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Hey royals,
I've shared the TEDx link before.
But I've never really told you why this one mattered.
Because this wasn't about being on a red dot stage.
It wasn't about AI trends.
And it definitely wasn't about productivity.
It was about something far more personal.
Time.
There was a season in my life where everything looked "right" on paper - companies running, people looking up to me, momentum everywhere.
Yet during festive seasons, I felt strangely... empty.
That was when I realised something uncomfortable:
I wasn't building a life.
I was maintaining a machine.
The divorce didn't break me - it woke me up.
It showed me the cost of trading time for success, even when that success was meaningful.
And here's the irony I never expected:
The very thing people warned me about - technology - became the tool that helped me reclaim my life.
Not by making me faster.
But by taking away the parts of work that were never meant to consume my soul.
That's how Seraphina was born.
Not as a product idea.
But as a support system.
Someone (or something) that could hold the structure when I didn't have the emotional capacity to.
Someone who handled the repetitive, draining decisions so I could make the human ones again.
And once I had time back?
I remembered how to live.
So let me ask you - quietly, honestly:
If you had one extra hour a day, what would you do with it?
Not "what would you achieve".
But what would you enjoy?
This TEDx wasn't a performance.
It was a line in the sand.
A reminder that freedom isn't a fantasy.
It's a system we choose to build.
If this resonates with you, here's my ask:
đŹ Like, comment, or share - not for the algorithm, but so this message reaches someone who needs it.
And if you're curious about creating your own AI twin or personal assistant - not to replace you, but to support you.
đ You can explore Seraphina here: https://www.seraphinaai.com
Time is still the most precious currency we have.
And we get to decide how we spend it.
The real journey to TEDx doesn't start on stage - it starts with clarity. Watch the official replay and discover what it truly takes to become TEDx-ready.
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