How I’m Building My Own Personal Operating System With AI

Over the last few months, I’ve become increasingly interested in how AI can be used for more than simply asking questions or writing content.

One of the things I’ve been working on is something I call PeterOS, my own personal operating system.

It sounds more complicated than it actually is.

The basic idea is to use ChatGPT as a central place to help me organise my goals, projects, ideas and priorities and help me decide what I should actually be working on.

I think a lot of us have the same problem.

We have goals.

We have websites we are building.

We have courses we want to complete.

We have ideas written in notebooks, apps, emails and scraps of paper.

And we have dozens of things that we could be doing.

The difficult part isn’t always knowing what to do.

It’s deciding what to do next.

What Is a Personal Operating System?

Think about the operating system on your computer, it helps everything else work together.

A personal operating system attempts to do something similar with your life and business.

Instead of treating ChatGPT as something you occasionally ask a question, you start giving it an understanding of:

• Your goals
• Your businesses
• Your current projects
• Your priorities
• Your routines
• Your available time
• Your longer-term ambitions
• The things you are struggling with

You can then use AI almost like a combination of a planner, strategist, coach, brainstorming partner and accountability system.

That is what I’m trying to develop with PeterOS.

What Can It Actually Do?

This is where it becomes interesting.

Imagine opening ChatGPT in the morning and asking:

“Based on my goals, what are the three most important things I should work on today?”

Or:

“I’ve got 45 minutes. What should I work on?”

Because your operating system understands the bigger picture, the answer can be based on your actual priorities rather than being generic advice.

You could also ask:

“Am I spending my time on the right things?”

“What am I neglecting at the moment?”

“What should my main goal be this week?”

“Break this project down into the next five actions.”

“Review what I’ve achieved this month and tell me where I’m falling behind.”

That starts to feel very different from simply using AI as a search engine.

You Can Include Different Areas of Your Life

Your operating system doesn’t necessarily have to be purely about business.

You could create sections for:

Business

Your website, content, traffic, affiliate marketing, email list and income targets.

Money

Savings goals, investments, debt reduction and longer-term financial targets.

Health & Fitness

Exercise, weight, running, nutrition or whatever matters to you.

Personal Development

Books, courses, skills and things you want to learn.

Family & Lifestyle

Holidays, important dates, things you want to do and the lifestyle you are ultimately trying to create.

Weekly Priorities

The few things that deserve your attention right now.

The important thing is that these areas aren’t sitting in isolation.

Your AI can start helping you see the bigger picture.

How Could You Build Your Own?

You don’t need to build software.

You can start surprisingly simply.

Open ChatGPT and explain that you want to create a personal operating system.

Tell it about your current situation.

Then give it your major goals.

For example:

Where do I want to be in 12 months?

What do I want financially?

What am I trying to build online?

What would I like to improve about my health?

What projects am I currently working on?

How much time do I realistically have available?

Then ask ChatGPT:

“Help me turn all of this into a personal operating system that I can use every day and every week.”

Don’t try to make it perfect on day one.

Start with version 1.

Use it.

See what is useful.

Add things.

Remove things.

Improve it.

That’s exactly how I’m approaching PeterOS.

The weekly review is one of the most powerful parts

One feature I particularly like is the idea of having a weekly review.

At the end of the week I can ask:

What did I achieve?

What didn’t get done?

What distracted me?

What should carry forward?

What are my three biggest priorities for next week?

Over time, that creates something much more valuable than another todo list.

It creates a system that understands where you are trying to go.

It could also become your Business Adviser

For those of us building an online business, this could be particularly useful.

Your operating system could know:

• Your niche
• Your website
• Your target audience
• Your content strategy
• Your traffic sources
• Your email strategy
• Your affiliate programmes
• Your current income
• Your income target

Then instead of jumping between random ideas, you can ask:

“What’s the most important thing I can do this week to move my online business forward?”

That’s something I’m particularly interested in testing.

The Biggest Benefit: Clarity

I don’t think the biggest benefit of a personal operating system is automation.

I think it’s clarity.

There is an almost unlimited amount of information available to us now.

There are thousands of courses we can take.

Thousands of business ideas.

Thousands of AI tools.

Thousands of strategies.

The problem is no longer lack of information.

The problem is knowing:

What matters to me?

Where am I going?

And what should I do next?

That is what I’m hoping PeterOS will help me answer.

Build your own version

You certainly don’t need to call it an operating system.

Call it whatever you want.

But I think there is a big opportunity here.

Rather than just using AI to answer individual questions, we can start building AI systems that understand our goals and help us work towards them over months and years.

I’m still developing PeterOS and I’m sure it will change considerably as I use it.

The best way to start is easy.

Open ChatGPT and type:

“I want to build a personal operating system for my life and business. Ask me the questions you need to understand my goals, priorities, projects and current situation. Then help me build version 1.”

See where it takes you.

I think this is going to be a fascinating way to use AI.

And I’ll share more about how PeterOS develops as I continue building it.

I hope this helps & please reach out if you have any questions.

All the best

Peter