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A year later, I found myself learning Sumerian for no reason at all.

Just sharing my experience and curious if anyone else has found meaning by doing something seemingly useless.

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TL;DR: A tiny spider kept rebuilding its web on my car mirror, only for the wind to destroy it every day. Watching it became a metaphor for staying in toxic environments and calling it "resilience."

We often mistake endurance for progress. Like the spider, we keep rebuilding in places(workplaces, relationships, or online spaces) that are tearing us down or, at very least, holding us back, believing endurance equals strength. True resilience is knowing when to stop rebuilding and move somewhere healthier.

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For me, AI is sitll a time-saver, like other grammar tools, so I can focus on the message.

I had hoped people would focus more on the message than the craft and tools, but I understand now. Lesson learned, and I’ll keep working on it.

I'm listening to my audience and improving my writing as I chronicle my life experiences.

I don’t use AI to push sales. In fact, I shut down AdSense within minutes of approval because monetizing isn’t my goal right now. Yes, i use affiliate links to books I’ve personally found useful (and love quoting them) and hope others will too, but I’ve been debating removing those as well, the same way I did with ads, if it hurts the reader’s experience. I'm thinking the affiliates don't readers, but I may be wrong.

I’m new to this space and still learning how to be authentic online. This community is actually the only place I share my writing, and as you can see i'm stumbling a lot, but I’m listening, learning, and I genuinely appreciate everyone’s feedback, yours included.

I quickly realized that wasn’t the best approach and that I needed to respect my readers’ time. If you look at my newer articles, you’ll see they’re shifting, becoming more me.

I’m lightly revising my earlier posts, but honestly I won’t change them much. I think it’s valuable for readers to see the progression, stumbles and all. Thanks for your comment, it might even become the subject of my next article.

As an example and not the real name, but in true HN style, imagine losing sight in one eye, still learning to code like anyone else, and wanting to share that story. You might come up with something like TheCyclopsCoder.com. (Totally made up just now, no comments needed.)

I debated it, since I worried it could alienate or offend blind coders. She disagreed, felt it was genuine.

I hope that helps feed your curiosity and who knows, one day i might just promote her site if she moves forward with it.

That’s really what the piece was about, how quickly I found myself giving up my own judgment to AI.

I’m not really questioning that it happens, I’m stating how much energy it now takes to keep pushing back (or approving) and how easy it is to just agree with an AI output these days. Just my experience and two cents.

That said, I do love writing. I still have boxes of old fiction drafts from before the internet was even a thing. For me, it’s the story that matters most. If dependingly heavily on AI early on came across as the wrong approach, I apologize. I’ve learned from it, and I’m working to improve. You’re absolutely right that time and words should be cherished.

That’s really the point of this piece: whatever you get from AI, make sure it aligns with your own thinking instead of just surrendering to it. I came to write this piece because I’ve noticed I question it less than I did in the beginning, and that’s where I have to be careful.

Thank you for your comment.