Just wrote my Commitment Letter for Week 1. My Big Rock hit me hard — the reason I quit things that are actually working, the reason I don't follow through, it all traces back to one voice telling me I'm not worth the effort. My wife's been telling me the answer for years: be kind to yourself. For the first time, I'm actually going to listen. Done existing in my own life. Time to start showing up for myself. 🤘

Certain sounds temporarily reduce my tinnitus. Has anyone else noticed ‘magic’ sounds that change the way it feels?

I just chatted with SAGE about those two issues. I have been pondering, sobbing, realizing patterns. I'm emotionally exhausted and profoundly moved. I cannot begin to express how impressed I am with this tool. @Jim Ebbelaar Your voice is so clear in these AI messages. It's kinda magic.

I’ve been meaning to set up this desk & put curtains up in my studio office for 18 months!! I’m pretty much there!! My printer is setup, Alexa is setup, my screen has had its bubble wrap removed, I’ve sawn one of the curtain tracks (3 more to go!), my table is plugged in, I need to find the scart lead & keyboard/mouse dongle, get one of the lads down the hall to put up my whiteboard, & im good to go! 🎉🎉🎉 My arms are shaking from the sawing! 😂 I’m probably doing it wrong. But I’m doing! 🤪

“The AI helped me see that my problem isn’t motivation or discipline—it’s that I’ve structured my life where I’m responsible for everything in my house, so I never have time or energy left for my own work. I know exactly what I want to do, but I keep pushing it to the end of the day when I’m exhausted. It also pointed out that I avoid hard things like finances and tough conversations, even though I know I need to face them. So the real issue isn’t that I don’t know what to do—it’s that I’m not protecting my time, not speaking up, and I’m stuck in patterns that keep me taking care of everything except my own priorities.”