As usual, I am behind in sharing posts about my travel. 🙄 I think about writing and talk about writing way more than I do the actual writing. I want to change that in this new year. Now that I am back in balance with sleeping and exercise (see previous post about What I Value), maybe I can advance to increasing the time I spend writing, reading, and studying Turkish (as mentioned in my word…
Since the release of ChatGPT in November of 2022, I have been grappling with how, where, when, or why I will or will not use Generative AI (GAI). I am not a fan of it, and to-date it has been more WORK to use it than to continue with life as I know it. As someone who came of age before such tools existed, I am accustomed to thinking for myself and solving my own…
Normally I do not write about my “word of the year” until the time arrives to close one year and begin the next. But I find myself wanting to talk about this word today, a rainy Sunday morning in Izmir. We are in great need of rain and I am enjoying the mood and atmosphere. This afternoon Fatih and I will host friends at home to watch the Goztepe vs. Alanyaspor soccer match. But this…