Raising kids the other way. Leaving a religion without throwing rocks. Running a business without becoming a suit. How my brain works, with a professional in my corner. The AI system I built to run my life. I try things and I report back on what works.
By my teens I was the difficult one at home. Rebellious was the polite word. I grew up inside an obedience culture, and I used its mechanisms on my own three kids before I could name them. Then I caught it, and raised those same three the other way, on purpose.
I can’t write code. I built an AI system anyway. It runs my business, my money, my writing, and most of my day.
I left the religion I was born into and kept the things worth keeping. I’m loving learning how my mind works, with a professional in my corner. I don’t put any one person, ideology, or group first. I’m skeptical of power and institutions, but I see them as necessary too. I love people.
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