ChatGPT for life admin: 10 jobs to hand over this weekend

Life admin is all the small, dull jobs that sit on a list for weeks: the letter to the council, the insurance renewal, the form for school, the complaint you keep meaning to write. None of it is hard. It just takes attention you don't have at 9pm.

An AI assistant is good at exactly this kind of work. Here are ten jobs worth handing over, with a prompt for each.

1. Read the letter you've been avoiding

Summarise this letter in three lines: what it is,
what they want me to do, and by when. Then tell me
if anything in it is unusual. [paste letter]

2. Compare renewal quotes

Here's my insurance renewal and two other quotes.
Put them in a table: price, excess, what's covered,
what's not. Which is the best value and why?

3. Write the complaint

Write a formal complaint about [issue]. Facts in
date order, what I want, a 14-day deadline and what
I'll do next. Calm, no adjectives. [details]

Our complaint letter template shows the shape it should follow.

4. Understand a bill

Explain this energy bill line by line. Is anything
estimated? Does the standing charge look normal?

5. Plan the week's meals from what's in the fridge

I have [list]. Plan five dinners for two adults and
a six-year-old, under 30 minutes each, then give me
a shopping list for what's missing.

6. Explain a form

I'm filling in [form name]. Explain each section in
plain words and tell me which documents I'll need.

7. Reply to the school or club email

Draft a short, friendly reply to this email saying
[what]. Two sentences. [paste email]

8. Build a plan with deadlines

I'm [moving house / renewing my passport / starting
a new job] on [date]. Make a week-by-week checklist
and flag anything with a long lead time.

For a move, our 8-week moving checklist is a good starting point.

9. Get money back

My flight was delayed 4 hours / my parcel never
arrived / my deposit wasn't returned. What am I
entitled to, and write the claim.

See also flight delay compensation and parcel never arrived.

10. Prepare for the difficult phone call

I need to call [company] to [cancel / dispute /
negotiate]. Give me what to say first, the likely
pushback and how to answer each.

What to keep for yourself

Final decisions on money, health and anything legal. Submitting forms. Anything that needs a password or ID number: use placeholders in the prompt and fill them in yourself.

The catch with one-off chats

Each of these works in a fresh chat. The trouble is that every time you start again, you re-explain your family, your address, your providers and how you like letters written. Set it up once as a Project, a Gem or a custom GPT with your details and a helper for each type of job, and the tenth letter takes a minute.

Questions people ask

Is it safe to put personal documents into ChatGPT?

Leave out account numbers, ID numbers and passwords. Use placeholders.

Which AI is best for life admin?

Any of the main ones. Setting it up with your details matters more than which one.

Can AI fill in official forms for me?

It can explain and draft. Check and submit them yourself.