Seasonal Thoughts

Monday, December 18, 2023

This week, we’ll all do our part for the economy by shopping online, in person, or both ways. Thankfully, the runup to Christmas ends soon, but renewed activity starts right after Christmas as gift returns. That will carry us into January’s mega-gloom–sorting and paying our run-up dues.

All this exhausting year, we’ve been adjusting to post-Covid conditions, coping with an ever-confusing world economy, and trying to absorb the now-occurring wars between nations. Let us include trying to absorb AI’s implications, America’s strange political landscape, and threats of nuclear activity by some brain-twisted leaders (e.g., N. Korea).

Despite some feelings of non-optimism, I intend to create some New Year’s Resolutions that are optimistically upbeat and clearly defined. They will become my path forward. If correctly writing them requires outside assistance, I will tap into AI’s capable and available world.

Again today, my scheduled working hours are strange and also subject to unexpected changes. The confusion will extend through this week and next; maybe I’ll be laid off afterward. Actually, I’d welcome having free time to rest and re-plan.

Dear Friends: Have a wonderful day. Diana