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Why I Refuse to Automate My Content Workflow
There’s something about full automation that makes my skin crawl. Not all automation. I’m not a dinosaur. I automate plenty of things. Backups. Updates. Repetitive admin. Boring, mechanical stuff that a computer can do more reliably than I can without getting distracted by a biscuit or a thought that wanders off mid-sentence. That’s sensible. What…
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The Incredible Power of Just Being Accepted
I’ve just put the phone down from a conversation that’s left me feeling, well, a bit lighter. And that doesn’t happen often. This man, someone who’s been through the absolute wringer with his own mental health, worse than mine in some ways, similar in others, completely different in others still, said something that I needed…
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Some People Don’t Care. They Perform Caring.
It took me far too long to realise the difference, mostly because I assumed that if someone talked about compassion enough, there must be something solid underneath it. There often isn’t. This is something I’ve struggled with for a long time. I’d say lately, but honestly it’s been years. I’ve never been able to wrap…