You’ve just landed your first few clients. Money’s starting to come in. And now you’re wondering: Do I really need accounting software — or can I keep winging it with a spreadsheet?

AI notetakers are like power tools. They can make you faster, stronger, and more efficient—but only if you know when to use them, and when to put them down.

Yes, they help us relieve the burden of capturing every detail. But they can also help lead us to relinquish too much: our attention, our discretion, our memory.