Real-life prompts that go way beyond work, from sleep to date night
After I shared my list of the best AI prompts for work, the comments poured in. “OK, Kim, but what about real life?”
What, my work life isn’t real enough for you? Kidding, great question! You know AI can plan a trip and meals or write a to-do list. But let’s go beyond that.
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Egg-cellent finds
🐣 Just one week until Easter! Let’s hop into it.
- Your kids will turn your sidewalk into art with a $9.99 12-pack chalk set. For some reason, the 9-pack is the same price.
- Grab a dino egg kit (20% off) for a prehistoric twist to your egg hunt.
- These wooden stacking blocks (10% off) make great basket stuffers.
- Get your hands on this cute LEGO Easter (9% off) rabbits building set.
- Bunny-shaped toaster tongs (41% off) are perfect for your Easter morning.
🍫 Sweeten the deal: Chocolate lovers, treat yourself to a yummy assortment of candies from Hershey (10% off) or Dove ($13).
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🎥 Granny cam: Jean H. Peters found that staffers were mistreating her mom in assisted living after she put a camera in her room. These cams are legal in 20 states (paywall link). But facilities push back, saying it invades privacy. Makes you wonder what they are hiding. Alexa, install “Protect Nana.”
🛜 Cord-cutting: Not what you think. Since 2023, at least 11 undersea cables have gone dark from suspected Russian sabotage (paywall link). China’s linked to incidents near Taiwan, too. Both say “not me.” Over 95% of the world’s data travels via 500+ of these lines. Without them? We’d be back to the dial-up era. We’re one cable cut away from faxing memes to your friends.
Who needs privacy? The Limitless AI pendant is a tiny device that clips onto your shirt, records everything you say and uploads it to an app. Why would anyone want that? It can then spit out summaries of your convos, create to-do lists and offer self-improvement tips (paywall link). Like, “Be more patient with your kids.” Yeah, I’m not paying for a backseat driver.
Talk without price shock: Need a smartphone without breaking the bank? Motorola’s new Moto G Stylus 2025 might be what you need. For $399, you get a 6.7-inch OLED display with a 50MP main camera and fast charging. There’s a headphone jack if you miss that. Budget phone, bougie features. Grab it starting April 17.
🛠️ Update your PC: Microsoft pushed out a big patch that fixes 134 security bugs, including one that hackers use to take over systems. Go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and hit Check for updates. FYI: If you’re using Office 2016, it might crash after this update. Grab a separate fix from Microsoft’s website.
📱Electronics got a break: From the tariffs. President Trump said smartphones, computer monitors and various electronic parts are among the exempted products. “Phew,” said every tech leader in the country.
⌚ Her watch saved her life: Dr. Amanda Faulkner, a 51-year-old psychiatrist from New Zealand, thought her new Apple Watch was faulty for always nagging about her heart rate. Then it spiked to over 90 BPM, and doctors found she had acute myeloid leukemia. This rare cancer was caught just hours before her organs could have failed. Thankfully, she’s now in remission.