About Smart Life US

Smart Life US documents the work automation and AI workflows I build while working in the United States. I write under the pen name Sophia, and I only cover methods I actually use.

The material is what I built and ran, not textbook theory — including the attempts that failed and why. Every post aims to leave you with one thing you can copy and run. Posts are reviewed before publishing, one per day.

What I write about

Spreadsheets & Automation — cutting repetitive work with Google Sheets and Excel: input panels built with Apps Script, aggregations solved with formulas, reports that run themselves. Code is published in full, split by function, with a plain-language note on each line so non-developers can paste and use it.

IT & AI — assigning work to several AI models by role, building a personal AI assistant, and the automation experiments behind it, successes and failures alike.

Life, Insurance & Tax in the US — practical things encountered while working here: filling out a W-4, payroll pitfalls, and the procedures that come up in everyday life.

Education — notes from raising kids in the American school system.

Editorial principles

Every post draws on real experience, but company names, individuals, and contract details are replaced with fictional equivalents or removed. Public places and services are named plainly, because vagueness helps no one. Figures are illustrative examples, checked and stated without exaggeration. Code is published complete — no placeholders, no pseudocode.

Contact

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