the big stuff. For money, health, legal, account, or safety facts, ask a real person you trust.

Buddy says

Not sure if something is private? Leave it out. You can always type it fresh when you need it.

See it work

Watch steady facts become a paste-able block.

A quick, vague try

help me write my weekly note

Add the who, what & how

A clear request

What the AI sends back

Here you go: Garden helpers! We meet Saturday at 9. Please bring gloves and water. This week's task: ___ Just fill the blank each week, like "weeding" or "planting."

See the difference? The first try was vague. The second gave ChatGPT the steady facts and one clear blank. Now you change just one word each week.

Your turn, no wrong answers

Build your own fact block.

Pick a task you repeat. List the facts that stay the same. Then leave one blank for the part that changes. Keep it short, and leave out anything private.

Your practice box, just for you. What you type here stays on this page. It is not the AI.

Stuck? Think of the last two times you did the task. The parts that matched both times are your steady facts. The part that was different is your blank.

Type anything in the box, even a few words. There is no wrong answer here. Then this opens.

It opens right next to this page, so you never lose your spot. Come back any time. Nothing here disappears.

You did it

You made a block you can reuse every week.

A fact block holds your steady facts in one short note you paste each time.
Leave one blank for the part that changes, and fill it fresh each time.
Take out names, numbers, and addresses. For money, health, legal, account, or safety, ask a real person.

Buddy says

Look at that. Your task just got faster, and you built the tool yourself. I'm proud of you!

Build a fact block to reuse

Let's hold your facts in one place.

Take out anything private first.

Watch steady facts become a paste-able block.

Which one gives the helper more to work with?

Build your own fact block.

You made a block you can reuse every week.

Build a fact block to reuse

Let's hold your facts in one place.

Take out anything private first.

Watch steady facts become a paste-able block.

Which one gives the helper more to work with?

Build your own fact block.

You made a block you can reuse every week.

Let's hold your facts in one place.

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Let's hold your facts in one place.

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