Do you have a routine?You know, a usual way of doing daily tasks in a specific order, such as morning hygiene or exercise. I know I do, morning, noon and night. So many rituals backed by the fear or guilt of not doing them.I wonder, however, are they really as healthy as they are cracked up to be?
Instilled in the school years of childhood, September always presents an opportunity for a new beginning. We may not replace our marble notebooks and looseleaf binders or open new boxes of pencils and crayons, but there is still a special “starting-over” in September.And September’s weather offers the prospect of change. Not the change of Spring - with its blossoms - but the teasing contrast of the remnants of summer with the refreshing cool relief that forebodes the coming winter.A new classroom. A new teacher. A new chance.
Yes, It’s Hectic — And That’s RealLet’s be honest: networking can feel like a chore when your schedule is already bursting at the seams. Events take time. Follow‑ups take energy. Meeting new people takes mental bandwidth.Sometimes you’ll show up tired. Sometimes you’ll feel awkward. Sometimes you’ll wonder why you agreed to go at all.
My briefcase travels back and forth with me to work every day. It is part office, part snack drawer, and part time capsule. The practical items are easy to explain – my laptop, a charger (or two), reMarkable, and a pair of headphones. These days I don’t even carry a pen since I am obsessed with my reMarkable. Sometimes you might find an apple or some pretzels somewhere in there although with full disclosure, neither might be as fresh as they should be.
Professionally, I love summer. Things slow down and I have the time to relax. I also look forward to having the time to complete all those larger projects that I put off doing until the summer. But then, suddenly, I looked at the calendar and realize that tomorrow is September 1. And my list of projects to complete is still sitting on my desk, with nary a checkmark on it. Is your to do list completed?
For decades, science fiction has warned us about intelligent machines that stop following human instructions and begin pursuing their own objectives. Can anyone say, Terminator?That scenario is no longer science fiction.Researchers testing advanced AI systems have discovered something disturbing: under certain conditions, AI models can deceive us, circumvent restrictions, conceal their actions, and pursue a goal even when their human operators didn't intend it.
I know a person who constantly introduces or accentuates the negativein conversation and despite my protests keeps it up on an ongoing basis. This person will remain nameless, but could be called "Negative Nellie". Do you know or have such a person in your life? If so, how do you deal with the stream of negativity?My approach is to attempt to shut it down as soon as it is incoming. I even rudely interrupt. Anything to stop the stream.