What's something you used to be genuinely good at that you've completely outsourced to technology — and do you feel like you've lost a part of yourself because of it?

For me, I used to be really good at playing the guitar, but nowadays I hardly pick it up. Sometimes I feel like I’ve lost a part of my creative spark.

Man I used to be able to navigate anywhere without GPS, like I had this mental map of my entire city and could give directions to anyone. Now I can't even drive to the grocery store without pulling up Google Maps 😂 It's wild because I remember being the guy everyone called for directions back in uni, and I'd memorize routes just from looking at street directories once or twice. These days my brain just goes "eh the phone will figure it out" and I've basically turned into a passenger in my own car The worst part is when my phone dies or loses signal and I'm genuinely lost in areas I've driven through hundreds of times. Makes me feel like I've outsourced a basic human skill that our ancestors had locked down, you know? Sometimes I wonder if I should just turn the GPS off for a week and force myself to relearn but then I remember I've got deadlines and can't afford to be late to client meetings because I took a wrong turn somewhere 💀

Writing fiction. I used to crank out short stories all the time and now I just… doomscroll and think about writing instead of actually doing it. Weirdest part is when I randomly re read old stuff and go “damn, I was kinda good, what happened to that version of me?”

i used to be great at mental math, but now i just pull out my phone for calculations. kinda feels like i let my brain get lazy, but honestly, it's just so much easier not to stress over it.

remembering conversations. i used to be the friend who could recall exactly what someone said 3 weeks ago but now i just record important convos with speakwise ai (iOS app) and let it do the remembering for me. my brain has fully retired from that job lol