Build a second brain you actually use.
Run by an AI engineer who built her own system on paper and Obsidian, not a productivity guru reselling tips.
The Challenge
- Notes scattered across five apps, none of them trusted.
- Every idea dumped into a chatbot, nothing kept, nothing connected.
- A reading list you never revisit and highlights you never reuse.
- The quiet sense that AI is making you faster and shallower at the same time.
- You collect constantly. You almost never create.
The Solution
Think by hand. Synthesize with AI. Keep what matters.
Most "AI productivity" advice tells you to pour everything into a model and trust the output. That is how you end up with a faster treadmill. The opposite works better: do your real thinking slowly and deliberately, often on paper, then use AI to connect, summarize, and resurface it inside a system you own. Deliberate input, intelligent retrieval, work that compounds instead of evaporates.
What it is
Four weeks. Four sessions. We build it together.
This is not a course you watch alone. It is a 1:1 engagement where we stand up your actual system, with your tools, your work, and your habits, and coach it until it sticks. You finish with something you use, not a folder of notes about productivity.
01 Audit & capture
Map where your thinking currently leaks. Design a capture flow that fits how you actually work, analog and digital.
02 Build your knowledge vault
Set up your knowledge base, we will use Obsidian, with a structure you will not abandon in a month.
03 Add AI layer
Wire in AI for summarizing, tagging, and resurfacing, deliberately, so it serves your thinking instead of replacing it.
04 Make it a habit
Weekly review, daily capture, and the small rituals that turn a system into a practice.
Honesty check
This is not for everyone.
It's for you if
- You work in or around tech and live in information all day.
- You have tried the apps and the hype and still feel scattered.
- You want a system you own, not another subscription.
- You are willing to do the thinking, not just outsource it.
It's not for you if
- You want AI to do your thinking so you don't have to.
- You're after a quick hack, not a practice.
- You won't put in 2–3 hours a week between sessions.
- You want enterprise tooling rolled out across a team.
Who runs it?
An AI engineer who works on paper. Hi! I'm Regina. I've spent my career in AI and cloud, at AWS and now Microsoft, building technical systems for a living. I also keep a fountain pen and a paper notebook within reach at all times, and I built my own second brain by hand long before "second brain" was a hashtag.
Join the founding cohort for:
The Second Brain Sprint
€1,495 €795
Founding price for the first 5 clients, in exchange for a testimonial and a short case study.
- Four 1:1 sessions over four weeks (video)
- A fully built, working knowledge system you own
- Your personal capture-to-AI workflow, documented
- Templates, prompts, and review rituals to keep it alive
- Async support between sessions for the four weeks
5 founding spots. When they're gone, the price moves to full.
No pitch. We see if it fits. If it doesn't, I'll point you somewhere better.
Questions
What tools do I need?
Most clients land on Obsidian, but we choose based on how you work. If you already use Notion, Apple Notes, or a reMarkable, we build around it rather than forcing a switch.
Do I need to be technical?
No. The AI layer can be as simple as a few good prompts or as deep as a local setup. We match it to your comfort level, not mine.
How much time do I invest in between sessions?
Plan for two to three hours a week. The work is building the habit, and that only happens by doing it on your own material.
Is this just for note-taking?
No. It's a thinking and output system. The goal is that you produce more of your own work, writing, decisions, ideas, with less noise.
What happens after the four weeks?
You have a system you run yourself. Founding clients also get first access to the community and group programs as they launch.