# Smarty's Origins The inspiration for Smarty struck me while I felt overwhelmed in school. Even though I was on top of my academics, the anxiety from all of the extraneous life tasks that kept popping up weighed me down. At that point in the semester, I needed to: \- Book flights home for Thanksgiving\ \- Work on end-of-semester projects\ \- Juggle the 5 clubs I was president of\ \- Figure out my life and career post-graduation As the action items built up, they became more daunting. The chaos in my mind disproportionately clogged up my brain with unnecessary stress. I needed a better plan to execute on these very achievable tasks. My entire career at that point had been in enterprise productivity, helping people be more efficient at work using effective software and AI. I knew that existing technology could easily automate over 25% of my workload. That was a major realization – I decided then and there that I would build a software solution for myself. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://blog.smarty.ai/my-founders-journey/smartys-origins.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.