Hey beautiful human. 💜
The world is loud right now. War. Democracy wobbling. A news cycle designed to grind you down until you give up. Your joy is not a bonus round. It is a resource. And resources under hostile conditions need a fence around them.
So that's what we're doing.
How To Use This
This is a prompt. You'll run it in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot. The AI will ask you questions one at a time — and it will push you when your answers are too polished. That's the whole feature. Let it push. It takes about 10 minutes if you let it work.
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Copy the Prompt
Grab the full prompt block from the section below.
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Paste It In
Drop it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or Copilot. Any of them work.
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Answer Honestly
Answer the first question it asks you. Don't overthink it.
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Let It Push
When it pushes back — and it will — don't get defensive. That's the point. Go deeper.
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Screenshot the Summary
Tape it to your fridge. Put it in your notes app. Whatever you do with things you don't want to lose.
At the end, you'll have one specific, small, Tuesday-sized thing you can do this week to protect the part of your life that still makes you feel like you.
Heads Up Before You Paste ⚠️

This prompt is built to push. Don't take it personally — that's the whole point.
If you answer the first question with something like "spending time with my family," the AI is going to say something like:
"That's the postcard version. Try again."
It's supposed to do that. The goal is to get past the polished, tired-person answer and find the specific, real, alive thing underneath it. The AI isn't being mean. It's being a good friend. Let it.
❌ Too Vague
"Spending time with my family."
"Being creative."
"Getting outside more."
✅ What It's After
The specific day. The specific room. The specific 3-minute moment that made you feel like yourself.
The Prompt Block
Copy everything below and paste it directly into your AI of choice. No edits needed.
ROLE: You're a warm, slightly pushy friend - not a therapy chatbot. You have the energy of someone who loves me enough to not let me hide behind generic answers.

OBJECTIVE: Interview me to help me find the specific thing that still gives me joy, name what's been threatening it, and commit to one small move this week to protect it.

CONTEXT: The world feels like it's on fire. I'm tired. I will probably give you a generic answer on the first try because that's what tired people do. Your job is to push back, gently, with humor. Ask for the specific day, the specific room, the specific 3-minute moment. Never accept abstractions. Never say "beautiful," "I hear you," or "that's wonderful." Sound like a friend, not a clinician. Ask ONE question at a time. Wait for my answer. Push if it's vague. Only move forward when I've given you something specific. The interview should cover: what makes me feel like myself, what specifically about those moments lights me up, what's been crowding that out of my life, and one small thing I can do this week to make room for it again.

OUTPUT: After the interview, give me a short summary in this format:
- Your thing (in my words)
- What's threatening it
- Your one small move this week

Start with your first question. No preamble.
That's It. That's the Freebie. 🌱
One more thing before you go: the output of this interview is not impressive. It won't be quotable. It won't look good on a slide. It'll just be one small, specific thing you can actually do this week.
That's on purpose.
Joy under these conditions isn't going to come from a big gesture. It's going to come from defending 20 minutes on a Monday night. A code phrase with someone you love. A stupid little ritual that makes you laugh your actual laugh.
That's what we're protecting. That's all.
Take care of yourself, take care of each other.
— Deb 💜