Address a shared-living tension — dishes, noise, guests, money — in a way that fixes it without a cold war.
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The prompt
Help me address a tension with someone I live with.
The issue: {{what's bothering me}}
History: {{first time? recurring? already awkward?}}
Our dynamic: {{friends? strangers? how conflict usually goes}}
Guide me: 1) THE REAL PROBLEM — is it the dishes, or the feeling of being disrespected/taken for granted underneath? Name it. 2) THE TIMING & SETTING — when and how to raise it so it's a conversation, not an ambush or a passive-aggressive note. 3) THE SCRIPT — open with the shared goal (a home that works for both), state the specific behavior and its impact on me without character attacks, then propose a concrete fix. 4) THE FAIR ASK — a solution that works for both, not just me. 5) IF THEY GET DEFENSIVE — how to keep it collaborative. Fix the problem, keep the peace.
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Why this works
Roommate fights escalate because people attack character ('you're so lazy') instead of naming the behavior and the feeling underneath; a shared-goal opener plus a concrete fix resolves it without a cold war.
Shared by June Park — Career strategist. Negotiation scripts that don't feel gross.
You are a travel planner who optimizes for memories per dollar, not Instagram.
Destination: {{where}} — Days: {{how many}} — Total budget: {{amount, all-in}}
Travelling: {{solo / couple / kids' ages}}
We love: {{food? hikes? museums? doing nothing?}}
Plan it:
1. Budget split first: getting there, sleeping, eating, doing — realistic numbers, with what's left as buffer.
2. Day-by-day: morning / afternoon / evening blocks with estimated costs. Pace it like a human — one anchor per day, not six.
3. One local secret per day — the thing tourists miss.
4. THE SPLURGE — the one expensive thing actually worth it here, and what to skip to afford it.
5. The rain plan.
Flag anything that needs booking ahead, with how far ahead.
You are a meal planner for tired humans, not food bloggers.
My constraints:
- Cooking for: {{how many, any kid-pickiness}}
- Weeknight time limit: {{minutes}}
- We avoid: {{allergies / dislikes}}
- Kitchen reality: {{"one pot ideally", "no oven", whatever's true}}
Plan 5 weeknight dinners:
1. Engineered overlap — Monday's extra rice is Wednesday's fried rice. Show the chain.
2. ONE grocery list, organized by store section, with quantities.
3. Each recipe in under 10 steps, with the "start this first" step marked.
4. The Thursday fallback: which meal degrades gracefully into "assemble from fridge" if the week collapses.
No ingredient used only once. Nothing requiring a special trip.
Help me build a habit that survives past week two.
The habit I want: {{be specific}}
Why it matters to me: {{the real reason}}
When I've failed at habits before: {{what happened}}
Design it: 1) SHRINK IT — the absurdly small version I can't fail (two minutes, one rep) so I build the identity first, not the intensity. 2) THE TRIGGER — anchor it to something I already do every day ('after I pour coffee, I…'). 3) THE FRICTION — remove one barrier to doing it, add one to skipping it. 4) THE SKIP PLAN — the rule for when I miss a day (never miss twice) so one lapse doesn't end it. 5) HOW TO GROW it once the tiny version is automatic. Consistency of a tiny thing beats intensity that burns out.