Took my daughter to the Blue Angel Show in Pensacola, Fla. 7/13/2008

Family Nov 25. Extra garden produce 2016. Beartooth Hwy (Wyoming side) 2017

A couple of friends, my family (my young family), on one of our first hikes in Red Rock. 2005-ish. This photo was just sent to me. That's my Memory Lane Monday.

Sure Happy It's Thursday Encore Society! I’m currently writing this while recovering from a "minor technological standoff" in my home office that nearly sent my laptop on a one-way flight off my balcony. As we all navigate this “Encore” phase of life—building our coaching businesses, eyeing the retirement finish line, and wondering why the "Large" font setting on our phones still isn't quite large enough—we are forced to coexist with "Modern Tech." The experts say it's all designed to "streamline our experience." But as someone who has spent over thirty years in the professional world, I have some serious questions. The Hero of the Week: High-Speed Voice-to-Text I’ll give credit where it’s due. This week, the piece of tech that saved my sanity was Voice-to-Text. As I’m building out our new community content, I’ve realized my thumbs simply do not move at the speed of my brain anymore. I used to feel like a crazy person talking to my phone while pacing the kitchen, but now? It’s a game-changer. I can dictate an entire email or a community post while walking the dogs. Sure, occasionally it translates "Let’s jump on a coaching call" to "Let’s jump on a poaching goat," but honestly? It keeps my clients on their toes. 10/10. It’s the closest I’ll ever get to having a personal secretary again. The Villain: The "Forced" Software Update On the flip side, I would like to officially nominate the Forced Software Update for immediate exile to a deserted island. I sat down yesterday morning, caffeinated and ready to be productive. I had a brilliant idea for a new module, my notes were ready, and I clicked "Open." Instead of my document, I was greeted by a grey screen of death that said: "Applying Update 1 of 427. Your computer will restart several times. Do not turn off your computer." Excuse me? I didn’t realize my laptop was the boss of my schedule. I have thirty years of experience managing people, and yet I’m being bullied by a progress bar that has been stuck at 99% for twenty minutes.

I love AI and I hate AI It makes things seem easy and I have seen some people take AI as gospel and place that, in as their idea, opinion or plan of action without a thought to really examine the results. Now, on the other hand I had several warranty policies and wanted to get the best (really what we wanted in our warranty policy) so I uploaded to AI and told it what I was looking for and it gave me a nice consolidation of the info. I use AI everyday!