![Lane Belone at Tulum beach](https://www.sidequesthq.co/images/bg-relaxed.webp) Workshops # A system that holds your life so you can go live it > An Intro to the Sovereign Life. A three-hour, in-person workshop where you build a personal AI-powered operating system from scratch. Small groups of twenty. Led by Lane Belone. Hands-on sessions for entrepreneurs, leaders and creators ready to build the infrastructure for the life that's actually theirs. [Inquire about a workshop](#join) The Workshop ## What this is The AI for Livin' Workshop is a three-hour, in-person session where you build a personal AI-powered operating system from scratch. Not a lecture. You leave with a working system that holds your thoughts, intentions and self-authorized quests. Led by Lane Belone in small groups of twenty. I spent several days at a seminar in Indiana. Offline and no computer. No notes, no system. Just showing up, connecting with wind near a lake, doing energetic exercises with the group, letting things land. In the days after the seminar, as things continued to surface, I recorded three solo voice notes in Fireflies. 5, 6 and 20 minutes each. Raw. The artistry mindset shift I'd experienced, a land vision that had crystallized, some thoughts about a Trust structure I've been building. Then I kept traveling. Several days later I got home. Fed those transcripts into my AI system. Twenty minutes later, my North Star had a new vision queued for review, quests were framed, expression seeds captured, a pending plan drafted. All of it organized and waiting. The seminar was fully lived. The voice notes came when they were ready. And by the time I was home, the system had already done the work. That's what this workshop is built on. A system that holds your thoughts, your intentions and your self-authorized quests so you don't have to carry them. The tools disappear. What's left is the life you actually chose. The Audience ## Who this is for You've built something real. A business, a practice, a body of work. You show up, you deliver, you create. But somewhere underneath the momentum there's a question you haven't had time to sit with: is the life you're running actually the one you designed? This workshop gives you the tools and the space to answer that. The Experience ## Three hours, start to system Hour 1, first half ### Philosophy & Context The philosophy underneath the tools. Why most of us are running operating systems we inherited, what it looks like to design from something more honest, and how the right infrastructure holds that design so you can go live it. Hour 1, second half ### A short demo A short live walkthrough. A real voice recording processed through the system in front of the room. You watch the whole thing happen in real time. Hours 2 & 3 ### Build one of your three You pick one of your three frictions and we build something real around it. See the section below for how the implementation hours actually work. The Room ## How Hours 2 and 3 work This is where you start building something that belongs to you. ### If you're bringing a laptop We work primarily in Claude Code, with a touch of Obsidian. You pick one of your three frictions and we build something real around it: a skill, a workflow, a solution or a protocol. Something that saves you time, removes the friction or lets you create something beautiful. ### New to Claude Code or Obsidian? That's the point. We talk through how the tools actually work, how to prompt them, how to ask questions, how to experiment. That literacy is half the value of the morning. ### If you're not bringing a laptop You brainstorm alongside anyone in the room. The ideas matter more than the screen. You leave with a sketched solution and the full workshop harvest to build from later. ### If you're not sure what to build yet That's also fine. Arriving curious is enough. We work through the question together, and the room has a way of surfacing the thing you did not realize you were ready to build. Before You Arrive ## What to bring The first hour is for everyone. Hours 2 and 3 are where the building happens. You choose how you want to show up. - A laptop. Bring one if you want to build live in Hours 2 and 3\. Setup instructions are sent ahead of the workshop. Either path works. - A notebook. If you are leaving the laptop behind, or if you just prefer to take notes by hand. The philosophy and demo land either way. - An open and curious mind. The most important thing in the room. - Three things in your life that could be easier. Real, specific frictions. The task you keep meaning to organize. The idea you have not had space to explore. The email situation that drains you every Monday. These are what we work on together. The Takeaways ## What you leave with ### A real solution, built You arrive with three ideas. You leave with at least one of them working. Not hypothetical. Something you built in the room, held by your system, ready to run. ### Full workshop harvest Each hour recorded, transcribed and summarized. Delivered as PDF and Markdown so the material stays with you long after the room clears. ### Your first quest, framed One of your three ideas, shaped into a quest. Something genuinely yours, structured in your system and ready to live. ### A room doing the same thing Peer connections that outlast the morning. People building sovereign ecosystems alongside you, in their own way. Join a Workshop ## How to join ### Public workshops Public workshops run in person in small groups. New dates are announced as they are scheduled. Use the form below if you would like to hear when the next one opens. ### Custom workshops Beyond public events, I design and lead custom workshops for teams, communities, organizations and select gatherings. Sessions can run from a few hours to multiple days, and are built around what a group actually needs to shift. Send a few lines about what you're building and what you're hoping for. **Form on this page.** It asks for: - First name (optional) - Last name (optional) - Email (required) - A few lines about the workshop you have in mind, public or custom, and what you are hoping for (required) - Also send me the Side Quest Letter. What I'm building, what I'm learning and the occasional thing worth passing on. Sent when there's something to send (checkbox, your choice) Button: **Send**. Fill it in at . Questions ## Common questions **Do I need technical experience?** No. The workshop meets you where you are. Hour one gives everyone the same foundation. During implementation, the room forms into organic groups and pairs based on what you brought to work on. If you need help installing the tools, you get it first. **I'm intrigued by AI, but I don't know what I'd actually do with it. Is that okay?** Yes. That's the real hurdle, and it's more common than the tech question. Here's a practice that tends to work. Ask yourself, in a quiet contemplative way: what would be the coolest thing I could create, something that feels awesome to build? If nothing answers, don't force it. Hold the question loosely. Let a few days pass, even a few weeks. Give it time and something surfaces. Often it's something you already knew but hadn't given room. A project you set aside. A piece of work that's been quietly asking for attention while you were busy with other things. The workshop is built for that crossing. You arrive with three frictions, three curiosities or one faint image of something you'd love to make. We turn it into something real in the room. Coming in with nothing but an open mind also works. **What should I bring?** A laptop if you want to build live (not required), or a notebook if you are coming to watch, learn and take notes. Plus an open and curious mind and three specific frictions in your life that could be easier. See the full What to bring section above. Setup instructions are sent ahead of the workshop. **How do I join a workshop?** Public workshops run in person in small groups, and new dates are announced as they are scheduled. Custom workshops for teams, communities and organizations are available anytime. Use the inquiry form on this page to start a conversation. Led by Lane Belone, founder of Side Quest HQ and builder of sovereign AI ecosystems. [More about Lane](https://www.sidequesthq.co/about) From Practitioners ## What people are saying “I am not, by nature, a technology person. I use what works and I ignore what doesn't. \[…\] It is not a generic assistant. It is built to be personal, to carry character, to know the person it is serving and honor that knowledge session after session. \[…\] What he has built is not an AI assistant. It is an AI companion — one that earns trust over time, that holds your story with discretion and intelligence. \[…\] He built something that made a 62-year-old force of nature cry at his desk. That is not nothing. That is everything.” Frank A. Testimonial, rated 5 of 5. [Products](https://www.sidequesthq.co/products) · [Sovereign Life Playbook](https://www.sidequesthq.co/products/sovereign-life-playbook) · [About Lane](https://www.sidequesthq.co/about) Side Quest HQ, the Infinite Game practice of [Lane Belone](https://www.lanebelone.com)