When someone tells you to think harder
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Someone left a comment on one of my posts this week. I had shared how I used AI to help me find the perfect flowers for my container garden. The colors I wanted. The light conditions on my porch. The combinations that would actually work together. I was pleased with myself, honestly. The comment said: You could also look this up on some gardening sites instead of using AI. You would probably get more ideas. Be careful how much AI you use because not thinking things through with your brain has detrimental effects. It wasn't mean. That's what made it land the way it did. She was trying to help. And I stood there for a minute — not quite defensive, not quite deflated. Somewhere in between. Because I've been building something. A workshop around exactly this tool. Around what I believe is a genuinely different and useful way to think. And some days I can feel the gap between what I know it's worth and what I'm able to make someone else see. That gap is exhausting in a way that's hard to explain. But then I sat with it a little longer. And I realized — she just told me something important. The women I most want to reach often see AI the way she does. As a shortcut. As thinking less, not more. As something to be cautious about. That's not a closed door. That's a starting point. The discouragement didn't disappear. But it turned into something I could use. That felt like enough for a Sunday. Jaycee is currently asleep in a patch of afternoon sun, completely unbothered by all of this. She may be onto something. Until next week, Jane and Jaycee P.S. If you're curious about what my AI workshop actually teaches — it's not about shortcuts. It's about thinking better. You can learn more at:
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