🪬 HumanAI #004 – I Trained an AI to Keep Me on Track (Because I Wouldn’t)

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This week I almost skipped sending this newsletter.

I’m moving houses.
I’ve got a toddler running around.
Boxes everywhere. Sleep nowhere.

Valid excuses? Sure.
But these are short-term excuses.

Because skipping one thing once makes it easier to skip it again.
And that’s when the slow fade begins. And you go down that slippery slope.

So this week reminded me why I built an AI habit tracker a couple of months ago:
Not for when life is smooth—but for when it gets chaotic.

And it worked. I’m here, writing this.

🧠 HUMAN INSPIRATION: How Jerry Seinfeld Built an Empire with One Rule

Before AI.
Before Notion templates.
Before all the habit apps you’ve downloaded and ignored...

There was Jerry Seinfeld—and a red marker.

When Seinfeld was still a struggling comic, someone asked him:
"How do you write such consistently good material?"

His answer was surprisingly simple:
Write one joke every day. No matter what.

Then he gave the real trick:
“Get a calendar and a red marker.
Every day you write, put an X on that day.
After a few days, you’ll have a chain.
And your only job is to never break the chain.”

He didn’t say “write a great joke.”
He didn’t say “only on weekdays.”
He said: every day.

Because showing up consistently beats waiting for inspiration.

Just like that calendar and red marker, I built my own chain too…
But with AI.

Let’s break it down.

⚡ AI REAL-LIFE USE: How I Built a Personalized Habit Tracker in ChatGPT

Most habit apps are nice in theory.
But they don’t keep you accountable.
So I built something better.

This isn’t a fancy app or wearable.
It’s just me + ChatGPT’s Tasks feature.

I built a system that:
✅ Checks in with me daily
✅ Records what I did
✅ Tracks progress
✅ Calls me out when I slack

It’s like having a robot coach that doesn’t let me off the hook.

The Problem:

I wanted to consistently do:

• Morning stretches

• Training sessions

• Take creatine

But I kept falling off, forgetting, or justifying my way out of it.

The Solution:

I built a custom AI habit tracker using ChatGPT’s Tasks feature.
Now it:

• Sends me a reminder at 8am to do my morning stretches and training

• Checks in at 11am to ask if I actually did them

• Logs my daily results into a table

• Tracks my creatine intake

• Sends motivational reminders when I fall off

Here’s exactly how I did it (and how you can do it too):

🔹 Step 1: Create the AI Habit Tracker Task

In ChatGPT, go to the Tasks tab (available with Plus), and create one like this:

Now it runs automatically, every day. No setup. No excuses.

🔹 Step 2: Track Progress Visually

The AI logs every response in a table like this:

This is my Seinfeld red Xs—but smarter.
It shows when I’m slipping and how to adjust.

🔹 Step 3: Make the AI Coach Adapt

The AI even adjusted how it tracks me.
When I missed a stretch but still trained, I told it to track each habit independently.
Now I get streaks that separate performance from perfection.
Later, I asked it to include creatine tracking.
Boom. New column. No reset required.

ChatGPT tracks everything without shaming me but also without letting me off the hook.
Exactly what I need.

It’s not a productivity tool.
It’s a consistency system.

🔹 BONUS: Use AI to Spot Patterns & Adjust

Once the system stuck, I wanted to learn more about my habits and how to keep on improving them. So I asked my AI assistant:

Now my AI gives me a full weekly performance review.

It gives me an honest snapshot.
Not just data, but direction.

That’s what makes it work.
It’s not just a log—it’s feedback.

THAT IS THE BEST PART: the ChatGPT App sends me a notification to my phone to remind me to perform and to track my progress. I just need to text back or even just reply with a Voice Note.
Too easy.

🚀 FOR THE BOLD ONES…
This Is How HumanAI Starts

It doesn’t start with flying cars.
Or robot CEOs.
Or a virtual version of you giving a TED Talk in 19 languages.

It starts with a reminder.
A nudge.
A line of text at 8am saying: “Did you show up today?”

This is where HumanAI really begins—
Not when AI replaces you, but when it challenges you.

Every time it asks if you trained,
if you stretched,
if you meditated today...

It’s not tracking a habit— It’s helping you create the best version of yourself.

Because the real shift isn’t tech.
It’s internal.
It’s invisible.
It’s who you become when you design a system that doesn’t let you slip through your own excuses.

Because when life gets messy (and it always does)…
Motivation dies. Systems don’t.

It’s not AI doing the work for you.
It’s AI making it impossible not to become the version of you who does the work anyway.
And today you can build that system in 5 minutes.

This isn’t just a tracker.
It’s a transformation protocol.

Welcome to HumanAI.

Final Thoughts

I didn’t build this tracker because I’m ultra-disciplined.
I built it because I know I’m not.

And that’s the magic of HumanAI—
It gives you just enough structure to keep moving,
just enough friction to stop slipping,
and just enough feedback to evolve.

This wasn’t about training.
It was about building a system that makes quitting feel weird.

That’s what we’re doing here—
Not just playing with AI.
Building systems to make your life better.

So, what’s the habit you keep “meaning to start”?
Stretching? Writing? Reading? Meditating?
You’ve got a personal AI right in front of you.
Use it.

See you next week (unless I break the streak).
But I won’t.

Stay active, stay sharp.

— Lucas “Mencho” Menzano

P.S. This email was written by Human Mencho with the help of AI. Kinda cool if you think about it.

P.S.S. Love all the messages I’m receiving of support and questions!! MANY THANKS!!

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