A bit of an up-and-down week, to be honest. I’ve been doing a lot of organising and thinking about how I am going to focus on work and personal life over the coming years. Rather like last week, I have had a number of ups and downs, which seems to be par for the course for me.
My writing of the paper has come along a little with my thoughts and plan more crystallised.
Despite writing a well-received article on cybersecurity and feeling that I had finally cracked it regarding writing and productivity, it all went to shit.
I took a break as several things have been, frankly, overwhelming.
Without going into personal territory, I seem to live between extremes, with very little in the middle zone. It’s either all excellent or all dreadful. There will be some changes to my working week that I’m looking forward to, but I’m not giving up on the dream of writing and producing great articles and even research papers.
I finally got around to finishing off the newsletter in between training sessions and the odd site visit for a client.
I’m pretty happy with the way it went. It was succinct despite being over 2500 words. I’d originally written it, or at least the basis of it, as a report for a project a year or so ago.
I decide to get it up to date and rewrite a few sections to consider changes in the region.
I didn’t get around to documenting and writing what happened the week before last. And to be fair, it’s probably a good idea. It was a difficult week, to say the least. I’m not inclined to go into any detail here but suffice it to say, I was a little stressed about the happenings despite being totally on the right side of things. I have no idea how it will all play out, but it is behind me now, and I can move on.
I won’t dwell on it, but it will remain in my consciousness and influence how I deal with that person in the future. Sadly, in business, some are not very honest. This specimen falls in that category. I know I have been upfront and honest and haven’t screwed anyone out of money, and If I’ve made a mistake, I’ve done everything possible to correct it.
On to other matters.
I’ve been asked to train a group about using generative AI in the workplace.