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Writing
Higher Academic Standards
After the whole briefly dying experience around four and a half years ago, I started thinking about the man I wanted to become, thought through the changes that would be needed, and realized that my goal was so drastically different from my then current reality that I would have to
Once more unto the breach
Almost a year ago I wrote a post titled On Broken Promises that I closed out with a simple statement: So I need to build something that will allow me to find purpose. I have an idea of what it can be. I'm still fleshing it out, but
Things I Didn't Know
I'm a big fan of generative AI, and a heavy user of ChatGPT. It's not the end-all, be-all of course - they definitely get things wrong sometimes - but with the enhancement of the memory feature allowing it to search across all your chats combined with
On Broken Promises
For the past couple of months, I've felt a weird occasional mix of anxiety, lack of motivation, depression, and frustration. In other words, I have felt a bit "off". So, me being me, I decided to do a little introspection and while I initially thought it
A New Year, A New Me
I’m really not even sure where to start writing here as the last six months have been something of a blur and I really couldn’t tell you much of what happened beyond highlights. So I shall skip those six months and start at today’s beginning, because the
Precious Days
I just got back from a much needed vacation on Kauai with Holly and three other very good friends. Going into the trip, I had Intentions. Yes, with a capital I. I accomplished some of them but not most, for various reasons. Mainly I had intended to write something while
Optimizing, but for what?
I was recently browsing Twitter when I came across a tweet I identified with. For those of you that have left the tech industry, how's that going? Asking for a friend. — Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower) February 21, 2022 Then I came across this reply and something clicked in my
Motivations
I was recently in a group chat about improving one’s life and someone brought up the subject of motivations for the changes I’ve been making in my life including no alcohol, much healthier food choices (easier on a low sodium diet), massively reduced stress, and in general taking
New Beginnings
Recently I went into cardiac arrest and died for a bit. I’ll eventually write about it in detail but to say it’s a difficult thing to process is an understatement. For now, I’ll classify it as a unique experience. The biggest benefit of all of this is