Round 4 is here. The seven habits stay the same. Bible study, gratitude, exercise, calories, hydration, reading, creative time. Those are the floor and they don't change. What changes is when. Morning belongs to Bible study, BiblePictures365, gratitude, and walking. Afternoon and evening belong to creative work and studying. After the gym, I'm done. Two … Continue reading 7-40 Challenge – Round 4 Day 1
AI: The Machine Is Only as Good as the Operator
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week I work in data. A big part of my job involves tracing data pipelines, reading SQL, debugging problems, and figuring out where things break. I've been doing it for almost twenty years. Recently I've been using AI — specifically Claude — as a working partner in that process. And it's … Continue reading AI: The Machine Is Only as Good as the Operator
Three Days Out
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week, Day 8 Round 4 starts Monday. I’ve spent the last ten days doing something I don’t do well: stopping. Not stopping completely — I’ve still been writing, walking, going to the gym, keeping the habits that needed keeping. But I pulled back from the pace that carried me through three … Continue reading Three Days Out
What Twenty Minutes Will Tell You
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week It’s 80 degrees. I’m in jeans and a black shirt, walking downtown in full sunlight with a balding head, talking into my phone passing a bus stop at 12:45 in the afternoon. I’ve got about 14 things on my to-do list and I’m trying to unload my brain before it … Continue reading What Twenty Minutes Will Tell You
The Skill That Felt Like Thinking
7-40 Challenge | Planning Week Chris Guillebeau wrote something today that stopped me mid-scroll. He said the skill that built his career was something he hadn’t labeled for a decade. It came so easily he didn’t count it as a skill. It felt like thinking. I know that feeling. Years ago, I’d come home from … Continue reading The Skill That Felt Like Thinking
