A live work log · Nov 2025 – Jul 2026 · 143 sessions
36 working weeks. 282 of my hours.
Every AI-assisted session I logged over eight months. Together, about 282 hours of my time produced roughly 1,345 hours of human-equivalent work — about 179 working days — the output of a nine-person team, done by one person working with AI, not replaced by it.
My time, with AI282 hrs≈ 38 working days
What it would take a person1,345 hrs≈ 179 working days
4.8×
Me + AI Every hour here is me at the desk with AI alongside — human-assist, not human-replace.
282h
my time, with AI · ≈ 38 working days
1,345h
a person alone · ≈ 179 working days
4.8×
faster than solo
9
specialist functions
£94,195
of work, at UK rates (estimated)
How to read this: every session is real, from a work log kept at the time. “Human-equivalent” is an honest estimate of how long the same output would take a skilled person working alone, valued at published UK freelance rates for each specialist. And it is an undercount, not an over-count — I didn't log everything, and the log only gets dense from May, so the true figure is higher.
Building the AI-video capability — spec adverts, cinematic production, new-tool experiments.
6 sessions across the eight months41h × £65/hr£2,665
Where the rate comes from — UK freelance blended creative / AI-video production £65/hr (2025–26): YunoJuno · BECTU · Beyond the Book.
EA
My time 11h · a person 35h≈ 5 days × £35 = £1,216
Inbox, calendar, filing and the daily briefings that keep it all moving.
10 sessions across the eight months35h × £35/hr£1,216
Where the rate comes from — UK freelance executive / virtual assistant £35/hr (2025–26): Executively · The VA Handbook · Indeed.
The ramp — human-equivalent hours by month
30h
Nov 25
8h
Dec 25
10h
Jan
49h
Feb
40h
Mar
64h
Apr
387h
May
596h
Jun
160h
Jul
This is the honest bit. I only started logging in earnest around May, so the early months are nearly empty and June is huge — not because nothing happened before, but because it wasn't written down. So treat £94,195 as a floor, not a ceiling.
Eight months, nine functions: £94,195 of work
282 hrs (≈ 38 days) — me + AIvs1,345 hrs (≈ 179 days) — a person on their own
Human hours estimated at the time, valued at published UK freelance rates per specialist (bookkeeping £40, EA £35, growth / marketing £65, creative £65, product / infrastructure £70, delivery £72, strategy £110 an hour). Sources on each function above.