First of all, I don’t like AI. I don’t like the fact that a computer entity can presuppose a human brain. I don’t like that questions can be easily answered, albeit skewed in one direction or another. I don’t like that people use it in lieu of the creative mind that all of us were given, and I’m talking to YOU, writers, painters, photographers, musicians. I especially don’t like that students are using it instead of their brains. We’re already a much too mushy human lot these days. Making human tasks “easier” is just a way of dumbing us all down to nothing, and honey, we are perilously close to that stage right now. I’m fearful that perhaps it’ll run away from us and endanger the world as we know it. (Think The Time Machine.)
That being said, I decided to use Grok on my X account. (I have enjoyed X, but I don’t hang there.) This is what it came up with:
Zoom in to see what he/she/it has to say about me.
Secondly, walking.
Okay, so I’m not doing as much editing as I should. I’m still writing, but because there are some personal issues in my sphere these days, I’m not concentrating as well as I should. (That’s okay, because I AM writing.) One way I deal with these newfound stresses is to walk.
I’m lucky to live in a state where there are easily 300 sunny days a year. Since moving here, I’ve become a fan of walking. Last year, before our Medicare Advantage changed, my husband learned that our previous provider would pay a certain amount toward fitness equipment.
Wow! Like hitting the lottery!
I had a NordicTrack Incline trainer before. I used it a lot when we lived in Michigan. Alas, we were downsizing during our move, and I had no room for a massive piece of fitness equipment in my new home, so we sold it. We still don’t have room for a massive piece of fitness equipment, but my husband measured the garage, measured my car, and decided to make it happen.
We received the incline trainer just as one False Spring was fading away to a brief but brutally killer winter. So I do use it, when the weather is inclement or too cold or wet (less than 40 degrees and slushy) to go outside.
I could go on and on about how great this machine is. I had one before and loved it. This one has trainers though, so you sign up for a workout in Bora Bora and follow them. Not live, but close enough.
I’ve learned this about walking: you need to do it with purpose! (Duh, like everything else.) You need to walk with good posture in mind, otherwise you’re walking for naught. Good posture means you will swing your arms parallel to each other and to your body. You’ll also feel muscles you’ve never paid attention to.
I’ll be the first to admit, I have horrible posture. I’ve always had horrible posture. I’m also no athlete. But just the tip of standing straighter, shoulders down, and swinging your arms in the right way (slouching makes them cross your body, and you don’t want to do that) has improved my walking 100%. Oh, I’m still thinking while I walk, that’ll never go away. Writers will do that when they’re not writing.
Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, I’ll try to edit. Really! I promise.
