You're already using AI every day. The emails write themselves now. The meetings get prepped in minutes. And somewhere in the middle of all that convenience, a quieter question has started showing up: are you still doing the thinking, or is the tool doing it for you?Using AI Without Losing Yourself is a practical guide for four of the most common workplace tasks: email, meetings, research, and planning, built from real conversations with working professionals who are already living this exact tension. You'll get prompts you can use today and real before-and-after examples. You'll also get something most AI guides skip entirely: an honest look at the environmental, emotional, and mental costs of relying on large language models, paired with simple habits that protect against them. Use AI well. Just don't let it use you.What's InsideFour Complete Use Cases — Email drafting, meeting preparation, research and document analysis, and task and project planning. Prompt Templates You Can Use Today — Ready-to-use templates for the situations professionals actually face. Real Before-and-After Examples — See the difference between a vague approach and one that produces something you can actually use. Troubleshooting Sections — What to do when the output still isn't working. The Honest Cost — A clear-eyed look at what uncritical AI use costs you, the part most guides skip. The Counterbalance — One concrete habit for each cost that keeps you in control.The Before You Open AI Framework — Four questions, thirty seconds, that keep you in the driver's seat.Who Wrote ThisI'm Reggie White. I wrote this guide because I was losing the thread myself. I use AI all day in a full-time IT job, and at some point I noticed I was reaching for it before I'd done any thinking of my own. Everything in here is what pulled me back.PriceThe guide is priced at $29. Buyers receive the current edition plus all future updates at no additional cost.